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post Nov 17 2008, 05:21 PM
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this is so sad.

i had a 3.72 (on a 4.0 scale) in HS and my GPA in college is... a lot lower T_T
 
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post Nov 17 2008, 05:38 PM
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QUOTE(heartquasm @ Nov 17 2008, 02:21 PM) *
this is so sad.

i had a 3.72 (on a 4.0 scale) in HS and my GPA in college is... a lot lower T_T

inorite? I had a 3.98 on a 4.0 scale and my gpa is pretty bad low too. ^^;;
 
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post Nov 17 2008, 05:40 PM
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yeah you guy's have pretty low GPA's assuming we're going by the ASIANscale. In which case I would be failing.
 
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post Nov 17 2008, 05:43 PM
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QUOTE(ArjunaCapulong @ Nov 17 2008, 02:40 PM) *
yeah you guy's have pretty low GPA's assuming we're going by the ASIANscale. In which case I would be failing.

GTFO, youz aint in collegio yet, mang. hammer.gif

jk. Dude, my college GPA went down more than a quarter of my high school gpa. It's supposed to rise by the end of this quarter. eyebrowes.gif
 
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jk. Dude, my college GPA went down more than a quarter of my high school gpa. It's supposed to rise by the end of this quarter. eyebrowes.gif
Only Asians would pair the eyebrowes.gif wif "GPA." sad.gif
 
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post Nov 17 2008, 06:02 PM
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I don't know my GPA sad.gif because my English teacher doesn't post grades online. The grading system works differently, too, so it's not as easy for me to figure out.
 
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post Nov 17 2008, 08:45 PM
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Well I used to get straight A's in high school, I think my core average was 95.75%, and my total average was like 93%?

Yeah, it's pretty sad that when you get to college, you begin to consider 80% as AWESOME, and 70% as totally satisfactory. If I had gotten 70% in hs I would've cried.
 
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My GPA is sad. I miss weighted grades.
 
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post Nov 25 2008, 03:05 AM
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QUOTE(Gigi @ Nov 17 2008, 05:45 PM) *
If I had gotten 70% in hs I would've cried.

If I got lower than a A- during sophomore-senior years, I'd cry. My unweighted gpa was 3.98/4.0, but A-'s = A's = A+'s on gpas, so yea that's why mine was so high. AUGH I wish I had that GPA in college!
 
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i aint even gonna lie. High school = 4.00, now its 2.6 lol shittt
 
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post Nov 25 2008, 02:08 PM
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I graduated HS with a 3.821 or some shit like that. I graduated college with a 3.619 or something like that. And that qualified me for cum laude. Yay?
 
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post Nov 25 2008, 02:17 PM
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Can their be multiple cum lade?
 
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post Nov 25 2008, 04:32 PM
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Um, kinda? There are three different levels, cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude, equivalent with different GPAs. I think cum laude was equivalent with a 3.6 at NYU.

Edit: Good thing I graduated when I did, NYU's latin honor policy changed this year. Now you have to have a 3.65 to graduate with cum laude.
 
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post Nov 25 2008, 05:08 PM
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Yeah...I agree with all of you. High school I averaged around 3.9-4.0. The lowest I ever got in hs was 3.81.

Now I'm at 3.3-3.4. sad.gif
 
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post Dec 4 2008, 01:02 AM
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damn gaiz. i slacked off in hs and had shitty grades.
 
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post Dec 4 2008, 01:11 AM
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I put together what I think I'll get for my first semester, and I ended up with an average of B- or C+.

There goes my hope of getting a scholarship. sad.gif
Dammit, why can't I be like my sister?
 
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post Dec 13 2008, 05:52 PM
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what happened to you guys at college? what were the reasons for lower gpa?
 
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post Dec 13 2008, 06:23 PM
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I hope to graduate cum laude with honors. I would love to graduate magna cum laude with high honors, but I definitely won't be able to pull my gpa up to a 3.75 by my last semester of senior year.
 
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what happened to you guys at college? what were the reasons for lower gpa?

Better things to do than study + harder classes.
 
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what happened to you guys at college? what were the reasons for lower gpa?
Fewer classes, no weighted grades.
 
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post Dec 13 2008, 07:16 PM
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and harder classes + requirements
 
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oh yeah, definitely the no weighted grades. If college = AP, my GPA would be just fine.
 
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this is my first semester and i'm hooooooooping for a 3.0. that would be sweet as hell.
 
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post Dec 18 2008, 02:24 PM
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Well there goes my GPA and hopes of getting a scholarship; so far I have one A, one B, and one C+. I'm almost certain I'll get a B or C+ for my fourth course.

I guess Tung and Kevin (was it him?) were right.
 
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post Dec 18 2008, 02:59 PM
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i want a 3.6 this semester. if i get a 3.4/3.5 this semester it'll make pulling my cumulative up to a 3.5 a little hard..
 
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3.09 for my first semester. I'm gonna have to try a lot harder in the Spring.
 
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post Jan 29 2009, 03:36 AM
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my gpa is so much better then in highschool
 
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post Jan 29 2009, 03:46 AM
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post Jan 29 2009, 03:55 AM
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^ Are you like not taking Chem, Bio, or Physics or something? How in the world do you get that high of a GPA. >__>

I bet you're taking mostly social and humanities science classes huh?!
 
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post Jan 29 2009, 04:42 AM
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I'm in Commerce. If I'm lucky that means I will never have to do a lab in my life ever again XD

Last term I took:
Organizational Behaviour
Microeconomics
Differential Calculus with Applications to Business and Economics
Introductory Psychology
Symbolic Logic

I got 4.33 and 4.1 in math and psych which is how my GPA turned out so high. My lowest was microeconomics at 3.00.
 
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I graduated high school with a 3.78, or something close to it.

I'm inching my way through college, and I currently have a 3.8, that is, until I change my major, decide to go pre-law and have to do some real work. _unsure.gif
 
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College is 4.0 highschool is 3.4-3.5 I'm not done with HS yet...
 
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your doing dual enrollment shanaynay?
 
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My high school GPA was a 3.8, my college GPA is finally up to a 3.0 =/
 
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post Apr 6 2009, 11:06 PM
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QUOTE(Gigi @ Nov 17 2008, 09:45 PM) *
Yeah, it's pretty sad that when you get to college, you begin to consider 80% as AWESOME, and 70% as totally satisfactory. If I had gotten 70% in hs I would've cried.


definitely.

in high school, i never would have dreamed that i would be happy with a 70 on a midterm or final.

i graduated summa cum laude in high school... now i doubt i'll even graduate with honors. dang what happened sad.gif
 
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ill be happy as f*ck if i graduate with a 3.0
 
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post Apr 14 2009, 03:37 PM
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QUOTE(BOSS @ Apr 6 2009, 09:56 PM) *
ill be happy as f*ck if i graduate with a 3.0

wtf homes I thought you had a higher GPA than me!
 
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post Apr 14 2009, 05:08 PM
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High School = 3.85Wd/4.0
First year of college = 1.65 overall
Fall 09 term = 3.81

college overall = 2.5

At least it's going back up. I would like to have a 3.5 by the time I get my B.A
 
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post Dec 23 2009, 05:31 PM
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I thought overall the college gpa was lower than highschool ?
(cause of expectations)

I wouldn't know since I'm not in college yet
but ill prolly find out the hard way...
 
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QUOTE(tcunningham @ Dec 23 2009, 01:48 PM) *
High School = 3.85Wd/4.0
First year of college = 1.65 overall
Fall 09 term = 3.81


damn you like completely bombed the first year
 
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post Dec 23 2009, 05:41 PM
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I have like a 3.6 college gpa but I am going to online school now so that will all go out the window.
 
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post Dec 23 2009, 05:43 PM
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hs gpa = 3.9 gpa (prediction)

college = NOT YET
 
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post Dec 23 2009, 06:21 PM
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QUOTE(Uso @ Dec 23 2009, 05:31 PM) *
I thought overall the college gpa was lower than highschool ?
(cause of expectations)

I wouldn't know since I'm not in college yet
but ill prolly find out the hard way...

That usually is the case, as I found out my first year. :P instead of high school having grades and points for every little thing, you'll find that some professors take only a few grades, mainly from tests and projects. So, if you do badly on tests and half-ass projects you won't find yourself getting the straight A's you've become accustomed to in highschool.

Plus, you'll find yourself enjoying life more than college.
 
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damn you like completely bombed the first year


So did I
 
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post Dec 23 2009, 09:13 PM
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1st year I got a 3.985 GPA

Right now it's 4.33.

But I have yet to get my accounting/econ marks back...so...expect that to get much much lower.
 
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QUOTE(Gigi @ Dec 23 2009, 09:13 PM) *
1st year I got a 3.985 GPA

Right now it's 4.33.

But I have yet to get my accounting/econ marks back...so...expect that to get much much lower.

4.0 scale? blink.gif great job!
 
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So did I

yeah but what is your gpa now
 
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idk in the 3s 3.825 this past semester
 
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uh .... if this is any indication of what college will be like, im effed.

any tips on how to keep up that gpa?
 
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so joining a sorority would be a no?
 
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That usually is the case, as I found out my first year. :P instead of high school having grades and points for every little thing, you'll find that some professors take only a few grades, mainly from tests and projects. So, if you do badly on tests and half-ass projects you won't find yourself getting the straight A's you've become accustomed to in highschool.

Plus, you'll find yourself enjoying life more than college.


Ok gotcha
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so joining a sorority would be a no?

There's pros and cons to joining any sorority/fraternity.
 
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I got a 3.25 this past semester, which is better than I got in high school. But, it's a lot easier for me to check my grades since everything is online and professors respond really quickly to my e-mails. In my science class we only had two tests and they were worth 40 or 45% of our overall grade, but even though I didn't do so well on the first test I did well enough on the second test that I still got a B in that class, even with the late homework. shrug.gif
 
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