randomkoreandude
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Fortunately I have a job lined up next year, a computer science co-op position. They've already accepted me, I just have to wait for my citizenship to file since it's a defense company and they won't hire legal resident aliens. However, the co-op itself is sort of a probationary period, where once I graduate, they will decide whether to keep me as an employee or not. If **** hit the fan and I ended up not becoming an employee at the end, I don't want a sub-par GPA from dragging me down.
try and aim for a 3.5+ GPA by graduation, at the cost of an extra ~$2000 to pay off after school,
or
settle with a 3.0-3.2, save myself $2000 after graduation.
(scholarship only pays for classes I keep, not the ones I drop)
also, I have to wonder how much my GPA will really matter anyway from a university that is ranked like 97th in the country.
ok honestly 2000+ is nothing nowadays for loans so dont let that be your barrier cuz thats just marsupialed
since you have a job and you mention your schools not that great, you COULD just coast and do well at the job, network and shine and make yourself useful so as to be kept around. once you get your first job, college means NOTHING other than showing off. college will mean something if you decide to go back to school for more degrees but if this is it then maybe this route is better