<p>i had 4.0 all throughout highschool
now at university of toronto, i have around 3.4-3.6 :(</p>
<p>has this happened to the rest of you?</p>
<p>no. u have to try harder in college.</p>
<p>They don't teach in College. You pay 1,000's of dollars just to read a book and take tests over it.</p>
<p>yes. happened to me. first semester is a real awakening.</p>
<p>i had a 2.5 in high school...now i'm hovering around a 3.6.. i'm rather pleased....a 3.4-3.6 isn't that bad at all...</p>
<p>Yeah, the first semester is really a transition, and it can be pretty rough. I got a 3.3 first sem. But I've been improving ever since. I'm in my third semester and I have a 4.0 so far and finals are next week.</p>
<p>Clearly, the difficulty of college material > highschool material. I heard from a professor at UCLA that many freshmen dropout because the transition is so great. Do not worry about it though. This is just a wake up call. Next semester I am sure you will get a 4.0. I am sorry if my comment sounds rude. There are many freshmen who can thrive through their first semester just fine. I am not assuming that solely YOU are ignorant to the greatness of the transition between highschool and college material, it is just that many OTHERS are not aware. I am directing my comment towards those at a UC, not a CCC, although, the transition between highschool and SOME CCC's can be just as great. I think the dropout rate for freshmen at top universities is somewhere around 46%...or maybe it was 36%. Someone please correct me on this.</p>
<p>A 3.6 isn't bad for college. I mean, think about it, high schools have tremendous grade inflation. I don't know too many 18 year-olds who deserve perfect marks for their work, implying their work is perfect. </p>
<p>Tpeck: if you want a college where professors do teaching, check out LACs.</p>
<p>I went to a pretty decent private school in South Florida, and the work I was expected to do there goes above and beyond any work I've had to do in college (one reason why I'm transferring -- work is too easy).</p>
<p>I had a different experience. At my high school, the science AP classes that i took were harder than classes at santa monica college. </p>
<p>BUt, i think my study habbits learned in HS, exposure to dificult material in high school, and more time to study b/c less classes in college helped me immensely. </p>
<p>i think good planing for which classes to take and how much u can handel is crucial as well.</p>
<p>I am not really overwhelmed by the drop, in fact, i expected a bigger drop, to like 2.7ish, anyway, many people are dropping out here too, almost 30% in some classes. Many people have reduced to taking 4 or even 3 courses instead of the recommended 5.
but anyway, i just woke up one day, i was like holy ****, i might never get a 4.0 again lol</p>
<p>yeah, it took some getting used to for me to realize i wont be having the lovely 4.0 from high school, however, i keep telling myself that i need a 4.0 to transfer. that's helped a bit, but i doubt i'll be getting a 4.0 for this semester...</p>
<p>like everyone said, i keep hearing that it gets easier, so... i hope that's true.</p>
<p>its horrible.
u suck
i will employ u soon
3.6
loser</p>