Failing two classes

[wootapotky]

This isn't a thread on how to pass classes but a thread on the ramifications of failing two classes in college. I fully admit that I was being a dumbass this semester since I've gone to a total of 4 classes in one of my courses and that I've only turned in 5 hw assignments out of about 20 and skipped a 25 point quiz in the other course. Actually it's still possible for me to fail a thiird course but I don't really think I will, but at the same time I wouldn't be surprised. Realistically I'm looking at about a 1.7 to 2.0 semester gpa and overall gpa of around 2.9.

At my uni you can repeat lower division courses and they will only count the higher grade on your gpa so in terms of gpa it's as if you never failed. But the failed courses still go on my transcript and that's more what I was worried about. Would future employers see that transcript and if they do and from now on out I get a 4.0 would they even care? Basically these will be the only classes I've ever failed, and in terms of my learning growth may actually help in the long run since it's actually making me care about my grades and learning. But future employers may not care about that. So how screwed long-term am I?

 

[doctoroxygen]

I wouldn't worry about it as much as it sounds like you're doing. Most employers/grad schools look at you holistically, i.e. how you grew as a student, rather than overall. You should be fine, just work hard from now on.

 

[Adone]

I wouldn't worry about it as much as it sounds like you're doing. Most employers/grad schools look at you holistically, i.e. how you grew as a student, rather than overall. You should be fine, just work hard from now on.

Actually when you apply for really high positions when you are just out of UNI, some major employers will turn out people who "let themselves relax" some time during their scholastic career. But it's pretty uncommon, they usually look at the overall GPA.