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The one exception: physics class (introductory course, non-AP). Seriously, I’ve probably logged ~40 hours of sleep in that class and yet, because he gives 100%s on every lab and all his tests are essentially “plug-n-chug” (plug the numbers into the formula and solve) it’s the easiest class to ace. Probably the easiest class I’ve had in 5 years.</p>
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<p>True, but there are slackers who really don’t study at home and don’t participate in class but they seem to absorb the information through what the teacher says. But you are right, there are manyyyyy people who seem to pretend that they don’t study. I’ve noticed that there are always three different high achieving people: 1. the person who jokes around all the time and pretends they don’t study but really stays up until 3 in the morning studying 2. the person who everyone knows is a bookworm and really does work their butt off 3. the really smart person who really doesn’t study that much but can do very well</p>
<p>^You seem to be forgetting the smart and practical person who focuses in class and barely has anything to do at home.</p>
<p>OOH! I haven’t read the posts on this thread… so sorry if I repeat anything.
If your parents happen to donate large amounts of money to the school, if there’s an athlete who is relatively intelligent and nationally ranked, or if you’re famous.
the only times a slacker would get in.</p>
<p>I honestly don’t know what is up with everyone solemnly affirming that good students are almost never slackers. In my view, many good students are actually major slackers; procrastination is rampant among “honors” students. Other “honors” students are genuinely assiduous and organized - it just depends. </p>
<p>Now, in this matter, a distinction must be made between “good students” and intelligent people. I know everyone knows what I am talking about.</p>
<p>^ Oh no, I can see the two days worth of raging debate already.</p>
<p>Procrastination isn’t necessarily slacking. We’re all tying the term slackers to those who don’t do ECs out of school, who don’t work (jobs, volunteering), who don’t do homework (even though they can and have the time to), but that doesn’t mean they are intelligent or not intelligent. That’s just what I’m thinking was meant. That’s what I assumed, anyway.</p>
<p>Most people who get into good colleges from my school are slackers. They text, eat, or joke during class and rarely study other than finishing the homework.</p>
<p>Whoaness,
You are just trying to make BS excuses for yourself to say that doing EC’s and working ain’t slacking. Everyone always has the opportunity to squeeze in more time to do more things. What matters is that you do just enough to beat your competitors; sometimes it can mean that you don’t have to do much at all. Many impressive sounding EC’s are actually full of BS. You know it, I know it, everyone applying to college knows it. For example, “Traveling to exotic place to help poor kids or endangered wildlife during spring break” means partying and doing stupid things with your friends while pretending you are doing something useful. “National Honor Society” means selling pizza while doing your homework. “Cross country team” means joking with your friends while taking a stroll in the park. Nobody really put in 100% effort 100% of the time. You are slacking off right now being on this forum when you could be learning advanced physics from some other online source. Everyone I know who has gotten into good colleges are slackers, including me. Sometimes you just need to rest for 3 hours past midnight reading random Wikipedia articles after doing that homework that takes like 20 minutes. Or if you are like some of my other classmates, you just watch movies all night and not even do the homework until the class starts.</p>
<p>^ This man’s logic is sound. I’ll admit to slacking more than I think I should.</p>
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<p>This happens to me all the time: I start with one article, which leads to another, and another, and so on and so forth. Good times on the internet, indeed.</p>