<p>I'm just tryin to get a feel for what kind of students you are. I personally did zero work in high school. I would only do homework if i wanted to (i refused to do any homework which would fall under the category of "busy work"), i rarely studied - it was just easy. And dont think that I come from some easy high school, one of the top 5 public schools in NY state yeahhhhh haha. But Columbia is obviously gonna be harder, so I just wanted to see if anyone else is comin from the same place as I am, or maybe a different place? I dont know.</p>
<p>Same. I did most of my homework, if I happened to remember, but there's no real reason to work hard at my school. I've kept a 4.0 slacking off. So I'm a little worried about the courseload at Columbia, but not so much really...</p>
<p>Yeah, I guess it has only made us stronger... and hopefully more prepared for schools like Columbia. It has strengthened my time management skills for sure!</p>
<p>sometimes, I think that the loads of work and high expectations lower GPA and make it harder to get INTO college but easier to survive once you're there</p>
<p>But now I think colleges see what's up, anyway</p>
<p>Hopefully they will take the rigor of your high school into account.
I think that they get some profile of your school or something like that.
I also heard that some schools curve grades regularly, like for AP classes.
In my school, the teachers never curve, especially in AP classes. I don't think that curving grades is allowed in my school.</p>
<p>As far as TV goes, I know what you mean. But I need my daily dose of nightly news and Jeopardy now and then. And, oh yeah, Monk on Friday nights (the best show ever!).</p>
<p>I don't turn the TV on anyway... I don't think most of the Ivies grade curve either. From everything I've heard, you should be worrying about it the other way around, i.e. grade inflation.</p>
<p>I never had to pull an allnighter.
It was mostly fairly comfy.
I worked my ass off for Junior year, though. Still no allnighters, but I did pressure myself and work harder than I did in previous years. ie, much less going out to have fun, much less gaming. Hell, I don't even remember if I had time to do any gaming at all... or if I even -wanted- to play games.</p>
<p>I learned to manage time, organize priorities, and turn off the TV. Also had to give up reading books in order to find time to study. Go figure.</p>
<p>But overall, wasn't too bad. A good challenge.</p>
<p>I feel sorry for all those crazy spazzers in school who freaked out and stressed themselves to hell before major exams. And the ones scurrying everywhere doing so-and-so extracurricular and doing this and that internship to add to their resume. I did a good share of stuff that I wanted to, but I never felt stressed or overloaded on this kinda stuff. And guess what... I still got in. Just goes to show you don't have to go and track on 50 extracurriculars and win 10 awards and save 423 children in a third world country by digging a water well in the desert. And you don't need a 4.0.</p>
<p>I've been up pretty late (like 3 or 4) working, but only about a handful of times in my high school career. It's not like my high school isn't challenging, having a rigorous courseload (honors courses are the norm - our school only offers a couple of lower-level courses) as well as being a top 5 public school, but my lack of effort during high school is instilling a slight fear concerning what college work might be like. I read that someone else felt the same way, so ur definitely not alone haha</p>
<p>I don't have a 4.0, but my school doesn't do grade point averages, and if they did, a 4.0 would be regarded as some freak of nature. I got in. I don't do lots of extracurriculars, but the ones I do are really really time-consuming. So is school. In fact, all-nighters and nearly-all-nighters have been more frequent than social things. . . . yay. . .</p>
<p>hm. ive never pulled an all nighter or even really exerted myself in school. but wait, wait... i'm remembering something. oh yeah! i was deferred.</p>
<p>My school is very difficult and I worked really hard in high school. I don't have a 4.0 and do a lot of EC's in music, politics and robotics. I think the workload I've taken in high school and the summers (9 classes senior year...) will benefit me. Never pulled an all nighter. Latest I've ever been up was around 1.</p>
<p>I've had alot of crazy late nights and a few all nighters..but they were basically my own fault because i procrastinated so much and started homework at like 11 PM...i guess that's the price you pay for doing stuff you want to do with your friends and doing activities you like...well worth it....coffee and red bull were saviors....</p>
<p>classes were pretty hard for my friends beacuse they slept in class..i payed attention in class so it was pretty easy for me..unlike friends that had to learn calculus bc and ap chem themselves by reading through those boring textbooks...</p>
<p>i go study at barnes and noble and the library an awful amount...but usually what happens is my friends show up and we start talking..</p>
<p>i'm pretty confident that I'll be able to manage my study time when i get to Columbia since its what ive been doing all my life</p>
<p>high school rocked. Columbia is gonna be 10 times better.</p>
<p>i'm a natural slacker, and a gifted procrastinator. up until junior year, i had no problems coasting by on A's. then physics did me in, and this year isaac newton's other great contribution: calc. sigh. </p>
<p>for junior year and the first semester this year i actually put a lot of effort in. never did any all-nighters, though. i think the latest i've stayed up to was 2:00, but i have to get up early at 6. last year was the epitome of sleep deprivation for me. normally i sleep for 10 hrs, so i must have some biological defect. </p>
<p>homework isn't bad. just reading takes me a while, since i get easily distracted. probably have ADD. </p>
<p>i never study for english/spanish/history and breeze by. science takes work but it's manageable.</p>
<p>if i do go to columbia, i'm looking forward to never taking math again. i'll replace that requirement with a science. yeah!!!</p>