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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel
I'm not saying that a 2.9 is the worst thing in the world, but for this individual poster they mentioned their laundry list of activities which reads to me as being more focused on the social than the academic. Also the +/- system makes things more complicated, but the fact I could find the academic assistance center for the two courses that allegedly are the root problem of the GPA issue, and the most failed, and I don't attend Mizzou makes me wonder if the OP is utilizing all her resources. I looked at their specific Greek grade report, most recent is fall 2010, and all of the NPC sororities were above a 3.0, with the average of sorority women at 3.25, and Mizzou women a 3.14.
I am well aware of privilege but blaming it on having a crappy math teacher in high school doesn't explain why this student wouldn't be placed in an appropriate math course to her abilities as Mizzou has every student take a placement exam as of fall 2010. Oh and working part time, not a great excuse. That goes back to the laundry list of activities I mentioned, lack of time management and focusing on academics. How will someone handle sorority life if they are using a job as an excuse (not that the OP did, you mentioned it as a viable reason).
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When I said I had a "laundry list" I just meant that I was rather involved freshman year. Balancing school and clubs wasn't too difficult...so I incorrectly assumed I could do the same second semester.but didn't account for a new job and new campus position, I definitely focused on my academics but I gave harder classes the same amount of time as I did my classes during my first semester which was a huge mistake. I would never use my job or my clubs as an excuse, its my own fault for stretching myself too thin when I thought second semester would be the same as the first.
And as far as high school is concerned, none of my teachers were crappy lol. I was in honors programs in all areas except science and did fairly well. It was really just a lesson in time management differences from one semester to the other. I got it together at the end of the semester which is better than correcting it during my upperclassmen years, in my opinion.
Thanks again for all the input, I will probably go ahead and rush for the experience if nothing else.