I emailed them to make sure my graduation application had been received and reviewed and what not yesterday (I submitted it 3 months ago). Anyhow, got an email that they were considering one of my courses I was enrolled in for spring a repeat of another course I took........... so...... I dropped it and added Am Natl Govt & Politics - PSC 104 - 209! OMG, lol. I have never taken a political science class. Kinda freaking. But, I really know so little about politics (hence why I stay out of Moe's) and it is a 104 class....
So, I am repeating to myself, it will be ok, it will be ok, it will be ok....
STREEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS
I am just so glad I decided to wait until this weekend to make the 100 mile drive to get my books!
poly sci isnt bad at all -- that class I believe is very similar to high school govt. I was a ps major for about 2 years in college. I actually took that class while i was dually enrolled in high school. I think you will enjoy it and learn quite a bit about how things are structured
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Ha! You know more about current events and politics than you think
It matters because it matters to you And lots of places care more about your GPA in your last two years of school than they do about the cumulative GPA. In my graduate school application they didn't even ask about my cumulative GPA, just those last two years.
Good thing you called to check on the application!
It matters because it matters to you And lots of places care more about your GPA in your last two years of school than they do about the cumulative GPA. In my graduate school application they didn't even ask about my cumulative GPA, just those last two years.
Good thing you called to check on the application!
Oh well good to know since it is the last two years that are the worst... sigh...
Oh I know you meant well but now I feel totally sad... my gpa for my last two years is dismal which is why my cumulative is so low... last two years being of coursework, not the last two years in my life... but I just had a lot going on which is why it is low, not that I am not smart... sigh sometimes life needs a do over
Yeah, I don't think I will be able to get into grad school. My gpa is only a 2.85. The last 24 credits will most likely be straight As but the last two years of going to a school while working on my business and helping support dh through school... my grades really took a pounding. Sigh, and to top it off, I am not even getting a degree in my true major, I am getting a Regents of Arts degree which is just a completion degree rather than a bachelor's of business admin because it just was not feasible to transfer into the business program here in my situation. I just feel completely down about this. Not really sure why I am bothering. The fact is, I sacrificed my college career to get married, for my husband's education and to have babies and I guess I just need to pray like hell my marriage stays sound!
My GPA was only a little higher than that, but when I wrote my resume, I also included, my GPA for only classes in my major, which was quite a bit higher.
Anyway, I had no trouble getting a job.
Jeni
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I started college when I was in high school and my grades there, fantastic, and I had some really hard classes because I was going to be a doctor.... so I thought.
Then dh dropped out of college and came home and rather than going off to college... I put it off and got married.
A few years into my marriage, I went back to school and did really, really well. I was at Portland State and decided to major in business then and I remember when I officially applied to the school of business my gpa in my major was a 3.8... then I got pregnant and was horridly sick and had to quit for 2 semesters. I went back one semester and did well and then we moved to Boise.
Welllllllllll............ Boise is where the **** hit the fan. I was running Sugar Peas and spending 80 hours a week with that, dh was working, and also going to school full time, I continually put him ahead of me to get him through school to get a good a job, and then worry about me.
Well that worked ok... he got a great job and I don't by any means have to or need to work. But his job required relocating and I had 4 classes that had to be spread over two semesters to graduate.
So, I transferred to Marshall University and I am completing a Regents Bachelor's of arts degree which is a completion type degree. Which makes sense for my situation. But it REALLY bothers me I am not getting an official business degree. I absolute could not have made a business degree at marshall work for many reasons, so I thought, I'll do this, and then get an MBA.
I honestly had no idea how much I had let my GPA drop while in Boise. It wasn't ever great because honestly I was never good at being a student. I would skip classes and leave papers until the night before they were due. An dI have a lot of good grades but I have 12 failing credits of calculus at BSU and other bad grades here and there, and it is depressing.
Depressing to have worked so hard for so long and to have this garbage GPA which is obviously not representative of my ability (and I don't fault anyone for a low gpa lol) and a degree that isn't WHAT my degree really is. I was one of the ONLY students who got an A in my international marketing class last semester. But man, I had time. LOL I have time like nobody's business. I am not working, I have a very inactive social life, I just hang out with ds all day long and he is 3 1/2 so he doesn't need my constant attention anymore....
I have thought about staying in another term but that would be another 3 grand... and would mean I would have to go to school this summer, and honestly, I can only take online classes and I am running out of classes to take. And, I am not sure if they WILL let me stay in another semester. I have every requirement met the only thing that I have been doing is 24 credits for my residency requirement, so it isn't like I can put off a required course. ANYTHING I take counts!
Thanks for all the words of encouragement, just feeling slightly down. The college part of my life didn't go how I intended and I really just need to get over that.
Oh, gosh! I totally didn't mean to bring you down! Honestly for grad school they are so much more likely to look at the big picture--I would think this would be especially true in business and marketing where they are more likely to look at your real-life experience, right? I mean, honestly, I thought I rocked the GRE with a 690 in quantitative--and that turned out to be 68th percentile--but my resume is really strong and I've had some great life experiences for a teacher, so . . . they must've figured I was worth the gamble Your life experiences are worth so much more than a few bumpy semesters.
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