<p>Unless you're applying ivy league or top quality schools like stanford, I don't see how it matters. I did horrible in high school. I goofed off and took it as a joke and had a gpa you guys probably doubled.</p>
<p>I went to a community college for a year, stop ****ing around, got completely serious with my future, recieved a 3.7 gpa (27 credits) and applied to multiple schools who did not need my high school transcripts (some of them did though).
I got in all of them except GWU.
the universites are pretty decent too... well according to rankings and word of mouth... they are:
Binghamton University
Indiana University @Bloomington
Ohio State U
Northeastern
Umass Amherst
Rutgers@ new brunswick
Syracuse</p>
<p>I know these are considered "safe" for you guys, but I mean, i find it funny that everyone told me I'm going to be useless after high school because all of my slacking. They are decent schools. I'm sure I could get into better universites if I stayed in my community college for another year and maintained a high (or get a higher) gpa.</p>
<p>To be honest, I feel kind of bad for the kids who worked so hard in high school and ended up in the same tier of schools I got into after slacking off in high school then attending a community college for one year.</p>
<p>to the overachievers of this forum, do you feel I should of been able to get in those universities after one year of studies when you had to work 4 years to get into them?</p>
<p>if i attend anothe ryear at my commmunity college, i’d probably get into that super high gpa society which lands me scholarships and potentially a free ride if I’m attractive enough.</p>
<p>Considering most schools don’t tend to give out lavish scholarships to transfers, unlikely. </p>
<p>But hey, who am I to stop your ego from keeping yourself satisfied. Keep believing that you’d probably do this and that, but obviously CC never taught you there’s a sizable gap from the bottom half of a school’s student body to the top. </p>
<p>More to the point, I slacked immensely off in high school, missed entire weeks of school here and there, but yet I don’t feel the need to irritate the people who did work hard to get where I am. I wonder why…</p>
<p>I don’t feel the need to name my school because I don’t like stroking my ego. Suffice to say USNews ranks it somewhere in the top 15. But that doesn’t really matter. Prestige ain’t ****.</p>
<p>i’m not staying at the cc for another, i really dislike it.
I’ll be going to rutgers. it’s cheaper then the rest and they gave some decent money</p>
<p>you’re not stroking your ego talking about your university. when you ask someone where they attend in this forum you expect highly ranked universities. don’t worry you’re not being a toolbag.</p>
<p>A rigorous, broad, and deep high school curriculum prepares students well for college studies, employment, and even life beyond. Likewise, learning alongside bright and talented peers is important toward one’s intellectual and personal growth.</p>
<p>Arguing that high school doesn’t matter is like arguing that where one studies undergrad doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>i’m not trying to **** off people. I’m attempting to get opinions if this is any fair to people who worked hard in high school. I’d be ****ed off if I worked my ass off for 4 years to attend a university then someone goes there after one year of work.</p>
<p>Some of us don’t like slacking off. I’m a reasonably social person, and I like hanging out with my friends (or running or playing my clarinet or…), but I also have a genuine passion for some of my classes. I do more calculus homework than is required because I enjoy it.</p>
<p>For classes that I don’t care about, I do slack off. These are generally less-rigorous classes (a big part of why I dislike them) and making an A requires ridiculously little work.</p>
<p>I think it’s great you got a second chance, but don’t belittle those who got it right the first time. As an employer interviewing for elite business jobs, we see the cracks years later. Transfers who we don’t trust got the fundamentals we seek. Many employers also want SAT scores. Are transfers seen in the same light as a 4 year student? Depends on who you’re talking to. I have one partner in particular who dismisses all transfers from lower tier colleges at the top schools we recruit from. Your list is solid schools, but not top schools which are much harder to transfer into. So while it’s great that there are sometimes second chances, the kids who worked all along need not be felt sorry for.</p>
<p>I transferred b.c I didn’t try my first two years of school and couldn’t go to the schools I wanted. I think if I worked my ass off for several years to go to an elite school and then someone who slacked off for part or all of HS then came to my school after a year or two then I’d feel a bit ****ed. However these schools admitted students for a reason. And I know when I apply for programs/internships/jobs/grad school that I’ll have to explain why I transferred. So it still follows you, even if you’ve made an effort and transferred.</p>