OP needs to tell the unweighted gpa.
And the classes in which he received D’s.
Yes, that’s true ^ - the weighted GPA doesn’t tell the whole story, as many schools have a (stated or unstated) lower limit on the unweighted GPA they’ll accept. Also, state of residency would be helpful to know in terms of looking at options.
Can you answer questions in #11?
You “can get an A whenever (you) want”-- and you don’t have straight A’s?
My guess is that colleges would much, MUCH rather take a chance on kids who will work to their potential than someone who has potential but chooses not to use it.
I think the suggestion of Community College is a good one.
Pick a college with evening classes and work during the day. Most offer them. You could also opt to do a degree online, which takes away the time/day constraints completely. You set your own hours to trade/study. What you have is a legitimate source of income, so I would go with that. You can afford to pay your own bills, so there’s no reason to work at Subway. The key is to not let yourself get distracted. There’s a time to trade, and a time to study.
I live in NJ, My unweighted GPA is a 3.1.
My low grades are mostly in English, but I occasionally struggled with Science. I never finished a semester with a final grade lower than a C in any class.
While sometimes I get lazy and do not complete homework assignments, during tests I can teach myself the subject perform well.
To be completely honest, part of me feels like college would be a waste of my money. As a 17 year old, I have more financial stability then most college students. I could do what im doing now for the rest of my life, and have no problem with it.
Why drown myself in debt learning how to make money, when I already know how?
The overwhelming majority of investors have done very well over the past 9 years, during one of the longest bull markets in history. You haven’t been trading long enough to experience a lasting bear market and severe stock market crash. I wouldn’t assume that day trading is a solid source of future income and will work as well in the latter situation. It’s good to have a backup plan.
You don’t go to college to learn how to make money. You go to college to grow intellectually and learn what you don’t know, to acquire critical and methodological skills, to meet new people and learn new socialization skills.
Actually, most people do go to college at least partially to have higher earning potential as a college graduate than a high school graduate. It may be mainly in these forums where students from wealthy well connected families have the option of considering earning potential less or not at all in college decisions.
Yes, these are additional benefits of college which are desirable in and of themselves, although they may also increase earning potential.
However, the high cost of college these days can make some question the value (both in terms of earning potential and other benefits), and keep others out entirely. College can also be a waste if the student is not motivated to make use of it. It could be that the OP is currently in this situation. But there should be no harm in taking gap year(s) if the OP can earn a living during that time (gap years seem to be favored in these forums). The OP has the option to attend college later if s/he does become more motivated to do so (e.g. finds that day trading is less rewarding financially and otherwise than s/he thinks now).
^ OP said s/he didn’t need to go to college to learn how to make money since s/he already knew how to. Not “to learn enough to have a better job”, but " learn how to make money". Outside of some aspects of finance, you don’t “learn how to make money” in college.
College teaches critical, discrete, and social skills.
Most students go to college because it will lead to a higher paying job than with a HS diploma but college doesn’t teach ‘how to make money’. The higher earning job comes from the signaling of a college degree, from a resume, and from a set of behaviors/skills/knowledge.
An illustration:
Baruch has a very successful business school, mostly commuter, now tuition free for many students, with excellent placements in NYC especially Wall Street, and a lower income average/higher percentage of public school graduates than private universities in NYC.
A long time ago, the Baruch curriculum was changed when the people in charge realized why the student interns had trouble transforming top internships into top jobs - they had the technical skills but
top skills aren’t enough, to make it at Wall Street you need to catch an offhand reference to an artistic or literary masterpiece or your colleagues will make fun of you, you need to have certain cultural, social references as well as the typical socialization/social skills. Upon realizing this, all majors and especially the accounting and finance majors and the business honors students (likely to seek the highest paying positions, Big4, IB, MC…) had to take a solid core of ‘general culture’ classes with few substitutions that had the students slightly unhappy until they got the point. There are also socialization opportunities, meet/greet, lectures, trips to the museum/concert hall, etc. Those wouldn’t get them the job - their high level skills do. But it means they’re taken seriously.
Btw OP could likely attend Baruch as long as she/he could figure out a way to create a social group, since it’s very commuter and lonely if you live on your own.
But yes a gap year till OP figured out what she/he wants from education is totally possible.
I would not consider myself seasoned, however I did correctly predict the current recession in our economy. I explained to all my teachers about a month ago that a correction was about to happen as a result of Trump over stimulating the economy. The RSI of the Dow J has been dangerously low since Trump was elected as a result of our market thriving over future expectations. The last time our volatility was this low was in 2008. I believe the biggest indicator the correction was how it almost appeared as if Trump was manipulating our economy. In all my time trading, I favored trading index’s like the Dow Jones because I knew that they performed based on our economy, not based on individual companies, which means that no single entity can influence the market significantly, like a ceo may be able to do with his company’s stock. Trump however, acts like our country is his company and he is the CEO.
This is the equivalent to Trump hypothetically being the CEO of Apple, Claiming that they can make all their products for a fraction of the cost allowing them to undercut all competitors while tripling their profitability. What do you think happens next?
Investors rush to stock up on Apple shares expecting to make great returns. This inflates the stocks value and makes the CEO look credible. And The ceo, who in reality has not done much, somehow tells the investors exactly what they wanna hear, because as long as everyone is confidient we are doing great.
The problem is however, the expectations are never actually met. The only thing keeping the stock price up is the investors confidence in the company. Eventually, investors get sick of waiting, and as result lose confidence and unload their shares.
Trump created a bull market on steroids and sold our country on the idea that he was going to make everyone rich.
Since 2008 we have been a bull-market with steady growth, but since Trump, the bull market has been significantly different.
Given the fact that I predicted the correction, I have no trouble surviving our current bear market, and I actually believe a crash is highly possible and could triggered by anything from trade deals to being impeached. We often forget Trump is a businessman, not a politician. Businessmen prioritize money, politicians prioritize our country. Donald Trump sold our country dream that he would make America great again. But how has he made America greater? It’s no suprise as his approval ratings start to tank so does the market.
I read an article the other day that said when you google idiot, Donald trump comes up first in images. This is almost too ironic.
“Our president” the most powerful man in the country is directly associated with the word “idiot”.
The reality is, we elected a completely under qualified, grade A, entertainer who prior to the election, was mainly known for firing people and being rich. Literally everyone around him is either being currently investigated or already was convicted guilty. Not only does he flat out lie to our entire country about his ties with Russia, but lies about his relationships with prostitutes. He publicly criticizes the capability of females and minorities. He prioritizes building a wall to keep immigrants out of country built by immigrants. Everyone that investigates him he fires. He even publicly denounces leaders of other countries through social media.
So maybe Donald Trump is an idiot.
But he convinced a nation to elect him as the president, and somehow, still is the president. So really, we are the idiots.
Trump has done 2 things since being elected. Make the super-rich even more rich, and kicked transgenders out of the military.
Nice synopsis… After scanning this thread… Why don’t you go to a doctor and get treated for Add. Biofeedback etc work great. You have the funds to pay for it. It can help executive functioning issues also. It will help you Excell in ALL areas of your life not just one area.
I think knowing how to trade is great and many people don’t understand it. Many seasoned people do well for while then fall flat on their face. I hope some of that is being put away for the future and your helping your family out.
Do you know what you want to do in college? Going into business? You have one piece of the puzzle figured out. But going to college is more about educational and social growth. You can be solitude and be a hermit and make a lot of money if that what makes you happy. Usually ADD people are very creative. Many top CEO’s in the fortune 500 have ADD.
If you are as good as you say you are, have an interview with a brokerage firm. If you have the magic bullet and can prove your theory to them over time, you can be very valuable to them. Going to college is not everyone’s destiny. But going to college brings a whole host of advantages in my mind.
Not really sure what else your looking for here.