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Astrosag
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Hi everyone. Haven't posted in a while, but school keeps me pretty busy. Hope everyone is doing fine and hello to all the new people (dont recognize many of the faces..i mean tags). Also, I did post this message in the Free forum spot but I don't know if everyone reads the Free area...maybe someone from here (seem to be many engineers here) may be able to help. Hope no one minds.<br /><br />So, I have a pretty large, and pretty scarey dilema. I am a junior in college majoring in Aerospace Engineering and am looking towards grad school. Problem is...and its big one...my GPA. My freshman and sophmore years were horrible averaging a pathetic 2.7 for the two years combined. I don;t know what to say...some quarters i slacked, some i overwhelmed myself with too many units, others i got too caught up in - not parties, but clubs. I didn't waste the two years. I was very very active in my major in terms of clubs and organizations. Thru these experieneces, I landed a very nice internship at Boeing this past summer working on the 7E7 Dreamliner. It was awesome. The great thing about the internship is that I have been called back for next summer- which for all intents and purposes, means that I have a job when i graduate (as long i dont curse at my collegues or manager..haha). BUT, just recently (even though I have researched the grad school process and schools ever since i started undergrad) decided that grad school is the best choice. Its so ironic and frustrating that i did so much research into grad school and often lend advice to my student peers but I, myself, (at least i feel like it) lack the qualifications to attend top schools. <br /><br />My grades are improving....and I have been doing well in my major with a gpa slightly above 3.75. These two years are the core years with mostly aero classes and this quarter im doing quite well. Now knowing what I want to pursue, i have not the slightest worry about doing bad these two years. But my first two years, I think, will bring