Is it too late?

[S Freud]

I am currently attending a CC becuase I did a lot of screwing around in high school so my grades were really bad. my first term there didn't go great and my GPA was around a 2.25, do you think it is to late to turn my grades around a make a good impression for grad school? 🙁

 

[woowoo]

yes
You are going to be a plumber.....

 

[FoBoT]

you can do anything you want to
don't let past mistakes stand in your way, if you want to achieve something, find a way to do it

don't look for excuses to fail

 

[archcommus]

Wait, you've only completed one semester at your CC, and you're already thinking about grad school?

Did you just get some terms mixed up?

But yes, of course you can turn it around. Work hard and you'll do it.

 

[CraKaJaX]

1) Start playing guitar
2) Move to NYC
3) Find a busy corner (Or stand next to the naked cowboy in times square)
4) Profit

 

[wheresmybacon]

2.25 is great? You may need to re-evaluate your definition of "great" if you want to go to grad-school. One term with a low GPA won't kill you, but you aren't doing yourself any favors.

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: woowoo
yes
You are going to be a plumber.....

there is nothing wrong with being a plumber.

the world needs plumbers, sanitation workers, restaurant workers, truck drivers and mechanics.

society would survive without computer networks, but we would be pretty screwed without the above forementioned workers.

😛

 

[ahurtt]

Originally posted by: nthedrk
I am currently attending a CC becuase I did a lot of screwing around in high school so my grades were really bad. my first term here did go great and my GPA was around a 2.25, do you think it is to late to turn my grades around a make a good impression for grad school? 🙁

2.25 is not a "great" GPA. It is mediocre at best. Learn how to make change from a cash register because you are going to be a gas station clerk. And 2.25 at a community college? You'd fail anywhere else.

 

[S Freud]

Originally posted by: hungfarover
2.25 is great? You may need to re-evaluate your definition of "great" if you want to go to grad-school. One term with a low GPA won't kill you, but you aren't doing yourself any favors.

whoops, typo. 🙂

 

[ahurtt]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie

Originally posted by: woowoo
yes
You are going to be a plumber.....

there is nothing wrong with being a plumber.

the world needs plumbers, sanitation workers, restaurant workers, truck drivers and mechanics.

society would survive without computer networks, but we would be pretty screwed without the above forementioned workers.

😛

Yeah but here's the difference. I can easily learn to do a plumbers job. How easily can a plumber learn to set up an enterprise class network, administer it, secure it, program applications, etc. . .?

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: ahurtt

Originally posted by: KarenMarie

Originally posted by: woowoo
yes
You are going to be a plumber.....

there is nothing wrong with being a plumber.

the world needs plumbers, sanitation workers, restaurant workers, truck drivers and mechanics.

society would survive without computer networks, but we would be pretty screwed without the above forementioned workers.

😛

Yeah but here's the difference. I can easily learn to do a plumbers job. How easily can a plumber learn to set up a network, administer it, secure it, program applications, etc. . .?

That is why they are plumbers. 😛

 

[S Freud]

ok, ok, enough with all the jokes, seriously though. Does anyone have anything helpful they can say?

 

[ahurtt]

Originally posted by: nthedrk

Originally posted by: hungfarover
2.25 is great? You may need to re-evaluate your definition of "great" if you want to go to grad-school. One term with a low GPA won't kill you, but you aren't doing yourself any favors.

whoops, typo. 🙂

Well, while you're at it correcting your typos, the word you want in your topic in this case is "too." I'd like a cherry pie with my order, please.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: nthedrk
ok, ok, enough with all the jokes, seriously though. Does anyone have anything helpful they can say?

you can do anything you want to
don't let past mistakes stand in your way, if you want to achieve something, find a way to do it

don't look for excuses to fail

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: ahurtt

Originally posted by: KarenMarie

Originally posted by: woowoo
yes
You are going to be a plumber.....

there is nothing wrong with being a plumber.

the world needs plumbers, sanitation workers, restaurant workers, truck drivers and mechanics.

society would survive without computer networks, but we would be pretty screwed without the above forementioned workers.

😛

Yeah but here's the difference. I can easily learn to do a plumbers job. How easily can a plumber learn to set up an enterprise class network, administer it, secure it, program applications, etc. . .?

i think you highly overestimate the difficulty of setting up a network. it isnt really that hard. also, plumbing isnt as easy as it looks. it sounds like an easy job and from a distance it probably seems like only incompotent people can do it, but it is a skilled profession for sure. dont be an egotistical moron. computers arent overwhelmingly difficult to learn how to use and it doesnt make anyone a genius for knowing how to reboot a router.

 

[ahurtt]

Originally posted by: nthedrk
ok, ok, enough with all the jokes, seriously though. Does anyone have anything helpful they can say?

Listen to your parents. They are the only ones who really love you or care about you.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: nthedrk
ok, ok, enough with all the jokes, seriously though. Does anyone have anything helpful they can say?

seriously, could you be more pitiful? get off your ass and go do something about it instead of sitting here complaining. you are doomed for failure unless you learn how to be responsible and get a better work ethic. making good grades in hard classes doesnt just happen. you have to stop doing "fun" things and start doing homework and studying. i spend hours per day studying for just my physics class. granted, it is quantum mechanics, but i still study for other, 'easier' classes often to assure i learn the material.

basically what im saying is you need to study more.

 

[skyking]

kev's got it right. If your goals are really lofty, take what you have done and chalk it up to experience. learn to learn from it.
If you need 3.8 or better grades to move on to grad school, start over and don't accept anything under a 3.9 in the early classes. It just gets harder.

 

[monk3y]

There is no substitute for hard work and striving to be the best you can be. Grad schools will see a change in your grades if there is one. It's never too late to change. Work hard man and you'll reap the rewards.

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: ahurtt

Originally posted by: KarenMarie

Originally posted by: woowoo
yes
You are going to be a plumber.....

there is nothing wrong with being a plumber.

the world needs plumbers, sanitation workers, restaurant workers, truck drivers and mechanics.

society would survive without computer networks, but we would be pretty screwed without the above forementioned workers.

😛

Yeah but here's the difference. I can easily learn to do a plumbers job. How easily can a plumber learn to set up an enterprise class network, administer it, secure it, program applications, etc. . .?

if push came to shove, without a need for programer/admin the plumber would still be able to feed his family.

Not that I am saying the admin/programmer job is not a great job, it is. But it seems that there is an outlook/opinion on plumbers, truck drivers and sanitation workers that is lower than someone who works in an office. in reality, it is not the case.

no matter what the state of the economy is... no matter what country or sandard of living ppl are from... there is always a need to ppl to fix things and clean things and care for each other in a blue collar way.

🙂

 

[Mayfriday0529]

I did bad in College on my first two years, I'm back now and just had the best semester ever my GPA is close to 3.0 and If i continue to do well, it should continue to go up. So anything can be done, just have to work hard at it.

 

[ahurtt]

Originally posted by: Bigsm00th

Originally posted by: ahurtt

Originally posted by: KarenMarie

Originally posted by: woowoo
yes
You are going to be a plumber.....

there is nothing wrong with being a plumber.

the world needs plumbers, sanitation workers, restaurant workers, truck drivers and mechanics.

society would survive without computer networks, but we would be pretty screwed without the above forementioned workers.

😛

Yeah but here's the difference. I can easily learn to do a plumbers job. How easily can a plumber learn to set up an enterprise class network, administer it, secure it, program applications, etc. . .?

i think you highly overestimate the difficulty of setting up a network. it isnt really that hard. also, plumbing isnt as easy as it looks. it sounds like an easy job and from a distance it probably seems like only incompotent people can do it, but it is a skilled profession for sure. dont be an egotistical moron. computers arent overwhelmingly difficult to learn how to use and it doesnt make anyone a genius for knowing how to reboot a router.

I'm talking about enterprise class networks. And I have done plenty of plumbing in my own home. Burst pipes, installing toilets, etc. . .It aint rocket science. Also, there is more to running an enterprise class computer network than just setting it up. . .I already mentioned that in my original post but you seem to have conveniently failed to take notice of the other things. And computer technology and the IT field is like anything else. . .once you have experience and you know it, it doesn't seem hard to you any more. But to people who are not familiar with computer technology, it does take quite a while to learn sometimes. They have college degrees in computer science and information technology. Not nearly as many people go to college to earn degrees in plumbing. Know why? It just doesn't take 4 years to learn.

 

[ahurtt]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie

Originally posted by: ahurtt

Originally posted by: KarenMarie

Originally posted by: woowoo
yes
You are going to be a plumber.....

there is nothing wrong with being a plumber.

the world needs plumbers, sanitation workers, restaurant workers, truck drivers and mechanics.

society would survive without computer networks, but we would be pretty screwed without the above forementioned workers.

😛

Yeah but here's the difference. I can easily learn to do a plumbers job. How easily can a plumber learn to set up an enterprise class network, administer it, secure it, program applications, etc. . .?

if push came to shove, without a need for programer/admin the plumber would still be able to feed his family.

Not that I am saying the admin/programmer job is not a great job, it is. But it seems that there is an outlook/opinion on plumbers, truck drivers and sanitation workers that is lower than someone who works in an office. in reality, it is not the case.

no matter what the state of the economy is... no matter what country or sandard of living ppl are from... there is always a need to ppl to fix things and clean things and care for each other in a blue collar way.

🙂

Maybe you missed my point. . .It is much more possible for a white collar working man to be capable of doing a blue collar job than it is for a blue collar working man to be able to perform a white collar job.

 

[S Freud]

Originally posted by: Bigsm00th

Originally posted by: nthedrk
ok, ok, enough with all the jokes, seriously though. Does anyone have anything helpful they can say?

seriously, could you be more pitiful? get off your ass and go do something about it instead of sitting here complaining. you are doomed for failure unless you learn how to be responsible and get a better work ethic. making good grades in hard classes doesnt just happen. you have to stop doing "fun" things and start doing homework and studying. i spend hours per day studying for just my physics class. granted, it is quantum mechanics, but i still study for other, 'easier' classes often to assure i learn the material.

basically what im saying is you need to study more.

I'm not trying to be pitiful, did you read the OP I am just asking if anyone thinks that my first term GPA would screw up my chances of getting into grad school, I study plenty now. I admit that I didn't do it enough first term, my GPA being the result of that.