Maintaining a College 4.0..how tough is it?

Transfer Students
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<p>Calculus II was perhaps the hardest class I struggled through, but I managed to pull an A in the class with 95% (one of the 3 A's out of class out 30).</p>

<p>What I did:</p>

<p>1.) A week before the first day of class, quickly review the main concept from Calc I
2.) Take Class for an hour
3.) IMMEDIATELY after the class, go to the library and review the lesson you did in class (30 min-1 hour)
4.) Do the assigned Homework (2-3 hours)</p>

<h2>5.) Scan through the next section to get an idea what you'll be learning tomorrow (10-20 minutes)</h2>

<p>Between 2hr 30mins ~ 5hrs. EVERY DAY.</p>

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<p>dhl3, did you take any sort of Calculus in high school? 2-3 hours seems too much for homework.</p>

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<p>I dunno... well my prof was famous for giving out ridiculous amount of homework.
But 2-3 hours is long?</p>

<p>Well, maybe it was just me, but it usually took me between 10 to 30 minutes to solve each problem (especially with series).</p>

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<p>it's very tough to maintain a 4.0. i had it for a year and got 1 b+ the next year which ended it. once you get that first b, it's all over.. hahaha.</p>

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<p>kind of cruel really.
even one A- means your dream of becoming a Valedictorian is collapsed, since there is at least one super smart guy/gal that manages to keep a 4.0 status for four years.</p>

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<p>I had some 4.0 quarters at UCLA, but some dogs as well.</p>

<p>Meh.</p>

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<p>calculus hw takes a long long time to do...that's for sure</p>

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<p>"it balances out if you can get an A+ and technically do better than perfect."</p>

<p>at 4-year universities, an A+ counts the same as an A, they are both a 4.0, just like at a CC</p>

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<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>ouch, that's really rough... your professors refused to round up?</p>

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<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 had about a 3.8 (actually a 3.76) last year, my grades looked something like this:</p>

<p>(27 semester hours, all three credit courses)</p>

<p>A
B
A
A-
A-
A
A-
A-
A</p>

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<p>27?! Insanity.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your reply elsijfdl.</p>

<p>I'm aiming for a 4.0, hopefully, but I would definitely be quite satisfied if I were to achieve grades like yours.</p>

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<p>ayy it is tough, and you really need to put in studying and make sure your work is of good quality. i have a 3.988 at a UC. i got one A- in a seminar class so far.</p>