Getting A's and B's in college

<p>I must get A's and B's to sustain the Georgia HOPE scholarship (pays full tuition to 3.0+ GPA for public schools though not housing).</p>

<p>How hard is it to get A's and B's in college?
I would rate..</p>

<p>Middle school, to get B's, be not stupid.
Middle school, to get A's, be smart.
High school, to get B's, do your work.
High school, to get A's, do your work and be naturally smart.</p>

<p>Oh nose, college! Wondering how more/less lax professors are with curves? And how rare it is to get A's and B's, yadda.</p>

<p>It depends on the school. At my school A's are extremely elusive, and a 3.0 is above the average GPA/Dean's list. I would say that if you do your work you get a C. B's can be had with some extra effort, but in many classes I don't see A's as realistic.</p>

<p>What's your school?</p>

<p>And I should add..</p>

<p>"High school, to get A's, do your work and be naturally smart."
Study. Never had to do that in middle school. Especially Physics and Anatomy. Rawr.</p>

<p>Wake Forest, but it is notorious for grade deflation.</p>

<p>I wonder, what motivation does any institution have to lower the chances of its students succeeding in the real world?</p>

<p>^um, cuz grades don't matter in the real world excpet for your fist job (most people end up choosing a career unrelated to there major anyway), and most grad schools know what an A means at a certain institution...
Most of the anal retentive CC'ers don't realize many if not most of the uber succesful people out there are not book worms with 4.0's...they're smooth networking types or they're innovators...Dorks w/no social skills who can't navigate office politics end up doing all the grunt work and never get promoted.</p>

<p>The only thing I will say, if you're certain you want to go to law school, then grades do matter, and you don't want to go to a school w/grade deflation. Otherwise, worry about learning and networking and not about grades. Also, a dude w/a 2.7 in EE at MIT has a lot better prospects then a music major with a 4.0</p>

<p>Ahh, well I am considering law school (and MBA/business) so GPA does matter.
"grade deflation."
And grade deflation sounds to me like intentionally "weeding" out kids, and that's more GPA deflatory than simply not giving extra credit.</p>

<p>^your right, in fact McGill does the same thing. Because it's not super hard to get into McGill, they want those who do graduate to help support the school's reputation as they go on in life. That way, your degree actually means something. Also, this way you don't have 1,000's of kids with 4.0's; instead you have 3 or 4. These kids are then extra special.</p>

<p>And by weeding out, I mean giving ridiculous assignments/labs, quizzes/tests over things that they haven't gone over, etc.</p>

<p>FULL-TUITON? Georgia HOPE is better than SC LIFE</p>

<p>Tuition for in-state kids is only ~ 4,000.</p>

<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOPE_Scholarship%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOPE_Scholarship&lt;/a>
According to Wiki..
"The basic requirements are:</p>

<pre><code>* The student is a resident of the state of Georgia
* The student graduated high school with a 3.0 GPA ('B average')
* The student maintains a 3.0 GPA throughout college
</code></pre>

<p>The scholarship pays full tuition, a $150 per semester book allowance, and most mandatory fees for the recipient to attend any public university in Georgia up until the semester in which the student takes his or her 127th academic hour. In some instances, an equivalent amount is applied towards tuition for private universities in Georgia."
And you can go to world renowned UGA or GA Tech.. or be like me and go to Georgia State:p</p>

<p>If your going to Gerogia State, I would advise getting all A's, and it sounds like you shouldn't have any trouble. I went to a similar school before transferring, did little work, and had a 3.91 GPA. In fact, if you want to go to law school, I wouldn't transfer even if you find it too easy.</p>

<p>well put wutangfinancial. (ur first post in this thread)</p>

<p>"I went to a similar school before transferring, did little work, and had a 3.91 GPA."</p>

<p>Hmm.. What school before and what school now?</p>

<p>I think UGA would've been more of my fit academically, but my previous PSAT of 1670/1700 (and no extracurriculars oops:p) weren't up to par with their 1824 (1216/2 *3) and sports and extracurriculars. Then my Jan 07 scores came back with 1850 woo, but still, UGA closed admissions around Jan.</p>

<p>the diff between an A and a B is how much time you put into studying. the diff between high school and college IS that college requires more time for studying.</p>

<p>If you're going to go to Georgia State, I suggest taking the easiest core courses as possible. What that means is fifty-minute courses in the afternoon, have good attendance, take easy teachers, take easy courses (stick with Film 2700 or Intro to Theater for Humanities...leave the MuA and AH courses alone). </p>

<p>Should be fairly easy to get A's and B's.</p>

<p>Oh and one other thing. Perspective courses? Forget them. Take Critical Thinking and Human Communication.</p>

<p>um i guess at nyu...maybe DON'T take classes at stern.....?</p>

<p>The average GPA at Berkeley is barely over 3.0. Go figure.</p>

<p>For anyone who would know, is it easier to get A's at Georgia State than at UGA?
What schools in the south are known for grade inflation (instead of grade deflation)?</p>