<p>The thread title pretty much says it all. I know it depends on the courseload, the college, etc, but just in general? I know its doable, and its definitely a goal of mine...so I was just wondering. I maintained a 4.0 all junior and senior year of high school fairly easily(that doesn't mean the courseload was in any way light), and verrrrrry close to it in freshman and sophomore year. What should I expect?</p>
<p>4 all 4 years? pretty tough if you're at a competitive university and take a real courseload to graduate in 4 years. Additionally, I don't see what the point of a 4.0 is -it's a little spooky like maybe the person is anti-social or something, and you can still get a 3.8/3.9 and still have a life.</p>
<p>I have 1 friend who has a 4.0, he is a genius and has a great social life, which is really rare. He understands things as soon as the teacher says it, and gets a lot more out of studying than the average person. There are few people like that on Earth.</p>
<p>Maybe you are a genius though, in which case go for it, just don't get ****ed off b/c you got a 3.9 or something.</p>
<p>I know people who have done it, even I managed to do it through most of my classes, I have like 4 Bs. It is very tiring! </p>
<p>Others I know who manage it, usually do so with studying, good class selection, perhaps above avg. intelligence, and, if needed, contesting grades (bumping a b to an a for example).</p>
<p>You can still go to McKinsey with a GPA of 3.8.</p>
<p>its called hardwork. i hve a 4.0 but im not a genius. sure i understand things easily, but its all about the prep i do for the next day. work your ass off, nothing beats hardwork. thomas edison once sayed " genius is 1% inspiration, 99% percpiration"</p>
<p>Well, I plan to work hard without question...I need to prove myself if I want to transfer after only one year.</p>
<p>percpiration huh...</p>
<p>well, Edison was an inventor, not a speller :P</p>
<p>if you go to a good school, i would say it's nearly impossible, even one A- will take away your 4.0. It seems though as if alot of community college students maintain 4.0s.</p>
<p>EDIT: I think that is laregly due in part to the fact that alot of community colleges don't do +/- grades? And, I mean, also it's community college.</p>
<p>EDIT #2: also, a school such as University of Chicago, which is known for being really difficult academically, has never graduated a single student with a 4.0 average in its history.</p>
<p>Well seeing as how people view community college as institutions for stupid people, I'd say that getting a 4.0 isn't rather spooky but it proves that you aren't stupid. "Yeah I got a 4.0 at community college. So freaking easy."</p>
<p>I would think that getting a 4.0 at a community college is very commendable.</p>
<p>Well I can testify to the fact that no +/- grades at a CC is GRRRRRRRRREAT. I got a 92 in Calc 2 (lowest grade so far) which would have brought my GPA down if it hadn't just been an A. But then again, it balances out if you can get an A+ and technically do better than perfect.</p>
<p>By the way, at my community college I have never met anyone with a 4.0 besides myself. Not to say I'm special, but the college system (not just my individual CC) graduates around 2000 people a year and people seldom hold a 4.0. But it's all relative to your courseload as well.</p>
<p>I actually wish my cc used +/- grade system.
all the classes that I got A's were the ones I topped the class with 98, 99%. The lowest A was a 95%.</p>
<p>But the ones I got B (two), I had 89.2% and 89.4%.
Really, if my college just used that +/-, my GPA would be over 3.8 by now :(</p>
<p>Doing well is also dependant upon time management. Manage your time well, don't procrastinate, hell even do you work ahead of time, and you will do good. </p>
<p>The rule of thumb on studying in college is usually 4 hours for every unit of class. This does not mean that you lock yourself up in a room and stomp your brain with 4 hours of reading; it is the combination of lecture hours, time to take notes, time spent for reading and homework, etc... Of course, you don't have to follow this, but if you feel that you need to structure the time you allot to your school work, then this is a good model.</p>
<p>AndreaMSkate, I agree that a 4.0 is very commendable. However, I see it as a much greater achievement in brand_182's case. If half the class can do it, then it is just not as significant of your willingness to work your arse off.</p>
<p>Pellman, what kind of courseload would the 4 hour rule apply to?</p>
<p>4.0 is easy in a CC?....that depends on the course load of course</p>
<p>but i've only knew of one person which transferred with a 4.0 so far in my cc
she'd be going to berkeley majoring in EE </p>
<p>most people seem to screw up with physics (I'm one of them =()</p>
<p>4 hours for every unit of class...per week?</p>
<p>What would a GPA of 3.8 translate into? Would that be all A's and A-'s...or could there be a B or two? Or does it vary depending on the college?</p>
<p>I am very clueless here..</p>
<p>it depends on the number of unit of the class you're taking</p>
<p>and schools vary on the points of + and - </p>
<p>most, if not all cc, don't use the + and - system</p>