feeling screwed

[Aero047]

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i think i am screwed
my overall is 3.0
my science is like 2.3
i'm a second year
i have zero clubs, cuz of dealing with some crap on the side. i have absolutely lost motivation. i don't think i have a chance....i don't know what to do with my life.
i've hit post-adolescent crisis..
anyone feel this hopeless and depressed before?

 

[Jaba]

i think i am screwed
my overall is 3.0
my science is like 2.3
i'm a second year
i have zero clubs, cuz of dealing with some crap on the side. i have absolutely lost motivation. i don't think i have a chance....i don't know what to do with my life.
i've hit post-adolescent crisis..
anyone feel this hopeless and depressed before?

I know exactly what you mean. I too have a lower gpa, but from what I gathered there is hope..... aim to get A's until the end and possibly do some further courses after graduation to increase ur GPA... I know at my school, my advisor told me that the marks in 3rd and 4th year will raise. Also study lots for the DAT!!, i know some people that have lower GPA's but their DAT scores played a large role in their acceptance.

 

[Copacetic52]

Aero I am also in a similar situation as you. I've been depressed ever since I got into college and it has only gotten worse. I never did this bad in high school. My overall gpa is about 2.26 right now and my science gpa is a heck of a lot lower. In fact, I'm too scared to even do the calculations. I am also a second year with no extracurricular and no job experience. So my situation is probably a lot worse than yours. Anyways, I agree with Jaba. Just work harder now because your situation isn't bad. Plus you still have time to pull it up. I really want to thank people on this forum because they've all been really helpful and encouraging. I had lost all hope about dental school until I found this forum. So yea, just keep up the good work and you'll be just fine!

 

[Generallee]

It's not too late guys! I too had a really bad start my freshman year. Heck, my first two years!! After 2 years, I had a 2.7 GPA. But thats only because toward the middle of my 2nd year I got my act together. Then, from 3rd year on to my 5th year, I busted my buttocks off. You are only beginning your 2nd year so this is where you TURN it around! 😉 As long as you bust your butt and pull as much 4.0's as possible. The good thing is that you caught it early and still have much time to improve. Sometimes I wish I would have caught it during my freshman year or at least the beginning of my sophmore year but it didn't happen....and now I pay for it with average to below average GPA's.

 

[Jaba]

It's not too late guys! I too had a really bad start my freshman year. Heck, my first two years!! After 2 years, I had a 2.7 GPA. But thats only because toward the middle of my 2nd year I got my act together. Then, from 3rd year on to my 5th year, I busted my buttocks off. You are only beginning your 2nd year so this is where you TURN it around! 😉 As long as you bust your butt and pull as much 4.0's as possible. The good thing is that you caught it early and still have much time to improve. Sometimes I wish I would have caught it during my freshman year or at least the beginning of my sophmore year but it didn't happen....and now I pay for it with average to below average GPA's.

I am reducing my course load to 4 courses instead of the 5 and then doing some courses in the summer. I also think I will be in university for 5 years as i am in the exact same situation as you are in terms of GPA. Does anybody know if this is ok? Does it matter if you continue to take courses after 4 years of undergrad (does this have to be Post Bacc?). I wish that repeated courses would count more!!! i got a D in physics I and II and then a A+ when i retook it. Goes to show that I wasnt mature enough entering university.

 

[jay228]

holy **** what the hell is wrong with you guys?? Even the hardest of universities is not that hard. Sure, it's harder than high school but still very manageable.

Do whatever you need to do to get your **** together, if you can't hack undergrad, no way in **** will you swim in dental school.

 

[aphistis]

holy **** what the hell is wrong with you guys?? Even the hardest of universities is not that hard. Sure, it's harder than high school but still very manageable.

Do whatever you need to do to get your **** together, if you can't hack undergrad, no way in **** will you swim in dental school.

Very inspiring.

 

[jk5177]

holy **** what the hell is wrong with you guys?? Even the hardest of universities is not that hard. Sure, it's harder than high school but still very manageable.

Do whatever you need to do to get your **** together, if you can't hack undergrad, no way in **** will you swim in dental school.

It's hard to know if your bluntness is useful for the readers, or are you just being arrogant?

 

[jk5177]

i think i am screwed
my overall is 3.0
my science is like 2.3
i'm a second year
i have zero clubs, cuz of dealing with some crap on the side. i have absolutely lost motivation. i don't think i have a chance....i don't know what to do with my life.
i've hit post-adolescent crisis..
anyone feel this hopeless and depressed before?

What's going on? Say more.

 

[Generallee]

holy **** what the hell is wrong with you guys?? Even the hardest of universities is not that hard. Sure, it's harder than high school but still very manageable.

Do whatever you need to do to get your **** together, if you can't hack undergrad, no way in **** will you swim in dental school.

I agree...looking back I can't believe I used to get those kind of grades. However, I fully understand those that do get those grades. For me, it was lack of direction in my life and lack of understanding of what an education can do. Sometimes, I just didn't care! And its not like I was a party freak or club hopper. Actually, quite opposite. Sometimes I didn't even know why I was in school. At that time, I always tried to rationalize that having a degree was useless and I would have rather worked full time making less than 20k a year. But, after struggling to pay rent, paying bills, etc., it made me realize the opportunity and value in education....Now I suddenly had this new revelation in my life. I know... some people just can't relate to people like me but even though I wished I could have "snapped" out of it earlier in my undergrad, I firmly believe that I needed to go through that in order for me to be where I am today. It's called "growing up". For some it takes longer than others. So, some of these people will realize later in life that they had a prime opportunity right out of high school to make certain of their futures and do well in college but didn't take the opportunity to do so. It's okay, its what you do now!

 

[jay228]

Very inspiring.

I never set out to inspire anyone. I leave such asinine tasks to more suitable people... say you for example.

or are you being arrogant?

nope. Just flabbergasted that anyone short of having extenuating life circumstances can find collegiate academics to be THAT difficult. (yes I went to a balls to wall huge no one cares about you public state school without any shred of GPA inflation and a ****load of competition amongst the pre-health nerds)

If you're working hard, and still doing that bad, there is definitely something seriously flawed about your execution, get it fixed before professional school starts or you won't last half a semester.

Remember, just because you're working hard doesn't mean you deserve a good grade.

 

[KHANSAHAAB]

I agree...looking back I can't believe I used to get those kind of grades. However, I fully understand those that do get those grades. For me, it was lack of direction in my life and lack of understanding of what an education can do. Sometimes, I just didn't care! And its not like I was a party freak or club hopper. Actually, quite opposite. Sometimes I didn't even know why I was in school. At that time, I always tried to rationalize that having a degree was useless and I would have rather worked full time making less than 20k a year. But, after struggling to pay rent, paying bills, etc., it made me realize the opportunity and value in education....Now I suddenly had this new revelation in my life. I know... some people just can't relate to people like me but even though I wished I could have "snapped" out of it earlier in my undergrad, I firmly believe that I needed to go through that in order for me to be where I am today. It's called "growing up". For some it takes longer than others. So, some of these people will realize later in life that they had a prime opportunity right out of high school to make certain of their futures and do well in college but didn't take the opportunity to do so. It's okay, its what you do now!

You make a lot of sense man. Growing up is not just about physical change; its also about gaining a new perspective.

 

[jk5177]

Just flabbergasted that anyone short of having extenuating life circumstances can find collegiate academics to be THAT difficult.

Maybe the person do have extenuating life circumstances? Or maybe the person have extenuating life cirsumstances from the past and is dealing with it now? Maybe the person has no extenuating life circumstances at all?

So why do you assume that the person has no extenuating life circumstances?

 

[jk5177]

Just flabbergasted that anyone short of having extenuating life circumstances can find collegiate academics to be THAT difficult.

Maybe the person do have extenuating life circumstances? Or maybe the person have extenuating life cirsumstances from the past and is dealing with it now? Maybe the person has no extenuating life circumstances at all?

So why do you assume that the person has no extenuating life circumstances?

 

[jr8047]

Aero..you may just be burned out and there isn't anything wrong with that. Give yourself a little time to re-group by taking easy classes and the minimum number of credit hours as you can. Give yourself permission to relax a little.
Sometimes wavering motivation is caused from self doubt and if you had a hard semester you may be experiencing this. Do not give up on yourself!

The bottom line: ...1. rest, 2. accept your position and forgive yourself, 3. looking forward: be savy in choosing your classes at this time in your life (pick easy classes and easy professors to boost your gpa)

 

[twofast2s]

jay228,
i somewhat agree w/ your statement, and its kinda funny that i know a person name jay who would say the same thing.
now, no grades are deserved w/o hard work, even if you are a smart guy. i see smart guys working harder than anyone else, although they tell people they're not studying at all. when i bust my butt to get an A in graduate course, i see it as i earned the grade more so than i deserved it. but if i was struggling and then managed to receive an exceptional grade after study hard, i could see how the grades could be deserved.

another thing that you said about needing to get **** together b/c dental schools aren't easier. it's true, but i believe that the maturity is more important aspect than just coming back to reality. so what if you have 4.0 and 30 DAT? w/o maturity, i do not think a person would actually enjoy being a dentist nor passionate about what he/she does. maturity goes a long way.
another thing i want to point out is that for me, my bio gpa is below 3.0, but my chem gpa is above 3.5. and i know i have my **** together, but i just can't manage to just cram in words that are irrelevant to me b/c i haven't had time to ingest all the materials. taking 6 science courses per semester does that to you.

just my 2 cents, not flamming jay228 in anyway. 😉