Advice for getting into a masters in applied math/statistics/economics with a low GPA and bad transcript

[stars7000]

I am about to be a junior this Fall and currently have a 2.6 GPA right now. I also don't go to a very popular college and it's located in the city. I have low grades and I am thinking about either getting into a masters program for applied statistics or maybe applied math. However, I might have no chance because I got a few C grades in my early math classes and I had to withdraw from Calculus 1 twice. I am also interested in economics and I have a B and B- in the first two economics classes so far. I understand that I screwed up bad but I am thinking about changing my life around. I have a total of 5 w grades and I am thinking about trying to at least get into a masters program for higher education as that I am thinking about pursuing a career in data science or possibly a consulting/financial field like quantitative analysis. I have a total of 5 w grades on my transcript so far and I don't want to end up a failure. I just need brutal honesty. I am currently about to be a junior this Fall and if it's not possible for me to get into a master's program, what are some possible career choices for me? What else can I do? I don't have internships yet but I am looking for some experience in the field so that I can get accepted later possibly. Are online master's a good choice because I was just thinking about that. I also graduate in two years so does anyone have some advice for me?

[bayessays]

Not sure about economics, but for statistics, you can overcome this, but your grades need to improve.  Realistically, you want to get your GPA above 3.0 to meet the minimum requirements for most graduate schools.  So if you could get a 3.5 or above for your last two years, you could probably get into a lower-ranked master's program (lots of people screw up early in college).  You will want to take some more math and stats classes to make up for the low grades in early ones, too.  I know people who got an online/mostly-online MS in data analytics and got some good jobs afterwards.  These programs are all getting very competitive though, even non-prestigious ones, so you need to get the grades up.

[stars7000]

2 hours ago, bayessays said:

Not sure about economics, but for statistics, you can overcome this, but your grades need to improve.  Realistically, you want to get your GPA above 3.0 to meet the minimum requirements for most graduate schools.  So if you could get a 3.5 or above for your last two years, you could probably get into a lower-ranked master's program (lots of people screw up early in college).  You will want to take some more math and stats classes to make up for the low grades in early ones, too.  I know people who got an online/mostly-online MS in data analytics and got some good jobs afterwards.  These programs are all getting very competitive though, even non-prestigious ones, so you need to get the grades up.

I am currently undecided and I was thinking about getting into applied math or economics. I can take Calculus 2 this Fall and I am thinking about finding a job after college. I have gotten up to 55 credits so far and I am taking summer classes so that by the end of the summer, I would have about 61 credits. I was thinking about computer science but I struggled in the intro class to programming. I don’t go to a well known school but it is less known. I was thinking about those analyst roles or roles in banks and actuary. What advice do you think that I can do to improve and to stand out and to get a job if I don't get into a master's program?