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Question about grades and GPA

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FreeWilley
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So I'm trying to raise my GPA and I'm wondering if it's worth doing some extra credit to go from a 94 to a higher grade for one of my classes. Basically why I'm asking this is because 93-100 gets you an A and there is no A+. But as far as your GPA goes, will a 96 bump it up more than a 94, or is an A an A meaning that once you get at least a 93, anything higher won't really count? Because on your transcript, all you see is the letter grade and not the %.
Jun 5 2012 3:45AM
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Wall_Nut
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I don't know where you're at in your schooling career, but I would chill about your gpa. Yeah, it's pointless to get higher than a 93, but even that shouldn't matter in the end run. Worry more about your extracurricular accomplishments if you're trying to impress. GPA doesn't mean shit.
Jun 5 2012 3:48AM
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cobra_commander
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If you only work to get a 93, my guess is you will end up with a GPA significantly lower than 4.0.

Honestly, the one thing you can do in high school (and every other point in life) to prepare yourself, is to commit to a couture of excellence. You should do the extra credit because it is an opportunity to succeed, and do better than the guy next to you.
Jun 5 2012 4:10AM
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KravtZ
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getting into a top college, which leads to the best jobs starts right in 9th grade basically. Work your ass off for as high a grade as you can. An A should just be a 4.0 if it doesnt go higher, but still double check and find out
Jun 5 2012 8:02AM
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doitbig
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when i was in highschool a 90% or 100% = 4.0 regardless.  same applied in college depending on the insturctor/curve.

Jun 5 2012 8:26AM
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walshie
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Yeah same with exception of 7 point grading scale... I had a 4.1 cumulative over the 4 years, but a 9
Jun 5 2012 8:36AM
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.RYAN66
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your not going to get into harvard so who cares?



Jun 5 2012 8:51AM
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geteducated
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lol!
Jun 5 2012 9:08AM
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feihlination
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best is to worry every waking second of your life about your grades and which college you will end up and which job you will get at first and to which position you will be able to kneepad yourself up to ultimately.

dont be a lazy fuck and dont be the guy who thinks he has to out-everything every single one of his peers because they are competitors rather than friends.



not so much directed at OP, just a general thing. live your life, do whatever you wanna do. if someone doesnt hire you for a minimal difference in GPAs, then you have other issues. i know tons of guys that freak the fuck out about grades (banking and finance master course) but apart from self-staging and talking blabalbala they cant do horseshit. and there is another guy reading twice or three times the required shit but doesnt care about grades. if he likes the topic he will learn it, otherwise not. i tell you what, if i had a company i would take him, because after 2 minutes talking with him you know that he actually understands shit and is not just a programmed dummy.

/general and unrelated rant
Jun 5 2012 10:43AM
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manutdsaol
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Weighted grades make it possible to get higher than a 4.0
Jun 5 2012 1:27PM
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Ko-Pain
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while were on the topic it turns out I'm 1 credit short of graduating, really dont want to do any form of summer school so my question is how fast and easy is it to just get your ged? I'm going to community college so it wouldnt really effect much whether i had a diploma or a ged..
Jun 5 2012 3:03PM
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TechnoPotamus
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I love people like you, because you make people like me who care and try their hardest look so much better.

keep telling yourself GPA doesn't mean anything until you make it to the real world and smacked with a dose of reality
Jun 5 2012 3:08PM
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smooticus
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The points are based off your letter grade, so ya an A is better than an A- but if a 94 is an A than your not gonna get more points with a 96
Jun 5 2012 3:12PM
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Masta_Baka
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it all depends on how your school is but i know in my high school i had many teachers tell me that the person with the lowest possible A was the smartest kid in the class.
Jun 5 2012 3:18PM
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.RYAN66
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are you implying that your high school gpa means something?


the only time you should need to give out that info for a job is if it is a govt. job.
Jun 5 2012 3:18PM
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howlongcanausern
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lie about your GPA on your resume and hope your future employer doesn't check. you're welcome
Jun 5 2012 3:24PM
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HamFaceGirl
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Not true in any stretch of any thinking
Jun 5 2012 3:34PM
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doitbig
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the general rule of thumb is if it's less then a 3.5, don't even include it.  you're right though, most employers will not verify your GPA, only if you did attend the univeristy listed.

Jun 5 2012 3:44PM
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cobra_commander
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OR have a sense of integrity.

Posers are not treated lightly.
Jun 5 2012 3:47PM
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Funnel
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It depends on the school, but from mine and my peers' experiences, GPA and test scores are the only things that matter. Colleges look for the numbers, not the activities.
Jun 5 2012 3:48PM
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Dr.Gonzo
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this thread has no relevance to me, i feel like if you have a 93 in anything you should chill, because clearly your smart.
Jun 5 2012 3:54PM
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cobra_commander
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Unless its communications, poli-sci, history, sociology, business, any variation on business, 'pre-law' whatever lame degree that entails, music, art, women studies, _liberal agenda_ studies, or another degree which is in a building on 'the quad' in which case you are a fucking idiot.

-butt hurt engineer who earned his 3.0, and was not handed a 3.8.
Jun 5 2012 4:02PM
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Bread_Fish
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At our school honors classes are worth more, they should be. I am in all possible honors classes and I got all A's this semester and one B in an honors class last semester. It depends on the weight of your final. Ours is 20% of our final grade so I would do the extra credit. If your final is worth less than i wouldn't do it.
Jun 5 2012 5:18PM
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EastCoast315
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Don't sweat it. Just write really well and give good interviews, and you can basically do whatever you want.
Jun 5 2012 5:32PM
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stickski
Posts: 1938 - Karma: 1,529
thank you for some common sense, i just got a scholarship for scholarship and i'm prrrety sure it was because of gpa/act and not because of anything else
Jun 5 2012 8:22PM
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miroz
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Engineering bredren.

GPA matters. It's a number that shows attitude, effort, and intellectual capability all in one. You should try your best because it makes you feel good to do well.

...and while in high school, GPA might not be worth as much as in college, succeeding in high school sets the stage for succeeding in college. It really does. So you should do your best now so that you're best prepared to do your best if you go off to school.

And there it does matter. Engineering is fucking competitive. People are cutthroat over .02 pts, it's ridiculous.
Jun 5 2012 8:46PM
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cobra_commander
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I think the most important thing to do in high school, is get in the practice of succeeding, and doing your best for no other reason than to be the best.
If you are happy being average, pick up a mop. The world is looking for excellence.
Jun 5 2012 8:53PM
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ski.school
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It's summer.
Jun 5 2012 8:54PM
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miroz
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Not necessarily the best compared to everyone else, but the best that you think you can be while simultaneously being excited to try. There are a lot of fucktards these days who give up and don't give a shit. If you can both try and care, you'll succeed.
Jun 5 2012 8:56PM
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cobra_commander
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so? You know the real world does not take summer's off.
Jun 5 2012 9:01PM
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blah..
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If your school doesn't have weighting or "A+'s" then doing something that would sacrifice your quality of life and ultimately impede your happiness for a 96 over a 94 is not worth it. Instead you should work hard throughout the year to have the 96 and do extra credit in something you enjoy. Every school has different weighting, so on your transcript there will always be an attached segment explaining how your schools grading works for the college to see. That way you won't be screwed over by other kids at different schools who have a different system. I say work hard to do the best within your own schools system, and rank / compare yourself to other classmates when thinking of college, but don't take it as far as becoming the kid who spits in other peoples lab results to screw up their future.

Work hard, stay happy, know you've done all you possibly can with what you are given because nobody can ask for more.
Jun 5 2012 10:13PM
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miroz
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If he's trying to do the best he can, then it doesn't impede his happiness nor sacrifice his quality of life.
Jun 5 2012 10:34PM
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Mr.Panda
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Every fucking kid does that.
Jun 5 2012 11:11PM
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Pikachu.
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at my school an A is the same as A+ for GPAs
Jun 5 2012 11:54PM
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derekstreesv2
Posts: 314 - Karma: 35
Sophmores in my french class always freak about their grades when they get an A- or B+ and say they are doing terrible. So annoying and stupid.
Jun 6 2012 12:14AM
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