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LAN_403

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Mon Jul 02 2007, 04:39PM

Registered Member #56 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 05:02AM
Location: Southern Califorina, USA
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I was curious, how did you do in school?

I am quite proud of my 3.8gpa (if it weren't for spanish, it would be a 4.0 ;), and a 1940/2400 on the SAT, but the 'smart' croud at my school won't settle for less than about 2300 on the sat and well above a 4.0gpa...

Where do (did) you guys stand?

Nucleophobe

Mon Jul 02 2007, 06:17PM

Registered Member #108 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 11:44PM
Location: Billings, MT
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I only had a 3.6 GPA in high school, but managed a 2100 SAT (770 on math, that was kind of exciting). Our GPA's didn't go over 4.0, but with my GPA I was still only in the top 25% or so, if that.

German was my killer. I always neglected it. I also got a C in band and an A in chemistry once. Go figure. College is a different story though. Your mileage may vary.

Marko

Mon Jul 02 2007, 06:34PM

Registered Member #89 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 02:40PM
Location: Zadar, Croatia
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Meh. I've finished this year with only one 4 (4.9), last one was 4.7 .
It is generally not possible to get 5 in croatian with our current proffesor.

First grades take baccalaureate wich I avoided for one year.

But I'm anyway from a third world country so I probably don't count...

EEYORE

Mon Jul 02 2007, 07:05PM

Registered Member #99 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 06:10PM
Location: florida, usa
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I had a 3.7GPA (our GPA's didnt go over 4.0)...My SAT score was real pathetic so it will remain hidden

I was number seven in my graduating class. College is such a different story...There is no consistency here at FSU. One class may just give out good grades with little effort, whereas another will rip you a new one in a hurry! Calc 2 has just 3 tests to calculate your score. No nice HW or Quiz grades to lessen the pain of a tricky test

Matt

GreySoul

Mon Jul 02 2007, 08:53PM

Registered Member #546 Joined: Fri Feb 23 2007, 11:43PM
Location: Albuquerque, NM
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hrm

in HS I had like a 3.0 GPA, if that.... I didn't like HS.

edit:I got a 2250 (I said 2450...I dunno. I thought it was a 2600 point scale, whatever it was 12 years ago, and I know I placed in the top 2% for the state) on my second SAT (2200 first time around...meh) and a 29 on the ACT. I know I got a 2200 the first time around and thinking that wasnt enough to get to MIT or CMU. I gave up on those schools tho - $$$$. .... thinking back I know it's a 2400 scale, because I got a 1200 on English, top score - and less on math. Go figure. /edit

In university the first few years I had a low GPA, 2.8 or so... then I transfered from engineering to Fine Arts with a 3.2, and graduated with a 3.4 in my college and like some dismally low number for my overall. 4.4 is, I think, the maximum someone can have in the College of Fine Arts at UNM. I never got close to that, but I always got As and Bs in my studio classes. Art History tore me up - but I managed.

I never really got along well with academic learning, preferring self guided education, workshops, seminars, and conferences to lectures, labs, and homework.

-Doug

Nik

Mon Jul 02 2007, 09:05PM

Registered Member #53 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 04:31AM
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Being Canadian I didn't take the SAT test and I don't know how to calculate a GPA but I can tell you the numbers. My science and math grades were in the 75+ % range and every thing else in the 50% - 65% area. That said I never failed a class.

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Mon Jul 02 2007, 11:56PM

Registered Member #56 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 05:02AM
Location: Southern Califorina, USA
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You calculate your gpa by giving yourself 4 points for an A (90-100+%), 3 for a B (80-90%) 2 for a C (60-70%) and 1 for a D (50-60%), and some classes (advance placement or honors depending on who is counting) get an extra point added on.

GreySoul, the SAT is rated on a scale from 600-2400...
These days it is further broken down to 3 sections (reading/writing/math- 800 points a piece) called the 'reasoning' test, and then you can choose to take as many 'subject' tests as you want (languages, music, art, math, science, etc, all 800 pts a piece), but most colleges will only look at 2 of them, if they are considered at all. I got 590 for reading, 630 for writing, 720 for math, and for my subject tests a 730 on math2c (I should have done way better, but I neglected to even review for it) and a 770 for chem.

ragnar

Tue Jul 03 2007, 01:22AM

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NSW HSC UAI: 90

Hazmatt_(The Underdog)

Tue Jul 03 2007, 01:53AM

Registered Member #135 Joined: Sat Feb 11 2006, 12:06AM
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My grades have always been pretty crummy, 2.6-3.1 GPA, mostly at the 2.8 range. I wouldn't count High School GPA's because College is the real test. My College GPA is about 2.7, but I got my first 4.0 last semester! so that was pretty cool.

Dave Marshall

Tue Jul 03 2007, 02:21AM

Registered Member #16 Joined: Thu Feb 02 2006, 02:22PM
Location: New Wilmington, PA
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I've got everyone beat. My GPA through my junior year was a 1.5 (yes out of 4). I did summer school after my sophomore year, and made it through my junior year by just half a credit. It wasn't until my senior year that I had a teacher (pre-calc) who recognized the real problem and started to challenge me. I stayed after school frequently to learn more advanced math, and work on my senior graduation project (coilgun). Suddenly my gpa shot up to a 3.0 or so, because I actually gave a damn, atleast a little bit.

I think my cumulative GPA was something like a 2.1.

What ticked my parents off to no end was the fact that I was consistently in the top 2 percentile on every standardized test I took, and I did pretty well on my SAT. I was just lazy, very bored, and way more interested in other things than the mandatory Spanish class I had to take.

Dave

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