What would you have done if you had a low GPA in Physics

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GPA below 3.0 at Tech

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What would you have done?

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Transferred to Southern

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You need to take comments on here less seriously/personally.

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I think he's slowly getting to the point where he admits he's been trolling us hard for about a month. He never would have admitted he transferred to Southern because it would help his low GPA. 3 weeks ago Southern was still a "high level academic institution" in his eyes

Calling it now, 2 weeks from now we'll know this guy is one really good troll on Southern and we'll all get a good laugh out of it

I think you need to go back to

GREENBOW AL-A-BAMA!

Your posts legitimately ruin my morning every time I see them

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I'd have went to work in the oilfield making bank

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Is it really that easy to work in oil. I have heard multiple comments about this.

The only thing they push in Physic majors face is research or teaching. Although simplistically true,the internet has fortunately dispelled this as narrow-minded. But oil field work is not a commonly mentioned option.

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What would you have done if you had a low GPA in physics

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I would probably go on the internet and constantly try to justify to myself that southern is a good place to be.

Southern is a very bad institution, especially for engineering. I've met EE graduates from there who couldn't tell me what Ohm's Law is.

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I had less than a 3.0 for my undergraduate degree, and I got some experience under my belt and got one of the highest scores on the GRE in the country. That helped me get into graduate school on fellowship.

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Same here, actually. As a Physics major my GPA was truly horrid (slightly under 2.5) but got a 1500+ GRE and was able to get into grad school anyway and took it from there.

I graduated LSU with a 2.4 in physics. Before graduation I went and talked to the graduate admissions officer for a couple of engineering programs. The EE officer listened to my story, was a frick off but never dropped or failed a physics class and worked in physics lab (CAMD) for 3 years...took upper level physics with free electives, and asked him to talk to the Associaye Dean of the College of Basic Sciences about me. He called in front of me and the guy said to give me a shot...he did.

He made me take Circuits, Electronics, Digital Logic, Field Theiry, and Solid State the semester after I graduated...he said if you make a C don't come back and talk to me. Made As and Bs.

He made me take Electronics II with Ajmera that summer...I got the second highest grade in the class and when it came time for me to register for grad school Ajmera walked me down to the Admissions officer's office and said let this guy in.

I had a letter from CAMD saying they'd let me do research for the PhD candidates, expose their projects at the beam lines, and I started with a professors project he had waiting.

I've worked as an engineer since graduation, through a few different fields.

I work for a PE mechanical engineer now and produce all sorts of reports. At a rocket launch facility today taking UT measurements to ensure the piping they used after last years explosion is to spec...and conforms to the assumptions we made in the remaining life and Code compliance calculations.