By academicloser - 22/02/2011 17:19 - United States

Today, in an attempt to get some guidance from my college advisor, I emailed her, saying I was contemplating going to another school because I felt so helpless about my GPA, and was sure I wouldn't get my major. I asked for advice on raising it. She gave me instructions on how to drop out. FML
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DocBastard 38

Don't listen to her, and don't scream and Yale. Be as strong as an Ox,ford the stream, but don't go jumping off a Cambridge. You can be as rich as a a Duke or as famous as a Princeton, but getting good grades isn't that Harvard. Just study hard and eat a good meal, something like Brown Rice with Cornell.

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RachelCamille 0

Maybe you should have been more direct. If you said you wanted to go to another school then thats probably what she took it as. If you just wanted more advice then just say that you need some advice.

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wackywillie54 0

if you want to ask something just ask it don't be indirect and all hurt when they give you the answer you didn't want if you asked with an innuendo

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calvin10 0

Study or drop out!! Another school won't do the trick..

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alsjhegd 0

well she give good advice. why do people ask for how to raise their gpa or grades hahah its such a stupid questiom. do all your homework, study, try hard. there go dumbass. and why would you switch schools because of gpa. stupid

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stevenmx86 7

That's an obvious attention grab I'd I've ever seen one... Kind of pathetic.. You should be happy, she obviously thinks you're making the right choice...

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Sammara 0

1. Even if something bad happened, there's not really an excuse for a super low GPA. You'd be better off withdraw/passing in the event of an emergency than simply letting things slide. Or, if you're like most people I know with low GPAs, partying is not more important than classes. 2. Most advisers have very, very limited time and some of them were not interested in being advisers in the first place. (Some are wonderful, of course.) Chances are, yours skimmed your email, noted the part about considering dropping out, and answered that. You need to generally be very to the point with them. If you didn't want advice on how to drop out, you shouldn't have mentioned you were considering it. If your's is normally wonderful...take it personally, take the hint. If you haven't really had contact with your's before, or if your's is usually kind of all over the place, then don't take it personally and just pull your GPA up by things like studying and getting a tutor.

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Amajean 7

What are your interests? Have you tried any career testing? The Myers-Briggs and Strong Interest Inventory are the ones my old college used. Advisors typically suck so blow it off

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zarrah_fml 0

Either you meant to say "high school guidance counselor" or a LOT of people are misunderstanding including you, OP. Your college advisor is supposed to help you figure out your major/focus and get you signed up for the classes you need. So you've already been accepted to this college and emailed your COLLEGE advisor for help, right? A college advisor does not help high school students with advice on how to raise your high school GPA. You told the college advisor that you were contemplating going to another school. Therefore OF COURSE she gave you instructions on how to drop out of the college!! People are thinking that you mean your high school guidance counselor told you to drop out of high school and I don't think that's what happened. In that case there is NO FML here at all and I don't see how you think anything about this is anybody's fault but your own.

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stevenmx86 7

Some advice on raising your gpa, do your ******* work and study...

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