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<li>I actually do know why they rejected me. I was lazy and slacked off a bit in High school. I actually ended freshman year at BLS with a 3.8 gpa, which I think is pretty damn good considering BLS is the oldest public school in the country. As the next 3 years I got tired of staying up past midnight writing essays and completing the 7+ hours of hw that was expected as a BLS student. I just started feeling like i couldn’t keep up with those high-achieveing students in my class that always came to school and told me they pulled another all-nighter. My health is my main concern and I didn’t want to do that to myself. And yes it was that serious. Plenty of those students in my class already were developing grey hairs from all the stress and I would often see them having panic attacks and crying. So call me crazy for not seeing the appeal of 4.0 gpa. My gpa dropped, though i managed to keep it at a reasonable level (a 3.1 is a B on the gpa scale BLS uses). You guys can say all you want about me, but just know that unless you actually attended BLS, you can never appreciate the time, effort, and dedication that it takes to achieve that gpa at BLS.
2.No, I didn’t apply to Harvard as a freshman because I didn’t want Harvard to even consider me as a candidate if i wasn’t showing them my absolute best. </li>
<li>like i said before, yes i did achieve a 3.7 gpa, AT BLS. You can brag all you want about your sons and daughters who had 4.5 gpa’s but just know that those are highly inflated and in no way reflect upon the amount of work they put in to them. For example, i could have gone to my local high school in East Boston where the amount of work i would have to put in to get a 4.0+ GPA would be significantly less than that of BLS. I know students i went to middle school with who attended East Boston High School who had gpa’s of 3.7+ who got accepted at BU BC NE. There were kids in my class at BLS with 3.5 gpa’s that didnt not get into any of those schools, even though they put in more work than those at East Boston High to achieve their “low” gpa’s. Now do you think that’s fair? Why should a fluffier gpa that is higher be favored over a heavier gpa that is lower. I’m not being overly confident or anything, you can ask anyone who has attended bls then transferred to East Boston High because of the stress and they’ll tell you that they now have 4.0 gpas and are much less stressed out. So don’t say my gpa is low bc even though the number may be low, you have no idea how hard it is to achieve that at BLS. And obviously there are kids at other schools with 4.6 gpa’s that really are smart and do put in the work, and im not trying to insult those people. I’m just really irked that theres no way to actually tell if gpa’s are inflated or not. The college admission process in this country is completely ridiculous and doesn’t do enough to reward those who may have put more work into their gpa’s then others. And don’t even try and comment on my sat score because you can be the brightest person in the world and still screw up on the sat. Being smart has nothing to do with how fast you can complete a test, and i feel so many people have done badly on the sat because of the stress that is associated with taking the actual test. If we didn’t have to rush through the each question, stressing about wether or not we’re going to have enough time to finish the section, we wouldn’t get caught in the many tricks the college board places in the SAT’s. We need time to actually think about the question so that we can answer it.</li>
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<p>If BLS was the frying pan, Harvard is the fire. Do you seriously want that again?</p>
<p>Haha you guys make it seem like I’m obsessed with going to Harvard. That was merely one college on my list. And don’t get me wrong, even though BLS was hell I wouldn’t trade going there for anything. Having graduated from there I feel extremely prepared for all college has to offer. I feel like BLS not only prepared me by giving me a quality education, but also giving me the ability to deal with high levels of coursework and still hand in quality work. I thrive in a competitive environment and that’s why I want so much to transfer to ANY of the colleges I listed. If Harvard chooses to accept me, I would definitely be up to the challenge because while the work may be extremely hard, that’s what makes it a quality education. The whole rant about BLS was not me complaining about the hard work but me complaining about it not paying off due to our screwed up gpa system that’s not regulated in any way.</p>