<p>Excuse my ignorance, but why are college students so protective of their GPA? What can one do with the knowledge of another person's GPA? One of the students in my CalSO group asked my CalSO counselor what her GPA was, and she said that it was confidential. I see nothing wrong with just wanting some privacy, but, coming straight from high school, I'm just having a hard time in seeing how powerful the knowledge of someone's GPA is.</p>
<p>sometimes these counselor types, and RA's and what not, think they're on a power trip because they're a WHOLE YEAR older than you. just chill and fuggettabout-it. they're a bunch-a tight wads that you'll run into and have to shrug off.</p>
<p>In college people are more secretive about their grades, because it's none of other people's business. In high school everyone always told everyone what they got, but in college this isn't the case, so just get used to it.</p>
<p>punkdudeus - No, I don't think that's it. I've seen people act very protective of their college GPA on these forums as well.</p>
<p>infamy - I realize that it's none of other people's business, but it just seems so weird to be so protective of it. I can understand if it is less than stellar or if the student is embarrassed or not satisfied with it, but what if someone has a "good" GPA and still wishes to keep it confidential? What I'm just wondering is what people can do with the knowledge of other people's GPAs. I mean, in college, don't students (of course, students that actually know each other and not just random students in a class) talk about their grades/how they did on big exams, like finals? Or are they even secretive about their performance on finals?</p>
<p>if the gpa is too high, telling others his/her gpa might make the person show off as arrogant. if the gpa is too low, he/she may be too embarrased to reveal the person's gpa.</p>
<p>personally I have no problem telling people my gpa and grades, but I guess some people care more</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm secretive of my college GPA because I don't want people to think that I'm arrogant. Plus, its good to be humble, so I just leave it at, "It's acceptable."</p>