Quote: (08-20-2013 08:10 PM)ballsyamog Wrote:
I have placed myself in quite.a terrible predicament. I'm currently in my 4th year at university, my grades are terrible, my gpa is quite bad. I'm in danger of having to drop out. At the moment I am on the general science program and the only hope I have of a remotely good career that pays well is to transfer into the engineering program which I am trying to do. I have set myself up for failure, infact I already repeated three courses and students are not usually accepted into a program after 4 repeated courses. I also at the moment live at home. My life right seems like it has gone to sh*t. Is there anyway to salvage this? I didn't ask for help because honestly this is quite embarrassing. My confidence is at an all time low. Any suggestions would be helpful
Before my rant - first of all, if you are in your fourth year if college you NEED to finish. Just graduate and get the diploma.
It doesn't sound like transferring into the engineering program is going to save your career. If you did poorly in general sciences, why will you excel in engineering? Unless I am missing something. Also, how many more years will you have to sacrifice to finish an engineering degree? You will never get this time back.
I think it is unnecessary, will be a waste of time and money, and you should focus on graduating as soon as you possibly can.
What kind of entry level jobs are you interested in getting into after graduation?
Is teaching English abroad an option you are considering?
How much student loan debt do you have?
Are you considering entrepreneurship as an option?
I did very well in school and got top marks in my masters program.
I left that career track and, to this day, I use zero of my acquired skills from academia for my business.
As such, it is irrelevant that I did well in school. I could have nearly flunked out and still succeeded as an entrepreneur.
I have been suggesting this option very frequently lately:
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-24989.html
If you combine that with learning skills independently then you don't need to rely on the institution of university to qualify for jobs.
Here are some sites you can use for independent digital skill acquisition:
http://www.udemy.com
http://www.lynda.com
http://www.teamtreehouse.com
http://www.theelevatorlife.com (not digital skill acquisition but learn about import/export in China)
Can you do the following?
1. Finish college ASAP
2. Go to Asia for 2-3 years and becoming a TEFL/CELTA teacher
3. Eliminate 20-30K USD of student loan debt
4. Use your free time to learn SEO and Wordpress and Coding
5. Become a freelancer for year 1, building websites in your free time in exchange for cash
6. Build internet businesses and ecommerce sites in year 2 and 3, perhaps exporting products out of China/Taiwan to the US or vice-versa
This plan will teach you hard digital skill sets that will make you practical in the 21st century economy, destroy your debt burden, have you see the most dynamic region of the world, date hot chicks, and get experience failing at some businesses and probably succeeding with one of them.
Does that sound better than transferring to engineering after failing at general sciences for four years so that you can graduate to compete with engineers who have excelled but also can't find work?
You will not be the only engineer in the entry level workforce. Why would they take you over those hundreds of thousands who have done well and graduated in four years?
Choose Yourself.
http://www.amazon.com/Choose-Yourself-eb...B00CO8D3G4
As a science person with a terrible GPA your situation is probably pretty similar to someone who did fairly well in a "useless" subject in the humanities like Polisci or Anthropology.
The good news is that your education begins at graduation, it does not end at graduation. You have the ability to hack your situation so that you can independently build digital skill sets and entrepreneurial/life skill sets that MIGHT make you more formidable than you would have been if you had gone through engineering and then joined a large company in a niche engineering capacity.
Notice I said "MIGHT" make you more formidable because your success will depend entirely upon your diligent execution.
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