<p>I have read some students saying that the things they’re worried about in freshman year is not getting a 4.0, which I really think is a mistake. If you get a 4.0 that’s great, it’s something to strive for, but it’s not something to EXPECT unless you are going to a notoriously easy school-- and maybe not even then. It makes it really hard to do your best when you set your standards unrealistically high. There came a point for me where I had to accept that maybe I am only a B student and maybe that’s the best I can do-- and once I did that I actually started getting a lot more A’s. You do yourself no good running yourself ragged going after grades that you just don’t have the skills to get yet, they come with practice.</p>
<p>Exactly. And I had to learn the hard way that just because you’ve wanted a certain career path since junior high, doesn’t mean it’s the best one for you.</p>
<p>These underclassmen just kill me sometimes with their questions…like asking if there will be reading assignments and if they’ll need their book for the first week of classes??? What are we, in elementary school? Of course you’re going to have reading assignments the first week. Grow up, get with the program. And leave your useless items like your toboggan at home…unless your school has a toboggan team and you’re on it.</p>
<p>Is it just that they’re so stressed that they’re not thinking straight? Or do people who have 4.0 GPAs have so much in book smarts that they ran out of room in their head for common sense?</p>
<p>Sorry, haha. Moving in freshmen every year sets me off on a rant about useless things they bring…like a futon for a quad…</p>