I recently graduated high school with a GPA of 2.8. Is my life ruined?

Not really unless you want to go to a 4 year college , which desu it'll be 40,000$ in debt before you even have a job then on top of that You need to slot in perfectly , or trade school

>>18607568
Mine was worse. Joined the military, went to community college for 2 years and finished with a 3.5 GPA before transferring for my Bachelors. 10 years later I make over $115K a year managing people with degrees from better schools and better high GPAs. You fucked up, but can fix it with hard work.

>>18607568
No.

First of all, you're 17 or 18. Virtually NOTHING you can do at that age will ruin your entire life.

Second, if you are specifically concerned about education, a B- average is far from the end of the world. It would likely get you into some 4 year colleges. And certainly if you do a year or two at CC and do well there, no one will ever even ask about your HS average.

>>18607568
Mine was a 2.6, and I went to a state university, and paid pretty much the same tuition as my peers who had 3.5+ GPAs. Then I got a 2.9 GPA in college, and still got a 6 figure job a few years after I graduated because GPA doesn't matter once you have work experience/ connections.
I even have a high school friend who got a 1.7 GPA, and he still got a 4 year degree at a university, because he did his gen-eds at community college and transfered in.
High school GPA only matters if you come from a trash family who can't afford 4 years of tuition, so you have to apply for an acedemic scholarship.