<p>Okay Saugus, Ivy League won’t guarantee you the best success in the future. You can go to any school, and dependng on what you make out of your time there, you can expose yourself to even more opportunities. </p>
<p>Like other people already said, you can still get a decent education elsewhere without the Ivy League brand name. The college you go to will probably only matter for your first job (as long as you have shown that you are capable of having that job).</p>
<p>Is it just me or are half your threads about that one F and your C+?</p>
<p>An0maly, I applad you.</p>
<p>Interesting how I’ve never seen that video…and I’m a huge Gilbert fan. He is a great role model and a great basketball player. Shame that he made a stupid mistake and destroyed his season or more(especially after just coming back). Very inspirational video though.</p>
<p>An0maly wins the “Post of the Day” award! Now if only it were possible for a single post to be stickied… :D</p>
<p>Oh, and I also wanted to comment on this: </p>
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<p>I was in a similar situation sophomore year with Honors Chemistry. My teacher was bad, and our textbook was rather confusing in some parts. When it came time for the first test, I scored a dismal 65%. The next two weren’t much better - I think the second was an 83% and the third a 74%. With each low grade, however, I became even more determined to try harder. I got together with my friends, I tried to get help whenever it was available… basically, I was DESPERATE to get at least a B in that class. </p>
<p>Though my teacher was known to be particularly harsh with lab reports (which dragged my grade down a significant amount) and graded on a weird curve that ended up hurting me (according to the numbers, I was supposed to have a regular B; however, with his system it ended up as a B-), I still look back on that year and feel proud of myself for having battled it out, ending up with a B- for both semesters. </p>
<p>I’m actually prouder of that B- I fought to earn than the easy A’s I got in some of my other classes. The bottom line is, even if you’re failing, DON’T GIVE UP! It really tells a lot about your personal character if you stand firm and tackle the problem, instead of chickening out for easier alternatives.</p>
<p>Hey @ OP, keep trying, don’t just get caught up on these dumb CC threads where people fight (although you seem to be freaking out waaay too much). Look, I got a C+ just now first semester junior year (.2 points away from getting a B-), but when you think about it, the C+ and B- are essentially the same, by some luck you end up getting like 1 more question right on the exam, and the grade goes up. Guess what I’m going to do? Work my rear end off to get an A second semester, fight my horrific insomnia, and limit careless errors (cost me 10+ points on every test because I’m so exhausted). I am working to get that 2250+ on the SAT, and still hope to apply to some Ivies. I have gotten 1 B+, 1 B, and 1 C+ on my transcript since switching to a very hard school, and I have taken the hardest schedule in my entire class. Was it worth it? Sure, I have learned a lot. Do I wish that I had a 4.0 UW? Absolutely. Too bad, now I have to work and hope I get into my dream school, otherwise I will find another place that suits me. Good luck :)</p>
<p>^ I don’t think anyone on this thread is insulting/fighting him without a valid reason. It’s not the attitude he has towards the F and C, but his attitude towards other people. He has insulted students who go to schools of Temple University caliber, dissed Emma Watson for “buying her way” into Brown, and stated that people with a sub 2.0 gpa should leave school and go work at mcdonalds because they are a waste of space and don’t deserve an education. That is probably what caused people to insult him.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I do think you should keep trying to get the most out of your high school education and to not give up just because of a bad grade. I had a D for quite sometime in Ap Calc bc during a late stage of the semester but worked my butt off for 3 tests that would bring me up. And somehow, I managed to pull that B+ in the class. There’s more to school than grades and furthermore, there’s more to life than school. If you work hard towards something, your efforts will be paid off regardless of what school you went to.</p>
<p>@misterpop92: </p>
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<p>Oh, lol they do have reason to attack OP, I’m just saying it’s useless for the OP to bother defending themself when he/she is saying such horrid things on other threads, completely ridiculous. Perhaps they would be better served cracking open their math book lol and getting off of CC. I too hope to accomplish what you did in your math class, bring up the grade through honest hard work. And I totally agree with what you said in your last sentence, very true.</p>
<p>bigdreamer, how do you do quotes? lol</p>
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<p>I never said the first, I’ll take back the second, and I’ll stand by the third without question.</p>
<p>Meh, you guys are right. I can’t do anything about it now, I might as well just pretend like it never happened and try my best. I wish there was an amnesia pill…</p>
<p>It’s not the end of the world if I don’t get in. I’m not THAT shallow. This isn’t some ninja training where I’m going to go to some master who will teach me elaborate jutsu. I think I have the tools to succeed in no matter what college I went to. And if I get rejected from Ivies and other schools like that, I probably wouldn’t fit in anyway and would be among the 40% that flunked out.</p>
<p>I don’t know why I have so much anxiety.</p>
<p>Well, you shouldn’t necessarily try to forget it. Then you’ll be disillusioned for the rest of your life. As cheesy as it sounds, this is a good lesson. I got my first B in AP Chem this semester and it was just like “Okay, I’m not as smart as I thought. I obviously can’t get an A without trying/spending more time.” </p>
<p>So this semester I’m working twice as hard (especially since second semester is more difficult). I don’t really care about my first semester grade since I know I deserved it. Your earned your grades too. There’s nothing you can do about it except change your attitude for second semester. </p>
<p>You’re only a sophomore like me. Chill out. Maybe you’ve been reading too many Chance threads.</p>
<p>Don’t mix your reality in with theirs. You’re not a 4.7 valedictorian and Siemens finalist yet.</p>
<p>EDIT: I just read your post.
Spending time on CC may have given you a superiority complex instead of an inferiority complex (unlike others). You sir, are very mistaken. In many many ways.</p>
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Well, I’m assuming quite a bit. Usually, people with below a 2.0 are the detriments to the school. The drug dealers, drug addicts, etc.</p>
<p>That’s how it works in college, why not implement it in high school?</p>
<p>^ You know that 2.0 is AVERAGE right (C is AVERAGE). AVERAGE people are not detrimental to anyone. Drug dealers, drug addicts, etc are not 2.0 students. </p>
<p>Btw, difference between high school and college is that you pay for college and therefore do not have a RIGHT to be there. High school is free and REQUIRED by law until you are 16 (18 in many places) therefore you have a RIGHT to be there and nobody is allowed to kick you out. </p>
<p>Saugus you’re a pretentious child who is going to get a shock in the wreal world. It will chew you up and spit you out due to your naivet</p>
<p>^^That’s quite a generalization. </p>
<p>I tutor and personally know a lot of people with very low GPAs that are struggling for reasons other than…drugs…</p>
<p>2.0 students aren’t all crack heads and criminals :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Many genuinely want to get an education and their motivating factor is the very thing that is holding them back. More students than you can imagine have parents with no educational background who are working 24/7 to put food on the table. The students themselves either have to work as well or take care of their siblings which leaves little or no time to study. I also know classmates who are homeless, surrounded by gang violence, or have other extremely unfortunate circumstances that they didn’t choose. These unsafe environments factor in; they are unable to study at home and sometimes their only safe haven is at school. You can’t (nor can I) even begin to imagine their lives. </p>
<p>Public high schools don’t exist to promote their name by kicking out the 2.0 students. You have no right to deny anyone an education and you seem rather ignorant by making these statements.</p>
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Yeah, like I said, I was making a lot of generalizations.</p>
<p>The basic gist of what I was saying is that if you’re detrimental and have shown not even the slightest interest in learning, and don’t even want to be there, then you should be transferred to a vocational school or something.</p>
<p>I guess it’s possible to get below a 2.0 while actually caring…</p>
<p>It just doesn’t make much sense to educate meth dealers and gang members to me. OK, I’ll take back the comment…</p>
<p>But some drug dealers are really cool.</p>
<p>^^Do you believe in predestination or something? </p>
<p>Although gangs are definitely not something to be condoned, you have to realize not all people choose to “join” them. I was talking to a junior who is on ASB a few months ago, and he used to be a gang member. He didn’t have a choice. It was either “join” or have his uncle killed. He got caught up in the frenzy and completely failed all of his freshman classes. </p>
<p>However, with the support of teachers and his counselor who wanted to give him a education, he eventually brought his grades up and now he’s on the class council and aspiring to attend a four year college.</p>
<p>Ironically, your suggestion would be way more detrimental to society.</p>
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<p>Remember people: vocational schools are BAD things. My dad managed to put two daughters through private school after going to a <em>gasp</em> a vocational school. Get over it. I am very intelligent and have very good grades and highly considered going to a vocational school… I would probably make more money though a vocational school then I will getting my undergrad degree anyway. The only reason I didn’t is because I did my vocational training while in high school to save money. </p>
<p>Please remember that next time you hire a plumber, an electrician, a machinist, or a nurse that they probably went through vocational school… and they didn’t have an interest in learning so they obviously have no idea what they’re doing. But then again, Saugus, you’re smarter than them right? So I guess you would have no need to hire someone like them anyway.</p>
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I didn’t say that they were BAD.</p>
<p>If someone is badly struggling or showing no interest, it might be a better fit.</p>
<p>@fairy_dreams</p>
<p>OK, you’re right. I guess that it would make more sense to just give them an opportunity to change. Eww, now that I think of it, that suggestion was disgustingly Republican. Yeah, you’re right without question.</p>