<p>So as the semester is drawing to a close, I'm pretty sure I'll end up with a 3.8 GPA. Is a 3.8 bad for a freshman's first semester? I'll admit that I'm kind of sad since I've experienced nothing but 4.0 grades in high school. (I understand that there's a difference.) it's just that at my school, you need a 98% or higher to get a 4.0, so even though a 95 or 96 is still an "A" at any level, it's not good enough. And perhaps I'm not good enough. </p>
<p>Is this a typical feeling for high school over-achievers? Thanks.</p>
<p>I feel the same way. I think I have already made enough enemies here, so I will just sound even more arrogant, although I am not trying to.</p>
<p>After my first semester of my freshman year, I had a 4.06 gpa. I worried myself sick the next semester, but still finished with a 3.99 gpa. This semester, I made some stupid decisions in taking advanced history courses with upperclassmen and graduate students, even though I am not a history major. My gpa now will be no higher than a 3.9 after when I get my transcript in a few weeks. </p>
<p>Do you also have a gpa calculator and type in different scenarios for the grades you might get? I have determined that the lowest gpa I can still have after this semester is a 3.86 and the highest is a 3.89. I fiddle this thing constantly.</p>
<p>I am even more insane than you, not that you are insane, in that I feel discouraged with a 3.9 gpa. Next semester I might finally start studying for the first time in college. </p>
<p>You should just find solace in the fact that you have plenty of time to get your gpa up. I have also heard this weird idea that college is a time when we are supposed to learn and grow rather than worry about numbers and statistics constantly. I have not yet assessed the merits of that claim and don’t really care to.</p>
<p>It’s honestly so worrisome!! I too meddle with which grades I can get, and it’s honestly almost depressing at how real it all becomes. It’s pretty much like do or die when it comes to exams and the grades you need to get. (from what I’ve experienced only this first semester) </p>
<p>You’re in a better position than I am right now grade-wise, (I also plan on studying abroad next year, so who knows what will happen to my GPA) but it’s still ridiculous that one class can make the difference of everything. </p>
<p>And yeah, studying. Tell me about it. Who would’ve though that we would actually have to start studying in college? :P</p>
<p>Your self-worth shouldnt be based on your GPA. Look beyond the GPA and immerse yourself in other real life experiences that will be beneficial to your own personal growth.</p>
<p>I’m a B student but I think all the talk about how the GPA isn’t really that important is just a bottom of the barrel excuse for explaining away the simple fact that some people are just better than others. Some students are simply smarter, harder working, and more successful than other students. And a GPA is an indicator of that–not the only indicator, but a chief one. And if someone wants to base their life’s success on their GPA, college name, career success, intelligence, etc., I don’t see anything wrong with that as long as you’re a “winner.” It’s the average people (which I’m a part of) that really lose out when people’s values are weighed on the success scale. It seems to me the best option is for the people who are worth more than others to be content with their lot and the average people to be content with their lot.</p>
<p>wait you didn’t get a 4.0? good luck not getting kicked out of school let alone finding a job. someone else suggested McDonald’s but heck a 3.8 is way too under-qualified for that. they only accept 4.0+. hope your parents have room in the basement…</p>
<p>Wow, AAS, just because someone excels in academics over others does not make them inherently “worth more” than someone else. There is so much more than College Grades. Obviously, they help leading into a career and what not, but grades alone will not get you places.</p>