One slip?

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>Hi, I'm new to this entire discussion board, so please bear with me :) I'm still getting adjusted to the online lingo and educational reference terms I've seen around here! </p>

<p>I'm not sure how many other schools do this, or if it's a nationally-shared point-awarding system, but at my school we have something called 'honor roll.' Distinguished means you got all A's the past six-weeks/entire year and honor roll means you got more A's than B's the past six-weeks/entire year. This past year was the hardest year for me and in the third six weeks of the first semester, I slipped. I discontinued my distinguished honor trend, not even achieving simple honor roll, which completely invalidated my chances of getting recognized for the other five six-weeks. </p>

<p>My GPA is still fair, I suppose. I'm probably in top 2% of my school? I just wanted to know - just how essential is maintaining a consistency in recognition? Do colleges really take 'honor roll' into that much consideration?</p>

<p>Thanks, everyone! :)</p>

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<p>Sorry, but colleges don’t care about honor roll. Put it in your resume only if you have absolutely nothing to put there.</p>

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<p>It’s not a big deal. It’s just based on your GPA, right? I mean, they’ll see that your classes are really hard and all, so they’ll take that into consideration. Plus… you’re in the top 2%. That’s AMAZING. Don’t worry about it. =]</p>

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<p>You are fine. Don’t stress out about it.</p>

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<p>They won’t even know about your honor roll, and they don’t care. Most schools don’t even have honor roll. Top 2% is amazing, so don’t stress.</p>

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<p>You’re definitely fine, and by taking super tough courses and still staying top 2%, you’ll still get recognized by colleges.</p>

<p>Also, if your school ranks and you’re in the top 10 or so, go ahead and see if you can put that on there, because some things say only top 5%, top 10%, stuff like that. 2% or the actual rank sounds a loooot better :]</p>

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<p>Do you have a perfect attendance record as well? It’ll help more than your honor roll.</p>

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<p>^ perfect attendance -definately put that</p>

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<p>No one’s perfect, and slip ups happen, so as long as you stay in the top 5% or so, your good. </p>

<p>Top 2% is amazing. That’s like, top 3 in a class.</p>