GPA dropping each semester?

[cheyaar]

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Currently in the middle of sophomore year and am having a bit of a crisis:

Started off with a 3.9 gpa freshman year and ended with a 3.6 due to a C+ in a science course.

After working hard this semester to boost my grade in a science class, I ended up neglecting my other courses and received another C+ and 2 Bs, resulting in a 3.4 gpa.


Need major advice, on the verge of losing my mind!!

Thanks

 

[Chemstudent]

Done

 

[miamiheatfan]

Currently in the middle of sophomore year and am having a bit of a crisis:

Started off with a 3.9 gpa freshman year and ended with a 3.6 due to a C+ in a science course.

After working hard this semester to boost my grade in a science class, I ended up neglecting my other courses and received another C+ and 2 Bs, resulting in a 3.4 gpa.


Need major advice, on the verge of loosing my mind!!

Thanks

See what you did when you got a 3.9 and when you got the recent grades you have now. Classes are getting harder, so you need to find new study strategies that will help you succeed. You can still pull your GPA back up. Ask earlier for help when it's needed. Form study groups with people. Minimize distractions that may have contributed and make your grades a number 1 priority.

 

[Blue Blood]

See what you did when you got a 3.9 and when you got the recent grades you have now. Classes are getting harder, so you need to find new study strategies that will help you succeed. You can still pull your GPA back up. Ask earlier for help when it's needed. Form study groups with people. Minimize distractions that may have contributed and make your grades a number 1 priority.

+1 distractions
I've seen too many people get caught up in "the college life." Prioritize studying and you'll be fine.

 

[chillinillinkillin007]

+1 distractions
I've seen too many people get caught up in "the college life." Prioritize studying and you'll be fine.

college life is for idiots. Don't be a fool to the propaganda. College is for education. Use your summer break for fun.

 

[FutureOncologist]

college life is for idiots. Don't be a fool to the propaganda. College is for education. Use your summer break for fun.

Don't agree with this. If you have no problem spending 100% of your time studying like a machine, then you do you. But if you were like me and wanted to have fun while getting good grades, then you need to plan your time down to the quarter-hour mark. College isn't about how smart you are, it's how well you can manage your time.

 

[TexasSurgeon]

college life is for idiots. Don't be a fool to the propaganda. College is for education. Use your summer break for fun.

LOL
You are still alive in college. College isn't just to work 24/7. Like @FutureOncologist said, it's time management.

I pulled 3.75-3.8's fresh year, then made a 3.6 soph, freaked out from that year, and got better at managing my time. My past 3 semesters have been 4.0, 3.9, 4.0

So yes OP you need to manage your time, you can't put all your effort into one class and neglect the others, thats setting yourself up for a disaster.

But don't freak out. A lot of people on here don't realize how much an upward trend helps to have. That being said, you better go back to your freshman routine after this semester.

 

[Dr Van Helsing]

college life is for idiots. Don't be a fool to the propaganda. College is for education. Use your summer break for fun.

Personally, as long as I am getting good grades and getting laid, everything else is secondary.

 

[cheyaar]

OP here. Thanks so much for all the replies. My concern is that 3.9 gpa happened during a pretty easy semester. These lower grades are occurring in harder classes, that Im feeling overwhelmed in.

Do you suggest I take an easier semester to bump up my grades? I'm very concerned that if I continue with these harder classes, everything will continue downhill.

 

[Doug Underhill]

Are the bad grades in a certain subject you're weak in- physics or orgo, for example? If so, complete your pre-reqs for that subject and take no further classes in it (unless it's something essential for med school like physiology)

 

[cheyaar]

Are the bad grades in a certain subject you're weak in- physics or orgo, for example? If so, complete your pre-reqs for that subject and take no further classes in it (unless it's something essential for med school like physiology)

The C+ this term was in stats, a req for pre-med.

Maybe I'll start a new thread for this, but I guess I'm looking for some advice of how to manage your time and study effectively. I'm heavily involved in extracurriculars, which I have a hard time giving up because I enjoy them so much. From a performing arts group to leading a pre-medical club and involved in Greek Life, I love my ECs and don't like the idea of giving them up for pre-med life. Maybe that's naive of me...

Thoughts?

 

[chillinillinkillin007]

Don't agree with this. If you have no problem spending 100% of your time studying like a machine, then you do you. But if you were like me and wanted to have fun while getting good grades, then you need to plan your time down to the quarter-hour mark. College isn't about how smart you are, it's how well you can manage your time.

i didn't say college isn't fun. i said "college life" is for idiots. the typical college life included doing jack **** all day, skipping classing, and getting stupid drunk everyday

 

[efle]

doing jack **** all day, skipping classing, and getting stupid drunk everyday

you must be new to SDN, people on here do this all day and get 4.0 GPA and 36+ MCAT and cure cancer

 

[f4reignbeauty]

The C+ this term was in stats, a req for pre-med.

Maybe I'll start a new thread for this, but I guess I'm looking for some advice of how to manage your time and study effectively. I'm heavily involved in extracurriculars, which I have a hard time giving up because I enjoy them so much. From a performing arts group to leading a pre-medical club and involved in Greek Life, I love my ECs and don't like the idea of giving them up for pre-med life. Maybe that's naive of me...

Thoughts?

Yeah, I would have to agree with many of the above posters. It's really about time management, and using the time that you have, to study efficiently.

As you continue in pursuit of your degree, try to identify patterns/material that overlaps in your courses. That's something that helped me tremendously, especially when the upper-division Biology courses are about the bigger picture.

Hope the information helps. Don't give up, just reevaluate and keep moving forward.

 

[chillinillinkillin007]

you must be new to SDN, people on here do this all day and get 4.0 GPA and 36+ MCAT and cure cancer

yeah and they win olympic medals, triple major, get like 10+ publications, etc. and still sleep 10 hours a day. SDN's finest.

 

[TexasSurgeon]

The C+ this term was in stats, a req for pre-med.

Maybe I'll start a new thread for this, but I guess I'm looking for some advice of how to manage your time and study effectively. I'm heavily involved in extracurriculars, which I have a hard time giving up because I enjoy them so much. From a performing arts group to leading a pre-medical club and involved in Greek Life, I love my ECs and don't like the idea of giving them up for pre-med life. Maybe that's naive of me...

Thoughts?

You'll probably have to give one up if you want to get to where you want to be.