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Where are you guys doing better??? Do you feel like you did better in high school or college??? If, so why are you doing better in one vs the other???
Where: College.
Why: Taking it more seriously.
That being said, I only have about 20 credits so far.
It does. not. matter. I had a lot of family problems in high school, started working at 14, smoked pot, never studied, spent all my money on cars and video games, got suspended, took easy classes and only one AP exam, in the humanities no less. I graduated with a 3.3.
Then I joined the Army and after several years and combat tours, grew up. After several years I got out of the service, and did well in undergrad while doing thousands of hours of volunteer work and working in EMS.
I'm starting M.D. school this fall. My advice is, don't worry. Of all the gunner types I knew in high school, many of them are in middle management office jobs. Take some time to see the world, get some perspective and become a whole person. Then chase your dream, because the dream you have today is very possibly not the dream you'll have in a decade.
Did much better in college (undergrad), in fact, I did so badly in HS that I took the GED in the 11th grade and started going to college early and working instead.
Why this is? A lot of mental/physical growing pains for starters; serving in the Air Force on active duty had a big impact, and finally a long relationship with a pharmacist who really motivated me toward higher education, even if she was an evil bitch.
I also hated how regimented HS was, college provided so much more latitude, even a small thing like being able to drink a coffee in class was huge for me. HS also felt pointless, it wasn't leading toward anything of importance, while undergrad was leading toward getting into a professional school, a real goal.
It does. not. matter. I had a lot of family problems in high school, started working at 14, smoked pot, never studied, spent all my money on cars and video games, got suspended, took easy classes and only one AP exam, in the humanities no less. I graduated with a 3.3.
Then I joined the Army and after several years and combat tours, grew up. After several years I got out of the service, and did well in undergrad while doing thousands of hours of volunteer work and working in EMS.
I'm starting M.D. school this fall. My advice is, don't worry. Of all the gunner types I knew in high school, many of them are in middle management office jobs. Take some time to see the world, get some perspective and become a whole person. Then chase your dream, because the dream you have today is very possibly not the dream you'll have in a decade.
For those of you who did better in college rather than high school. what was going through your mind when you were going to start college??? Did you ever doubt you could mantain a high gpa for Med School because of your performance in hs?? What was your mindset like entering college???
I dicked around during high school, kept a 3.0 without even trying.
I think it's much easier in College. Yes it's real classes and important lectures and studying. But the amount of free time is staggering! Its amazing when you put in 2-3 hours of studying and homework a day with morning classes and literally have nothing to do from 2pm till 12am
Geez, a 3.0 in HS without even trying? I'm impressed.
I apologize if it came off as self-service. High school wasn't difficult, and I didn't take AP classes for the most part.
I apologize if it came off as self-service. High school wasn't difficult, and I didn't take AP classes for the most part.
How did you manage to transition to college without AP Classes, I thought AP in Science was a must for college???
How did you manage to transition to college without AP Classes, I thought AP in Science was a must for college???
My point- AP classes are not the end-all-be-all of how you will get into college, or how well you will do in college.
Take AP classes, they help a ton, I didn't even pay attention in any of them and they STILL helped enormously in Bio and Chem, why not get exposed to it before you take it for high stakes in college right?How did you manage to transition to college without AP Classes, I thought AP in Science was a must for college???
Where are you guys doing better??? Do you feel like you did better in high school or college??? If, so why are you doing better in one vs the other???