<p>How is it even possible. I mean I'm not lookin to go to Harvard or w/e but wheres a place for someone like me? Some people on this seem so well rounded, though a lot seem to be exaggerating a little bit and bragging.</p>
<p>Most of those who visit this site are computer wizards who are expert at hacking into their high school's computers to change their grades.</p>
<p>Seriously, don't be overly concerned at some of the impressive GPA's claimed on this board. Most are probably being honest but this site particularly attracts a lot of students who do intend to apply to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and others in that ilk. You don't need those super GPA's to qualify for most colleges.</p>
<p>Roughly 70-80% of the people on this board are nerds who do nothing but study. Brilliant to the point of being socially inept is a phrase that could be applied generally. Congratulations on not being one of them. <em>shrug</em></p>
<p>Some school's GPA system is inflated. Maybe your school is just too hard to get high marks? Maybe you are taking really challenging courses?
Really, there are lots of reasons.</p>
<p>I do my homework. Senioritis is killing me though...</p>
<p>The GPAs are all off because different schools weight GPAs in different ways.</p>
<p>At my school, youre top 10 in the class with a 3.8. And those kids are mad smart. And maybe our school does weigh it diffferently. It's private. If that has anything to with it.</p>
<p>We work hard</p>
<p>And the key to our success is:
Practice, practice, practice</p>
<p>We talkin bout practice, not a game. not a game. Not a GAme. Practice.</p>
<p>Some people are just born smahtuh than others!</p>
<p>(I have 'only' a 3.8.)</p>
<p>I actually just roll the dice for my multiple choice exams. Has never failed me once.</p>
<p>Except that time I got an essay question.</p>
<p>I hear you are the sole reason CollegeBoard added the writing section with an essay to the SAT Reasoning Test.</p>
<p>lol.. i was actually very surprised when i saw my final gpa.. only our final class grades get counted into our gpa, so u could get two quarter b's and still eek out an A..</p>
<p>... which i did for almost all my classes. I think i set the record for highest amount of B's for my GPA. i got a whooping 11 my freshman year.</p>
<p>i thought a dice had 6 sides - and i thot multiple choice usually have 4-5 options ???</p>
<p>how can you be fair with that?</p>
<p>1 = A
2 = B
3 = C
4 = D
5 = E
6 = Bubble all of them</p>
<p>And sometimes, I bubble all of them regardless of what I get. Just for kicks.</p>
<p>Always turns out to be the correct answer, by the way.</p>
<p>love it! hahaha</p>
<p>Do you guys have 'scantron' bubble tests? Well, there's a certain bubble you can mark somewhere on the top (I forget now) which marks it as the key. I did that once and I was the only person who got a 100...while most of the other people mustered a C...</p>
<p>My physics teacher wasn't amused!</p>
<p>haha, i was always suspicious about that option.</p>
<p>Hey Tor,
Don't worry about it. My kids all did their own thing and have done fine. In fact not one of my 3 studied for SAT (the oldest one started this theory that if you have to study for the score, that's not who you really are and therefore will go to a school you are not a good match for). Who knows, maybe it worked for them. Everyone is different and that's what makes the world interesting. One of my kids refused to ever take a honors course (why work harder?) and he did great in college and has a wonderful job, wife, and owns his own home at 25. The youngest worked hard in school, but went to a tougher college and is not enjoying his social life near as much as his brother did. GPAs are just numbers and certainly not a measure of quality of life or happiness!</p>