just try and stick it out as long as you can. If need be see if you can get a loan for that extra added expense. Study and get those grades up. You don't wanna be stuck as a mechanic forever. I'm working at Sears Auto right now and I am really starting to get fed up with it. The pay just doesn't equal how much work I do for them. Didn't your parents run a meineke or midas? Prolly the one they just put up a block away from me on council st? I know that sometimes its easy to just be like ok, fine I'm gonna go out and work and forget this crap. Honestly though it sounds like things are going great. Everything for you is working out well. You can always get your GPA up. It's just depends on how dedicated you are. Stick your mind to it, get this done. Don't let your friends mistake ruin any chances you have. Do you plan on going in to the military? If so, that loan you had to take out to pay for the month, two, or three till you can find another roomate, will be paid basically by them. Stick it out and I'm sure something great will become of this.