<p>^ Thx for the numbers, and to foolish, well sir you are indeed foolish lol. Being sub-par across the board for one year does not = inferior person, hell even sub par across the entire school life still does not equal this. Also Grades don’t really mean much other then measure of aptitude for whatever the test/exams are based on. I can assure you that someone who failed school, however has very high emotional intelligence will wield much more power than someone who get’s a 99 in every class He/She takes. </p>
<p>Studfest, thank you for running the numbers to me, I saw somewhere that 3.5 and a 2000+ will get a respectable AI score, and athletic involvement. I’m glad that I can always get reliable information from this site from excellent people. ^ To the argument on Obama smoking weed and Bush being dumb, again EQ is more important than IQ. Because we can all agree that we would rather have a John .F. Kennedy who prevented the US from being a radioactive ruin, than some brilliant IQ who can be easily manipulated by his overly ambitious button happy generals.</p>
<p>^ Not really friend, I hate insulting so I will begin by apologizing for any insults in previous posts. Even though it may not be completely accurate and will be subject to scrutiny, I will use Netflix’s House Of Cards Remake as an excellent example of EQ vs IQ. The main character came from a relatively poor background in the south. It is evidenced through the show that he suffered many severe childhood experiences. Spoiler, his father asks him to pull the trigger in a suicide attempt. Much evidence of early fighting on the streets, not to mention the man has an almost sociopathic ability to not feel any empathy or remorse. Yet he chews to the top of the food chain, going from majority whip to President Of The United States in 2 years.</p>
<p>Another example that may be more accurate is Henry Ford. In a court suit against a paper calling Ford a " Ignorant Pacifist", he made a statement that shows the value of EQ over IQ. The statement, after a very nasty question directed at him to try to show his lack of IQ, he responded with, " If I should really want to answer the foolish question you have just asked, or any of the other questions you have been asking me, let me remind you that I have a row of electronic pushbuttons on my desk, and by pushing the right button, I can summon to my aid men who can answer any question I desire to ask concerning the business to which I am devoting most of my efforts. Now, will you kindly tell me, why I should clutter up my mind with general knowledge, for the purpose of being able to answer questions, when I have men around me who can supply any knowledge I require?</p>
<p>Not only stunning the lawyer who barked the angry questions, it showed the courtroom that this answer came from an intelligent man, a man the possess knowledge and knows how to use it.</p>
<p>With the ability to call men who knew more than him, Ford was able to wield more power than any scholar would have. My argument is that EQ can beat IQ, yes IQ makes you very good and noticing patters and weigh decisions, however no president can lead a country by his or herself, however has a team of advisors he can rely on to give him knowledge in order to accomplish the task at hand. Even if you are not intelligent, surrounding yourself with powerful people ( EQ needed) can be equally and potentially greater than an extremely high IQ score.</p>
<p>Any questions that you may have about this, please feel free to post.</p>
<p>Dear soze, you are correct that having sub-par scores does not get you into Harvard, that is what I’m working on at the moment to raise. My argument was simply that even if someone’s IQ is not the level of gifted genius, he/she is not a worthless individual. A poster compared sub-par grades to **** under his shoe, it is simply not true. However do you need high grades for Harvard, yes you do. </p>
<p>Don’t worry, I will raise the scores and update the forum as my school years tick down. And my senior year, we can have a much more heated debate on whether this particular person will gain admission or not.</p>
<p>^, If there is anymore advice that I can receive for the things I posted in this post, please feel free to tell me, if not I’ll reopen this thread in a year as Truust said, thank you to all that have commented on this post, your advice was excellent in answering my doubts and questions.</p>
<p>If you are planning to be a recruited D-1 football player, then ANYWHERE you go you will receive a ‘full ride’. Oh, anywhere except the Ivies because they don’t give athletic scholarships. Why are you so fixated on Harvard when you can get what you want elsewhere, i.e., a free education? If the school is private, in your twisted understanding of taxpayer support, it’s not even taxpayer money (because we all know that private schools take no taxpayer money). You can go to the smallest D-1 school (Presbyterian) and play football and if you get a scholarship, it will be free to you (except travel and a few other things not covered). You can go to the biggest school, like ASU or UCF, and it will be free. The trick is getting the D-1 scholarship.</p>
<p>Your chances of playing D-1 football at this point are much better than your getting into Harvard with a D in Algebra, and I’ve never seen you play football! You may suck at football, and your chances of playing D-1 are still better than your going to Harvard (no chance).</p>
<p>Your time will be better spent becoming a solid student and a superior athlete than trying to play catch up with academics and betting it all on Harvard. You need to start focusing on getting seen by D-1 coaches. You need to get game video next fall. You need to go to a few football camps, especially summer 2015. My brother still thinks 4 of the best days of his life were at Barry Switzer’s football camp, U of Oklahoma, in 1977.</p>
<p>Okay, I will bite even though this may be a ■■■■■ post. OP, your freshman grades are nowhere near those needed for Harvard or any elite schools. In addition, high school only gets harder so if you are only pulling those grades freshman year, you will need a reality check for your college aspirations. Being an athlete doesn’t excuse a lackluster academic record. There are MANY high school students who play sports at a high level AND excel accademically.</p>
<p>Also, full rides at “lesser” schools are for very high achieving students. Schools give out scholarship money to top kids to attract them to their school, raising their stats profile. They don’t give money to average kids…how would they stay open that way?</p>
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<li>Having a certain level of raw intelligence that allows them to master the material.</li>
<li>Having a good ability to guage their teacher’s expectations.</li>
<li>Given #2 above, working hard enough to ensure that on-ballance they exceed their teacher’s expectations.</li>
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<p>Okay, from what I read, I am assuming that you want to go to Harvard for the prestige?
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You are only a freshman and unless you are going to be one of the best running backs in the country, they probably will not admit you. To play football for an Ivy League team, you must first be able to get in, then they decide whether or not they will allow you to “walk on.” Harvard denies thousands and thousands of valedictorians every year, so unless you start getting straight 100’s you grades will not seem to make to cut. It’s great that you are dreaming big, but I don’t think you are old enough to grasp the reality that SOOOOO few people make it into Harvard. Look around your school. Do you think you are the smartest one there? I’ll bet that the smartest person in your school will have only a slight chance of getting into Harvard. </claim></p>
<p>Sorry I’m being so harsh and blunt. It’s not the end of the world though. You have the potential to do great things whether or not you go to Harvard. Even if you did get in, the coursework will be much harder that that which you have now in high school. Good luck, though; and hey, if you do get in, feel free to say I told you so! :)</p>