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anyone with a 4.0 worried about getting a B and not being "perfect" anymore? the drop from 4.0 to 3.99 is huge compared to the drop from 3.75 to 3.74. How does one reconcile this?
 
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anyone with a 4.0 worried about getting a B and not being "perfect" anymore? the drop from 4.0 to 3.99 is huge compared to the drop from 3.75 to 3.74. How does one reconcile this?

You're a disgrace to your fellow 4.0'ers if you allow that to happen :idea:
Just thought you should know 😎
 
Hey bro, do you bro, have a 4.0, bro? 🙄

Bro, like, seriously bro, I have a 4.0 but only a 44 MCAT. I am screwed bro. I am going to have to go DO or Caribbean bro. Like super cereal. 🙄
 
This sauce got weak pretty fast.

The fact that you are worried about not getting a 4.0...smells like you need a price check on vagiclean.

True gunners don't worry. If I detect a hint of noncompliance from my professors, which I haven't yet, I'll see how they respond to death threats.
 
Bro, like, seriously bro, I have a 4.0 but only a 44 MCAT. I am screwed bro. I am going to have to go DO or Caribbean bro. Like super cereal. 🙄

Yeah bro. All jokes aside though, bro. Anyone can have those stats, bro. On the internet that is. Evidence or YOU = liar, bro 🙄
 
This sauce got weak pretty fast.

The fact that you are worried about not getting a 4.0...smells like you need a price check on vagiclean.

True gunners don't worry. If I detect a hint of noncompliance from my professors, which I haven't yet, I'll see how they respond to death threats.

Cereal? 😱
 
Yeah I know exactly what you mean. I hate it. I honestly wish I had gotten a B at some point, and it would have made my life much less stressful. bare in mind, I have a 4.0, but I'm in my last semester of community college, and I haven't taken any of my pre-reqs yet, so my 4.0 is basically only general ed. Sadly its not even a perfect 4.0, I have 1 w, and I'm currently taking a language class pass/fail. 🙁


I'm still pretty sure I'm never gonna get into medical school though, my ECs are pathetic. 🙁
 
bare in mind, I have a 4.0, but I'm in my last semester of community college, and I haven't taken any of my pre-reqs yet, so my 4.0 is basically only general ed. Sadly its not even a perfect 4.0, I have 1 w, and I'm currently taking a language class pass/fail. 🙁


I'm still pretty sure I'm never gonna get into medical school though, my ECs are pathetic. 🙁

You will never get into medical school with a bare mind. Cover that up.
 
I bet you did something similar when your save the blogs thing succeeded. 🙂

Wrong! I've tripping out on peyote for the past 2 days to celebrate. Just ask medzealot, I'm sure he has some pictures.
 
I have officially decided internet memes are more of a curse than a blessing.
 
this seems to be happening a lot lately. Some posts a ******ed questions that may be legit to them or not, then come the mass posts of some jpeg image with a usually not funny phrase written across it.

welcome to sdn.
 
this seems to be happening a lot lately. Some posts a ******ed questions that may be legit to them or not, then come the mass posts of some jpeg image with a usually not funny phrase written across it.

welcome to sdn.

So is the problem here the jpeg, or its implication that the post its in reply to is "******ed?"
 
sounds crazy to worry about but i konw what you mean. i had a 4.0 after 3 semesters then got a 30% on a chem test. don't worry about it. i ended up applying w a 3.9 and got into two schools. with a gpa like yours you should be focusing on letters, extra curriculars and applying early while keeping your gpa in somewhere in that high range
 
Cereal? 😱


I LOL'd for real. Awesome.

OP, I get the disappointment there, in breaking your streak, but really, chill the hell out. If it happens, a 3.99 is still well ahead of the curve for even the most competitive medical schools (where the average GPA for acceptances is somewhere around 3.8X, IIRC).
 
I LOL'd for real. Awesome.

OP, I get the disappointment there, in breaking your streak, but really, chill the hell out. If it happens, a 3.99 is still well ahead of the curve for even the most competitive medical schools (where the average GPA for acceptances is somewhere around 3.8X, IIRC).
I know
I was secretly hoping my 4.0 goes away... and it did and it was a relief and I was happy to say im not a 4.0 when ppl would say "y are you complaining about a test grade you are a 4.0" its such a label
 
I know
I was secretly hoping my 4.0 goes away... and it did and it was a relief and I was happy to say im not a 4.0 when ppl would say "y are you complaining about a test grade you are a 4.0" its such a label

i kinda wish i got an a- early on. now its so much stress to keep it
 
Perfectionism at its finest...

I got a B early on so I wouldn't have the added stress of maintaining perfection.
 
this seems to be happening a lot lately. Some posts a ******ed questions that may be legit to them or not, then come the mass posts of some jpeg image with a usually not funny phrase written across it.

welcome to sdn.

Perhaps the problem lies not with the .jpg's, but instead with the ******ed question?
 
this seems to be happening a lot lately. Some posts a ******ed questions that may be legit to them or not, then come the mass posts of some jpeg image with a usually not funny phrase written across it.

welcome to sdn.

"He's absolutely right!"
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anyone with a 4.0 worried about getting a B and not being "perfect" anymore? the drop from 4.0 to 3.99 is huge compared to the drop from 3.75 to 3.74. How does one reconcile this?

OP, yes I had this same problem. I had a 4.0 streak at my community college and then at my undergrad... until my daughter was born. Then it dropped by .2 GPA points. I was able to get 4.0 for the next two semesters before I graduated with a 3.8??. I was bummed out at first, but at the same time it was a blessing. I like to think that I am a recovering perfectionist. And getting rid of that constant expectation and stress of losing my gpa made my life way easier. Mind you I don't stop reaching for perfection, but now I am not upset when I don't obtain it. To most this sounds like a dumb thing to lose sleep about, but I understand expecting perfection from oneself. My advice: don't get a lower grade on purpose, but when it happens (it will if you get into med school) try to take it in stride. It makes you a more sane person and easier to relate to for people that are not perfectionists. Otherwise we just look neurotic. 😀
 
The lower my GPA gets the less I care. I wanted a perfect 4.0 before I transferred. Then I wanted >3.80. Now after organic 2 and linear algebra I'm aiming for >3.6. Either I'm too dumb or these classes are bull**** because I don't understand how anyone can get a >93% on every single test. Some of the **** on tests is so "out there" it's impossible.
 
i kinda wish i got an a- early on. now its so much stress to keep it
i was originally this, but now i dont really care what happens from here. so i'm studying less (more efficiently) but doing more of the things i want to do: go out, keep a solid gym regiment, screw around on SDN... etc
 
The lower my GPA gets the less I care. I wanted a perfect 4.0 before I transferred. Then I wanted >3.80. Now after organic 2 and linear algebra I'm aiming for >3.6. Either I'm too dumb or these classes are bull**** because I don't understand how anyone can get a >93% on every single test. Some of the **** on tests is so "out there" it's impossible.

I wanted a >3.8 after transferring to Vanderbilt. Then I wanted >3.7, then >3.6, and now I just want a good MCAT lol. I don't get how people get 3.8s here...
 
I wanted a >3.8 after transferring to Vanderbilt. Then I wanted >3.7, then >3.6, and now I just want a good MCAT lol. I don't get how people get 3.8s here...

I go to a crap state school and it's still hard here. I had no trouble getting As in calc based physics/gen chem/bio, but organic chemistry is raping me and some of my math electives are just so damn stupid. Ugh. I should have been a liberal arts major. It was so easy racking up As in my liberal arts classes.
 
I go to a crap state school and it's still hard here. I had no trouble getting As in calc based physics/gen chem/bio, but organic chemistry is raping me and some of my math electives are just so damn stupid. Ugh. I should have been a liberal arts major. It was so easy racking up As in my liberal arts classes.

I'm the opposite. I got C+ in Calc and B/C+ in gen chem (all above average but still crappy), but am acing orgo. I have no explanation as to why. Oh and I wasn't saying just because I go to Vandy; it's hard almost everywhere.

Maybe you should switch to art history or communications studies. At my school you'd be with all of the hot chicks and football players respectively.
 
anyone with a 4.0 worried about getting a B and not being "perfect" anymore? the drop from 4.0 to 3.99 is huge compared to the drop from 3.75 to 3.74. How does one reconcile this?


If you lose that 4.0, you probably shouldn't even bother applying. You do realize that 3.9-3.99 has a WORSE chance of getting in then <3.9 right? You pretty much fail with a 3.9-almost 4.0.


You also fail if you drink:

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Or if your first initial is C or D:

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(These last two are according to a published survey of n=10,000 students)

Also.... the graphs, while real and published have serious flaws -- i.e., while they show statistically significant differences, these differences are so small as to be most likely random artifacts.....
 
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Keeping a 4.0 is great, but the stress you experience is all self-imposed. The world will not end, nor will people look at you any different if you have a 4.0 or a 3.95 or whatever. Absolutely strive for the 4.0 but your study habits and work ethics shouldn't change regardless and therefore there is no point stressing it. 3.8-4.0 and a good MCAT still equals a statistically high chance of getting accepted.

I have managed to keep my 4.0 but those who don't have 4.0's will find it strange that you get upset because you score a 94 on an exam when they are struggling to get a B. Be proud of your accomplishments and just strive for you best and that's all you need to worry about.
 
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