just got rejected from graduate school

[Texashiker]

I got a 3.0 overall, higher in major. my GPA's for each semester (without cancelling out retaken classes) went from like 1.7, 1.6, 1.8, 3.4, 3.x, 3.x, 3.x, 3.x, 3.x, 3.74.

i'm 270 lbs.

To be honest - it looks like you need to get your act/life together. Not only do you make lousy grades, but your close to 100 pounds overweight.

There is no excuse for having a 3.0 GPA or less

There is no excuse for being anywhere close 100 pounds overweight. At your current weight, your going to develop high blood pressure and diabetes early in life. When you start looking for a job, make sure health insurance is at the top of the list.

Lose your weight and join the army or marines and they will teach you some discipline. Regardless of what you learn in school, without discipline, the rest of your life is going to be crap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Nf1MK7lts

 

[Rockinacoustic]

Well what did you expect in applying to just one grad program?

 

[yhelothar]

To be honest - it looks like you need to get your act/life together. Not only do you make lousy grades, but your close to 100 pounds overweight.

There is no excuse for having a 3.0 GPA or less

There is no excuse for being anywhere close 100 pounds overweight. At your current weight, your going to develop high blood pressure and diabetes early in life. When you start looking for a job, make sure health insurance is at the top of the list.

Lose your weight and join the army or marines and they will teach you some discipline. Regardless of what you learn in school, without discipline, the rest of your life is going to be crap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Nf1MK7lts

went from like 1.7, 1.6, 1.8, 3.4, 3.x, 3.x, 3.x, 3.x, 3.x, 3.74.

 

[Fritzo]

surprisingly, no. I just checked the military's weight requirements for recruits. for my age and height, i'd need to be under 189 lbs.

i'm 270 lbs.

Whoa dude. Maybe take 6 months and focus on getting into shape. Maybe you're not getting job offers because company's don't want you on their insurance plans?

 

[chusteczka]

Lose the weight. Get out into the sunlight for vitamin D and increase your spirits, walk at least a mile each day preferably two miles, start your exercise routine and keep to it. You need cardiovascular exercise to get your body moving. Then start with exercises you can do in your apartment such as pushups and exercises with your legs like lunges and squats without the weight. Start with 10 pushups a day and work yourself up to three sets of 25. Start with 10 lunges for each leg (20 total) and work your way up to 80 total. Start with 10 weightless squats and work your way up to 40 in one set. This will be over time and will get your body moving. Keep up with the soccer but you need to be able to move your body more.

Then eat better, lose the junk and sugary food. Rely on the basics like oatmeal, bananas, milk, fruit, boston lettuce or romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots. These foods are really cheap at market. Also, get your meats from a deli, lunchmeat, cheese, and prepared foods like meatloaf or chicken, and pork cutlets.

Then apply to more grad schools in other areas such as south dakota like a previous poster mentioned. That change in your living environment will be an enjoyable experience.

There are some places in this country where only the best are able to survive; usually the metro cities and most of California. People who are not able to keep up often either die or move out to an easier area to live. Those unable to keep up are basically filtered out of society. Just because you were raised in a competitive area does not mean you have what it takes to live there. You need to pull yourself together. Your health, attitude, and work or school are the places to start.

The cubbyhole for your computer reduces airflow, thereby allowing the computer to overheat and shutdown. Pull it out of the cubbyhole or possibly cut a hole in the back and leave the front open to allow increased airflow. A computer that is not booting off a CD does not point to a hard drive problem. Your computer will run just fine with the hard drive disconnected and a bootable CD to boot from.

Going from economics to statistics? That can work well. Finance would also be good.

 

[Texashiker]

went from like 1.7, 1.6, 1.8, 3.4, 3.x, 3.x, 3.x, 3.x, 3.x, 3.74.

What is the "X"? Were they 3.1, 3.1, 3.2? The information was omitted for a reason.

It looks like the OPs life needs a complete overhaul - lose the weight, get in shape, make better grades.

 

[Kirby]

You ever consider construction or any other labor job? My old man got his degree, then messed around for years doing jobs he didn't like. He got a job as a boilermaker for Fluor Daniels, then was offered a job as an consultant/analyst at a airheater company. He makes well over $100k/year and travels all over the country (Hawaii for Xmas :biggrin.

 

[erikistired]

i'm not entirely sure, but i'm pretty confident that was supposed to be a veiled insult. fwiw, I do have an A+ cert, and can't seem to find a job with it. I'm pretty sure i'm not searching correctly.

1) hopefully you don't think an A+ cert is something any employer takes into consideration when hiring.
2) don't listen to sandeagle and load up on certs. when i was hiring for technical positions kids would come in with every cert you could think of, and not a lick of knowledge, and i'd send them on their way. and the job market sucks now, employers want experience, not paper.

 

[ebaycj]

I know it's my fault.

It's my fault I didn't study in high school, so despite a good SAT score, fear of collegiate debt made me go to a relatively crappy undergrad school. It's my fault I didn't study properly during my first 2 years there, and that resulted in a shitty GPA. It's my fault I didn't take any internships during my undergrad, because I didn't realize how crucially important they were. It's my fault I didn't talk to a career counselor at that time so that they could hint me about that. I didn't quite realize how to finance school, and it's my fault for not having conversations with a counselor about this. It's my fault for never even thinking to begin that dialogue.

i'm quite well aware that my life is my fault.

Grad schools also look favorably on work/career experience in admissions decisions. Maybe some time under your belt in a career position would be a good thing.

 

[Engineer]

1) employers want experience, not paper.

Strangely enough, I think they want both (degrees and experience). I've heard my last two bosses talk about how hard it was to find qualified candidates, but when I recommended someone who actually knew what he was doing but was just short of a degree, I was told that they would have to have both experience and a degree. The guy had 3 years in school (including many engineering courses - was a junior in Mechanical Engineering but had to leave due to wife graduating early and landing a job in another part of the country). With that said, I see many of the jobs in my field going unfilled or with a high turnover as qualified candidates truly can't be found, or so it seems.

 

[Gibson486]

Strangely enough, I think they want both (degrees and experience). I've heard my last two bosses talk about how hard it was to find qualified candidates, but when I recommended someone who actually knew what he was doing but was just short of a degree, I was told that they would have to have both experience and a degree. The guy had 3 years in school (including many engineering courses - was a junior in Mechanical Engineering but had to leave due to wife graduating early and landing a job in another part of the country). With that said, I see many of the jobs in my field going unfilled or with a high turnover as qualified candidates truly can't be found, or so it seems.

Yup...I have been denied a few jobs because I "have the experience, but not the Masters degree". I thought it was kind of dumb, but hey, if that is what they want as a requirement, then I can't argue.

Also, our industry (service) has tough times hiring people because no one wants to do it. Control Engineers are not hard to find, but finding ones that want to go into the service sector is hard because all the graduates want jobs at Intel and Raytheon. As a result, lots of control engineers in the service industry are people with 2 year degrees as opposed to 4 year.

 

[Fayd]

What is the "X"? Were they 3.1, 3.1, 3.2? The information was omitted for a reason.

It looks like the OPs life needs a complete overhaul - lose the weight, get in shape, make better grades.

it was omitted because i can't remember it without pulling out a transcript.

 

[erikistired]

Strangely enough, I think they want both (degrees and experience). I've heard my last two bosses talk about how hard it was to find qualified candidates, but when I recommended someone who actually knew what he was doing but was just short of a degree, I was told that they would have to have both experience and a degree. The guy had 3 years in school (including many engineering courses - was a junior in Mechanical Engineering but had to leave due to wife graduating early and landing a job in another part of the country). With that said, I see many of the jobs in my field going unfilled or with a high turnover as qualified candidates truly can't be found, or so it seems.

sorry, i was referring strictly to certs without any experience when i said paper. i don't doubt the power of a degree getting your foot in the door.

 

[Mide]

You live in San Diego, one of the most expensive places to live in CA. You can survive elsewhere if needed. At least you're not stuck in Detroit or Reno where there are like no jobs that are not 7-15/hr

 

[Kev]

I applied to one school because it's the only one I can see myself going to.

I want out of here.

I want out of this house. I want out of this area. I want out of this life situation.

Wat

 

[Leros]

Wat

He wanted to stay in the area because it was the easy option. Now that he got rejected from that option, he no longer wants to be there.