Originally posted by: Leros
Originally posted by: BillyBatson
Originally posted by: Leros
Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
I had a .012 GPA out of high school. Accepted at every college I applied to. I had a 3.2 college GPA when I transfered. Accepted at every college I applied to. Had a 3.6 applying to grad schools. Accepted at every school I applied to. Mind you, I never applied to ivy league schools, nor am I interested in business or law schools. Make of that what you will.
You shouldn't have graduated high school. You must have applied to some really crappy colleges that basically accept anybody with money.
wtf what world are you living in? it may nto be hard for you or me, i got a 3.6 overall GPA in HS and that with almsot failing senor year because i stopped trying, got a .08gpa for first semester. But what is the average GPA for students in HS in the entire US? what about your state? what about yoru city? and what about your specific school? I guarantee you it isn't a 3.0 or above.
Are you kidding me? He had a
.012 GPA in high school. Thats failing almost everything. The fact that he graduate high school is amazing. I'm not discrediting his good college grades, but I am baffled has to how he graduate high school with a .012 GPA. I'm even more baffled that a college accepted him with his horrible high school performance.
It's because you've been convinced that things are only one way your entire life by people who get paid to tell others that. When I realized how full of crap most everyone was I got really angry.
I passed one class in high school, if you were wondering. Drama actually, because the teacher was my mentor and like a second father to me. It was obvious I was never going to change so the principal arranged a meeting with a counselor at the local community college after my SAT scores came in. He showed him that I already had knowledge above most high school graduates and explained that my failures were based almost entirely on personality and social conflicts. The counselor agreed so they let me in on probation. I had to basically do high school with college level courses.
Once I had finished high school that way I also had college classes on my transcript so from then on it was mostly about test scores and being able to impress the admissions people. That was fairly easy for me so off I went and I've never had a problem since.
Any school needs students to continue to exist. If you show that you have a brain and can pay then they accept you. If a program is competitive then they usually base entrance on a number of factors, not just grades. When you can score the maximum (or very nearly) on absolutely every test they throw at you they forgive your past mistakes, especially if you show that you're doing better. When you add military service, community service, job experience, numerous certifications, and so on into the mix you can move way ahead of a nineteen year-old kid with a 4.1 GPA and not much else.
I've never had an employer ask for my grades, or transcripts. Again, the only time those types of things matter is with a very VERY limited slice of reality. For most people it will NEVER come up. There is almost never only one truth to anything, despite what they tell you. Just learn the system and find your niche. Play to your strengths. *shrug* I don't know what else to say about it.
If you're dying to get into a tier 1 law school, or become a corporate thug, or something similar then I guess those things would matter and you should care. Since I have no interest in them they don't figure in to my reality.
Looking at the bright side one of my friends isn't going to college because he's in jail. Another still hasn't graduated high school and has a kid. The last one just took out a loan on a new used car, lost his job, is now being persued by his credit card company because hasn't been making payments for the and lost his job.
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