Please give some advices. A friend of mine is very stressed out because a professor of hers told her that she might get "D" for her one of her major classes. I think that's sucks. How can she maintain higher GPA in future? Please give any suggestion that would be helpfull.
Thanks!!
2007-12-06 05:37:44 · 3 answers · asked by Stars 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
FYI: I think she has 2.0 GPA for her major.
2007-12-06 05:40:23 · update #1
I graduated with a 2.41. People with better grades get the job offers, first. After you work, it does not matter, much.
You need to be aware of your grade during the school year. When I went to school, there was an option to drop the class in the 7th week. Your friend should drop her class, if she can.
I found it helpful to take one or two classes during the summer. It gave me better grades and allowed me to graduate on time. Also, if you take course in the summer, you can take less classes during the regular school term.
2007-12-06 05:49:26 · answer #1 · answered by Steve B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will affect awards and bursaries and honours when it comes to graduation but you know what? College is a pass or fail type of thing. Anyone who gets all their credits (no matter if they barely passed or did extremely well) gets the diploma, the same diploma the person who got 100% on everything.
Basically, she should work harder for better grades to make school less stressful, and be eligible for rewards but if her best is passing with only a decent mark then she needs to learn to be happy with that mark. It'll all be the same in the end.
If she got a "D" in one of her major classes she should be looking critically at what went on this semester and decide whether it was a mistake that she screwed up on or if it was the course material.
It could be a mistake, I failed a course last year because I didn't hand something in electronically and I left it until too late to fix it. I believe though on the paper i did have in I got an 85% and the midterm and exam I did extremely well. I learned from this mistake and I am always making sure I hand things in on time, or discussing a problem with my professor right away.
In the beginning of next semester she should meet with her professors, even through e-mail correspondence to build a relationship with them so she's not just another face. She is probably paying good money to go to college and should milk it for all its worth, including talking to professors, TAs and even an academic advisor. If she's having trouble with assignments, I'll give you one of my favourite links, an assignment calculater, you type it when you get the assignment, when it's due, what subject is the paper and BAM! A guide appears on how to write it without stressing out. (don't be afraid to take projects (even in outline form) to professors to look over.
2007-12-06 05:54:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A 2.4 GPA really isn't that great. And once you've got your GPA so low it is very hard (lots of work & studying) to get it back up. She'd have to get all A's & B's for the rest of our college career to maybe raise it to a 2.8 or 3.0.
2007-12-06 05:46:28 · answer #3 · answered by dimples_msu 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its ok, but you would want a higher gpa. she should probably spend a little more time studying
2007-12-06 05:46:13 · answer #4 · answered by scott A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋