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Originally posted by kizzie22
I agree...These are usually the individuals who stop going to class and drop courses because they are too lazy to study. These are times when I agree with gpa being raised to a 3.0.
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I really don't have a problem with any org raising their GPA cause as was stated a 2.5 isn't demonstrating scholarship. However, I know myself and several others at my undergrad institution STRUGGLED to get that 2.5 because we were in majors that we shouldn't have been in and were too busy holding on to classes that we SHOULD have dropped. And for me personally it wasn't my major that was kicking my butt it was cognate courses in physics, calculus and organic chemistry that devestated my GPA. As soon as I switched majors, I had straight A's but it wasn't enough to have put me where I would have been comfortable applying. That undergrad experience did initially make me work harder in grad school but when I got there it just turned out my new field was where I should have been so I went from a 2.5 to a 3.9 MA GPAand now have a 3.7 in my PhD work.
I say all that to say that while sometimes it is laziness on behalf of the person. Other times it could be major or personal reasons that keep a person struggling academically.