<p>I just want to hear of people's general impressions of those whose test scores/GPA deviate from what they seem capable of (and the number of them)</p>
<p>Well, everybody is surprised to know I have a 3.4 because they all think I have a 4.0.</p>
<p>I don't know anyone else like that, but I have some friends who seemed really stupid, but then I realized that they have near-4.0s.</p>
<p>I know one. He's a frickin' genius, but his GPA's like 2.0 or something because he gets caught up in his writing. Freshmen year he wrote a screenplay, and got so into it (like - screw school I need to write!) that his grades plummeted. But an amazing writer. I love him and he's totally going places.</p>
<p>In my generation, I knew a lot of really smart young people who were bored silly with school and got bad grades, some even dropping out of high school. I hear that even today a lot of high school dropouts are actually quite smart, but think that high school is a waste of time. The smart people I know best in the current generation of high school students mostly score very well on tests, and sometimes do very unusual secondary educations to avoid boredom in high school.</p>
<p>Haha Tako I love people like that.
Remember that Einstein failed his first college entrance tests!</p>
<p>Everyone on here is always surprised at my extremely high GPA and Class Rank because I have an "average" SAT score.</p>
<p>Well, everybody is surprised to know I have a 3.4 because they all think I have a 4.0.</p>
<p>Same here, im not even in top 20%, but my SAT scores are through the roof, 2200+ :)</p>
<p>I know someone who got a 34 on the ACT, but he didn't care for school and didn't do his homework so he got like a 2.7 gpa.</p>
<p>He goes to Syrancuse now.</p>
<p>yep i know a guy who scored over 2300 his first time on the sat but during his senior year was disqualified from sports because his gpa was under a 2.0. he ended up going to washington state</p>
<p>^Lazyness?</p>
<p>You sure do like calling people lazy, don't you? It's not always laziness.</p>
<p>no.......I am not directly calling anyone lazy, please read my post carefully.</p>
<p>i know a boy who is really smart, and gets great test scores, but never does homework like ever</p>
<p>2 (my two brothers).</p>
<p>Too many.</p>
<p>I know some who've just given up...said "screw this" and quit trying at school.</p>
<p>I've almost been one of them several times. Things do get intense.</p>
<p>I think self-discipline is correlated with GPA, not so much intelligence. I don't see how you could quantify such a thing.</p>
<p>are colleges content on just 4.0s...... when i see people's gpas that are applying to colleges they always have way above and it makes me even more conscious about my grades..... should i stress on getting all As or would it be ok with 2 Bs but a 4.0?</p>
<p>Haha, me. Well, that's a lie. I have a decent GPA (3.8 uw, 3.9 w, and rising :)) and pretty sweet test scores (214 PSAT soph year, and rising), but I hardly work and I cheat too much. I'm a lazy bum at school, but when it comes to my passions, don't get me started.</p>
<p>I agree completely with MSHP about the diligence = GPA, not intellegence. Honestly, any shmuck could get a 4.0, but not everyone is naturally intellegent. There are people who work their butts off for perfect scores, and then there are those who are 10 times smarter, but fail because they're lazy. They are really no less intellegent than anyone else, just lazier. But today's world feels a need to quantify every little thing, so they are numbered as dumber.</p>
<p>I know a boy who is so smart, but he has Aspberger's, and does a lot of crazy stuff and can't concentrate. Looking at his GPA, you'd never guess he was one of the smartest people I know.</p>
<p>^ That sounds like my little brother. :)
He hasn't entered high school yet, but I can tell he will have problems concentrating at school (it's too easy for him, really). So I guess we'll have to see...</p>
<p>me -_-</p>
<p>I literally stopped going to school early May, and didn't return until September. And I got a 231 on the PSAT in freshman year.</p>