<p>im a senior in high school who did not take enough honors/ap for my 3 years of life.
looking at all these college posts, it seems that people struggle to get what they expect in college and GPA are below 3.0 due to management of difficulties and some of these kids cannot handle "courses" offered in college.</p>
<p>so im kind of worried right now. i havent began college yet and these threads are starting to bother me. </p>
<p>i really dont want to be in the same shoes as these kids. or HS overachievers (High GPA/SAT scores) who dropped out in college.
And there's kids who did terrible in HS and ended up with great college record.</p>
<p>im good with sciences like biology, earth sci, and maybe physics (didn't take it in HS, so im not sure). i'm also going to major something in business during college.</p>
<p>should i expect a misery 5 months from here? :(</p>
<p>I took like two AP exams and I’m doing fine</p>
<p>A lot of people myself included slacked off in high school because quite frankly, we didn’t see the point in getting straight As. Sure I coulda gone to Yale or something but 1) I probably couldn’t afford it 2) I actually kinda like my state school. </p>
<p>I had fun my last two years of high school because quite frankly almost every high schooler has very few if any responsibilities. Might as well enjoy it.</p>
<p>I took one AP class and did not pass the class.</p>
<p>I have a 3.67 cumulative college GPA halfway through my sophomore year.</p>
<p>You’ll probably be fine. You just need to realize right off the bat that college=/=high school. THey’re totally different ball games. That whole “APs are just like college!” thing is a bunch of BS.</p>
<p>If you show up for class and do the work and HONESTLY do the best you can, chances are you’ll do just fine in college. And if you’re struggling, talk to the professor. Most of them will help you out if they think you’re really trying and you’re just not a math/history/whatever student.</p>
<p>I never said that. It’s the threads that two or three people that have created so far are making me nervous about the bad thing academically in college.</p>
<p>I can tell you that my grades actually improved quite a bit going into college. After 4 semesters at a big state univ I have all A’s and I had a bunch of B’s and B+'s in high school. </p>
<p>I think the slight surprise typical public schoolers have when they start college is that tests are worth so much. A lot of classes have midterms worth 35%+ each and a final up to 50% of their grade. Homework is usually minimal (although still necessary to do well). Actually, since you’re thinking science, that probably won’t be as big a deal. Labs and quizzes will usually spread the grades around a lot more than a typical class. That can be good or bad, depending on how well you handle tests.</p>
<p>It just means you don’t want to blow off a test. A lot (DEFINITELY not all) of kids care, so test questions will usually do more than just make sure you learned the basics because most people studied for the exam. </p>
<p>If you want to learn and have the capacity to learn (SAT’s aren’t that bad at measuring capacity to learn IMO) you’ll almost definitely do great. You need to understand what you’re learning. You also need to memorize occasionally. You’ll do best if you like the learning and can deal with the memorizing.</p>
<p>Don’t worry too much. I think once college starts you’ll realize it’s really not stressful – if you like what you’re learning then you’ll enjoy studying it a little every day. And once you do that there’s not much more you have to do come test time. </p>
<p>I started off with a low amount of credits taken my first 2 semesters. It helped me a lot and if it’s a financial option for you I would recommend taking a light load to start. Especially if your high school wasn’t great.</p>
<p>Edit: I really should note that I go to a decent school (top 30) but not an Ivy or such. It might be harder in a top 10 school, I don’t know.</p>
<p>Edit2: Oh, and taking AP’s didn’t even do much for me. Most of the gen ed requirements were met by other courses I’ve taken at college and it took me a while to figure out my intended major. Unless you know exactly what you want to major in and want to avoid gen ed, AP’s won’t do much.</p>
<p>I think you’re looking at this wrong. You either will or wont do well in college. Worry less about what MIGHT happen and spend more time (once you’re in college) making sure the right things DO happen. </p>
<p>That guy/girl who was struggling to pull off anything higher than a C even though he worked really hard is not very common. It probably only happened because he chose a highly grade-deflating engineering track. </p>
<p>Overall, grades are mostly yours to receive. The majority of low grades are received by people who didn’t give it their all. The few exceptions to this rule are the ones that the university and people like us should be helping out as much as possible. </p>
<p>I think you’ll find you focus less on grades in college than you think you will. You do what you can to learn; everything else (grades) is the professor’s responsibility. You’ll deal with it fine.</p>
<p>What’s the difference between the educational status at any top 30 colleges vs City colleges or State colleges? Are they all basically offer similar curriculums, except top schools go more in depth with the concepts?</p>
<p>I took a total of 1 AP test (I did take some more classes though) and got a 3.4 in engineering (about 1.1 stds above median) my first semester. I came in with test scores about .8 stds below the median (I had a 29, the median was a 31), and a GPA that was about average.</p>
<p>You have a huge confidence issue if a couple people complaining on a forum about how miserable they are is going to stop you from going to college. Every school has them no need to get worked up about it.</p>
<p>It depends on your state university, what you want to study, and what you call rigorous. </p>
<p>If you live in Michigan, North Carolina, Cali, WI, ILL, even Washington etc., a state university should be plenty. If you live in Wyoming, Nevada, etc., you might be a little disappointed with the state schools.</p>
<h2>Justtotalk: Can you chance me for the following schools?</h2>
<p>St Johns University
CUNY - Queens, Hunter, Baruch, Lehman, Kingsborough CC, and City College of NY.
SUNY - Albany, Binghamton, New Paltz, Oneonta, and Oswego</p>
<p>Race: White/Asian male.
Residency: NYC
Income: My mother’s 15k-30k.
HS GPA: 3.0 with regents courses (failed two and passed them over the summer with over 70).
SAT: 1570 - 460 V, 500 M, 610 W / 1600 breakdown = 960/1600
Awards: Perfect Attendence Award since 9th grade.
ECs: Community service at Library for 67 hours, UFT for 12 hours, Secretary Position at Good Times Center afterschool for 100 hours (2 years), and Member of the international Key Club.
Letters of recommendation: Really Good.
Essay: Solid, personal experience about my shyness and how it changed me socially.</p>
<p>Also, can you chance me for any elite colleges that would be my shot if I go to any of these back up schools for a year and get a 3.85-4.0 GPA? Sorry, but if sophomore fall transfer will not work, I may have to settle for the Spring Soph. or Junior transfer. I’m looking into Fordham, BC, Wake Forest, and Villanova. If I get denied to Binghamton, I might re-apply.</p>