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2.7 GPA as a junior
I'm a junior in high school and I have a 2.7 GPA. I feel awful. I literally hate myself and now I won't be able to get into a good college. What do you think?
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Whoa hold on there. A 2.7 GPA is not all that bad and there is still time to bring it up if you put the effort into it. You still have just over 3o days until the end of the first semester plus the entire second semester to bring up your grade. I know no one likes doing school work over the winter break with the holidays and everything though this is your best opportunity to bring your GPA up.
You are 0.3 away from a 3.0 GPA which will be good enough to get you into some of the better schools. You are probably failing or close to failing one class or have low grades in two or more classes. Whichever it is ask those teachers for extra credit work you can do now and over the holiday break. If you are having trouble with those classes ask for tutors to help you bring your grades up in those classes.
Worst case scenario is you do not get accepted to a college you want to attend though one or more schools do accepted you. Your choice is to attend one of those schools and get the prerequisite studies completed for your major then transfer to the college of your choice. The other option is to attend a local community college. Take some of the prerequisite studies there while taking remedial classes in the those course you had trouble with in High School.
My son did the later and found the teaching method at the community college much different and more understandable to him. His course of study was Emergency Medical Technician for which he not only received his AA degree but his Paramedic license as well. His GPA in high school was worse than yours but in College he was the honor graduate from his course of study.
He is now a firefighter/paramedic the job he always wanted. With his degree he can go on to several different courses of study including Emergency Medical Management and Nursing. While he intends to retire from the fire department both of those other jobs would pride a great secondary income as he will still be young enough to work if he wants to.
Using my son as an example you can see all is not lost. You just need to decide what is the best course to follow and to buckle down and get the job done.
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