Sadly, both the GPA and the school are so me. I actually ended up with a 3.0 but same deal.
Which is why I am making 17/hr and no benefits (no health/dental, no paid time off at all). Also probably why I spent a year looking for any job at all before I landed this one.
Don't give up. For a variety of reasons, I ended up getting out with a 2.6. I was able to parlay one of my college jobs into a "real" job, and was able to go from there.
Now I've "made it" from some people's POV. Some of the companies who wouldn't give me the time of day a decade ago would hire me in a minute now.
Thanks for the words of encouragement. Unfortunately I feel my career is dead. I too feel that my lower GPA was due to a variety of reasons (no financial aid, working 40 hours a week, depression, health problems, etc), but at this juncture of life it is another set of seemingly insurmountable odds. Low pay, high debt, crappy job, new baby, demanding wife...
Well, not to be self critical, but I don't see myself ever being a rockstar. I'll be lucky if I ever hit 60k+... Sadly even that isn't much here in the Seattle area.
no scholarships anyway, plenty of student loans. Too many. I was 26 when I started college, and while my parents always told me they'd help if I went to college, all I got was co-signed loans. I'm 35 now.
Which is why I am making 17/hr and no benefits (no health/dental, no paid time off at all). Also probably why I spent a year looking for any job at all before I landed this one.