How hard is it to maintain a 4.0 gpa as compared to high school?

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<p>I’m not in college yet, but I’ve heard that it’s a combination of factors:
A) The college you’re going to
B) The major that you’re in
C) How well your high school prepared you</p>

<p>Most of the returning students I see from my high school say that college classes are really easy and that our high school prepared them really well. People who had like 3.0’s in high school easily have 3.8+ in college.</p>

<p>Other people that I know who didn’t go to my high school, it’s much more mixed. My cousin, for example, went to a normal public school, did pretty well (all A’s and B’s), but she lost her scholarship after her first semester at college.</p>

<p>But yeah. A 4.0 at my high school is basically impossible to get. The only one who I know who has that is going to Stanford…</p>

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<p>Our high school is a joke. Out of 714, 5 have a 4.0 and about 30 more think they have a 4.0 because of the weighting system. </p>

<p>Next year I will pay for my current laziness.</p>

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<p>^5/714 having an uw 4.0 isn’t bad. That’s less than 1% of the class.</p>

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<p>Depending on the rigor of your “institution” but VERY TOUGH basically anywhere.</p>