Freshman GPAs???

[Flake0006]

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3.15 (No motivation to be in college)
2.91 (Deciding whether or not to drop out)
3.67 Summer (Parents ready to kill me)
3.79 (No more wasting parents money)
3.95
4.0
4.0
4.0
TBA

 

[bluesTank]

It was around a 3.0 I believe

 

[Jimmy Paige]

3.1

I can thank that one to pledging at a frat....bad decision!

 

[life1chance]

4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
---? i wonder....

 

[majik1213]

3.85

 

[rochagurl89]

hey...just another bump😉

 

[biienemaja]

4.0
4.0
4.0
3.92
3.93
4.0
4.0
3.88
3.37
4.0
3.7

hopefully, the last one will be a 4.0😀

 

[dtepper]

3.973

Stupid Chemistry Lab B+ >.< 1 credit course ... I'M GONNA KILL YOU CHEMISTRY LAB!

 

[Arc]

Around a 2.2 ish. Didnt fail any courses, but I kept getting C's.
Im hoping to get it to 3.0 by the summer, and around 3.5 area by 2009.
Im a sophmore now if it helps any.

 

[tmac11]

Currently a 3.84 but getting ready for it to tank with a B and my first C.

 

[kedrin]

damn i havent read one that is worse than mine yet.

freshie: 1.5
sop: 3.7
junior: 3.8

 

[sourgrapes]

I have a question/comment

for those of you who started off with ~2.0 and by senior year ended up with ~4.0 did you guys go to a low-medium tier school? I say this because its hard to believe that someone at stanford, berkeley, yale etc. could start off with a 2.0 and end up getting 4.0's by the time they graduate. My theory is that if you go to an "average" state school and slack off your freshman year, with a lot of hard work you can become that ~4.0 student which is fantastic. I just don't feel like people who are getting 2.0s at harvard could ever get >3.8 in 1 semester. i hope i made my point.

No flame war intended

 

[Cegar]

I have a question/comment

for those of you who started off with ~2.0 and by senior year ended up with ~4.0 did you guys go to a low-medium tier school? I say this because its hard to believe that someone at stanford, berkeley, yale etc. could start off with a 2.0 and end up getting 4.0's by the time they graduate. My theory is that if you go to an "average" state school and slack off your freshman year, with a lot of hard work you can become that ~4.0 student which is fantastic. I just don't feel like people who are getting 2.0s at harvard could ever get >3.8 in 1 semester. i hope i made my point.

No flame war intended

There is more difference in average grades assigned from professor to professor within a school than from university to university.

Excluding outliers like MIT, CalTech, the military academies, and extremely small private science-oriented institutes.

 

[135892]

I have a question/comment

for those of you who started off with ~2.0 and by senior year ended up with ~4.0 did you guys go to a low-medium tier school? I say this because its hard to believe that someone at stanford, berkeley, yale etc. could start off with a 2.0 and end up getting 4.0's by the time they graduate. My theory is that if you go to an "average" state school and slack off your freshman year, with a lot of hard work you can become that ~4.0 student which is fantastic. I just don't feel like people who are getting 2.0s at harvard could ever get >3.8 in 1 semester. i hope i made my point.

No flame war intended

Why?

 

[sourgrapes]

Why?

because you can't just work the hardest and be the best at a school like harvard. There are some insanely smart people at harvard who work hard too and i just don't feel like someone getting 2.0s at harvard has the ability to get a 3.8s (at Harvard). Those people who get 3.8s at harvard would NEVER get a 2.0, EVER. It just wouldn't happen and here's why.

i believe even those 3.8ers at harvard can find ways to get through tough times and not slip up to 2.5s, even if a parent dies or something tragic happens.

If you know someone who started off with a <2.5 at yale, princeton, duke etc.. and ended up getting 3.8+ by the time he/she graduates please share but i don't think it could happen.

Sorry if i offend anyone, i'm not intending to.

 

[135892]

because you can't just work the hardest and be the best at a school like harvard. There are some insanely smart people at harvard who work hard too and i just don't feel like someone getting 2.0s at harvard has the ability to get a 3.8s (at Harvard). Those people who get 3.8s at harvard would NEVER get a 2.0, EVER. It just wouldn't happen and here's why.

i believe even those 3.8ers at harvard can find ways to get through tough times and not slip up to 2.5s, even if a parent dies or something tragic happens.

If you know someone who started off with a <2.5 at yale, princeton, duke etc.. and ended up getting 3.8+ by the time he/she graduates please share but i don't think it could happen.

Sorry if i offend anyone, i'm not intending to.

But what if a fairly intelligent Harvard student gets to college, and loses all motivation for school and gets a 2.0. But then he decides to get his studies into gear, and starts to work hard again.

I agree that a student who actually tries and still gets a 2.0 will probably not end up making a 3.8. But I think a lot of times when people get really low grades, it has more to do with them just not even caring than with them being inherently incapable of obtaining good grades

 

[iA-MD2013]

i dont think there's such a thing as someone who tries "really hard" and gets a 2.0 at any school! that person simply doesnt know how to study and work hard. everybody and anybody can get a 4.0 at any school...it just needs hard work and determination.

 

[sourgrapes]

I respectfully disagree. I do not have the cognitive ability even if i studied all day long and all night long to be one of the ~6 people who got 4.0s at harvard. this is an oversimplification.

i dont think there's such a thing as someone who tries "really hard" and gets a 2.0 at any school! that person simply doesnt know how to study and work hard. everybody and anybody can get a 4.0 at any school...it just needs hard work and determination.

 

[Cegar]

Srsly. I know people who go to some of the top 10 schools.

Getting >3.5 at Cornell isn't any different than getting >3.5 at Tulane.

 

[sourgrapes]

But what if a fairly intelligent Harvard student gets to college, and loses all motivation for school and gets a 2.0. But then he decides to get his studies into gear, and starts to work hard again.

I agree that a student who actually tries and still gets a 2.0 will probably not end up making a 3.8. But I think a lot of times when people get really low grades, it has more to do with them just not even caring than with them being inherently incapable of obtaining good grades

I have a hard time believing that someone who had the ability to get >3.8 at harvard would ever get ~2.0. (s)he's too smart to ever get a 2.0.

 

[Salsa45]

I have a hard time believing that someone who had the ability to get >3.8 at harvard would ever get ~2.0. (s)he's too smart to ever get a 2.0.

Doesn't matter how smart you are, if you stop going to class and you don't read the material, you're not going to do well.

All it would take is a drop in motivation. Which is why it doesn't happen. But it could.

 

[135892]

I have a hard time believing that someone who had the ability to get >3.8 at harvard would ever get ~2.0. (s)he's too smart to ever get a 2.0.

...
It has nothing to do with ability or intelligence. You could be the smartest guy in the world, and still fail if don't study at all

 

[sourgrapes]

Doesn't matter how smart you are, if you stop going to class and you don't read the material, you're not going to do well.

All it would take is a drop in motivation. Which is why it doesn't happen. But it could.

Its humanly possible yes...but not likely to happen...they are too smart and realize that a 2.0 in a single semester will severely hurt their cum.

 

[UTGunner]

3.76 (MMORPG >>> school)
3.62
4.00 (sold out, school becomes the new MMORPG )
4.00
4.00
4.00

Four more semesters to go. . .

 

[UTGunner]

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[Salsa45]

Its humanly possible yes...but not likely to happen...they are too smart and realize that a 2.0 in a single semester will severely hurt their cum.

I think you overrate them, but in general yes.

 

[Cegar]

3.76 (MMORPG >>> school)
3.62
4.00 (sold out, school becomes the new MMORPG )
4.00
4.00
4.00

Four more semesters to go. . .

Okay you tank the aldehyde synthesis and I'll go for the estera.

 

[RySerr21]

4.1

4.3

4.0

4.2

4.24

3.95 (dropped b/c i had to study for the mcat, but its okay cuz i got a 47X)

4.4

what do you all think my chances are of gettin in? my pre med advisor said i should apply caribbean.

 

[prettyslick]

4.1

4.3

4.0

4.2

4.24

3.95 (dropped b/c i had to study for the mcat, but its okay cuz i got a 47X)

4.4

what do you all think my chances are of gettin in? my pre med advisor said i should apply caribbean.

lol..apply broadly and make sure you apply DO as well

 

[suwaifo]

Okay you tank the aldehyde synthesis and I'll go for the estera.

Keep the aggro off of me, I'll throw the heals out.

 

[iA-MD2013]

I respectfully disagree. I do not have the cognitive ability even if i studied all day long and all night long to be one of the ~6 people who got 4.0s at harvard. this is an oversimplification.

i know sooo many ppl with 4.0's but are complete *****s and many ppl who are geniuses with 3.0's. the only difference between these ppl is how much they care to study. all that matters is how hard you work. i agree with you though...intelligence would make it easier to get the 4.0. nevertheless, hard work is much more important.

 

[iA-MD2013]

4.1

4.3

4.0

4.2

4.24

3.95 (dropped b/c i had to study for the mcat, but its okay cuz i got a 47X)

4.4

what do you all think my chances are of gettin in? my pre med advisor said i should apply caribbean.

that 3.95 just wont cut it. have you considered entering the trucking business? im sure you would succeed at that.

 

[realbeast87]

What college has a GPA scale over the traditional 4.0? I've never seen that before.

 

[bodonid]

that 3.95 just wont cut it. have you considered entering the trucking business? im sure you would succeed at that.

Do truckers have entrance exams? I'll have to bring up my GPA a little...

 

[Springhill Mike]

3.02 but i did not know how to study

 

[Wylde]

I have a question/comment

for those of you who started off with ~2.0 and by senior year ended up with ~4.0 did you guys go to a low-medium tier school? I say this because its hard to believe that someone at stanford, berkeley, yale etc. could start off with a 2.0 and end up getting 4.0's by the time they graduate. My theory is that if you go to an "average" state school and slack off your freshman year, with a lot of hard work you can become that ~4.0 student which is fantastic. I just don't feel like people who are getting 2.0s at harvard could ever get >3.8 in 1 semester. i hope i made my point.

No flame war intended

You don't seem very smart to me?

Middle Tier University:

Frosh year: 2.0 GPA because he slacked off and partied every night
Junior year: 4.0 GPA because he hit the books and studied every night

Top University:

Frosh year: 2.0 GPA because he slacked off and partied every night
Junior year: 4.0 GPA because he hit the books and studied every night

I'm not a genius and I have NEVER seen a class that I couldn't get an "A" in if I really wanted to and really studied hardcore. GPA is not entirely reflective of your intelligence (no matter what school you go to).

GPA (If you are above a certain intellectual threshold) = dedication + studying + test taking abilities

This general equation applies to schools with overachievers in HS (which is MUCH MUCH more based on work ethic than intelligence) as well as schools that are comprised of slackers in HS. There are MANY smart people at crappy schools because they didn't try in HS.

IMO Top universities are filled with people who did well in HS, this is by no means exclusively highly intelligent people.

Unless only the top 2 people in your classes are awarded an "A" at top schools, then I'm wrong.

 

[Wylde]

EDIT:

I have a hard time believing that someone who had the ability to get >3.8 at harvard would ever get ~2.0. (s)he's too smart to ever get a 2.0.

I really don't think you understand how some classes WORK:

No matter how smart you are (you could be the next Charles Darwin for all I care) if you do not read your Bio book or go to biology lecture, you will get VERY low scores all day long. You could be the most logical, analytical, and smartest person in the world and you wouldn't know what a scientist 200 years ago decided to classify a certain process or what xx looks like or what the definition of yy is.

Some classes are PURE memorization and studying, no matter how smart you are!

PS: Not every genius/intelligent person cares solely for their GPA. I know many smart people who would rather go party than study and have low GPAs

 

[FuturePhysician]

my freshman GPA was 2.65 and now it is a 3.54. my science GPA is a 3.8. It took plenty of hard work to make up for my freshman year but it is possible.😉

 

[DMacNeuro]

wow

 

[21isFun]

Freshman:
3.733
4.0

After Freshman:
3.944 (f'in +/- system)
3.746
3.317 (once again my friend the +/- system)
3.623
4.0 (summer classes are great for focusing and buckling down IMO)
3.914


If it weren't for the +/- system, I'd be a lot better off, because I never seem to benefit from a B+ over a B... I'm always getting the A- instead of the A! I don't really have an upward trend, but a stable GPA is always good... my two lowest semesters in the middle, I was taking all of my junior/senior level Microbiology courses for the major to get them out of the way so that I could focus on the MCAT later. It may not have been the best plan GPA-wise, but it all worked out alright as I have a 3.8 cumulative (3.7 BCPM) and an Early Assurance acceptance, so I don't feel it hurt me with the ADCOMS.

 

[uzybear]

many billions grade points of mondo joy

but really, it was about 3.94, but my major was BIBLICAL LANGUAGES

now i've lost religion and acrued a couple lovely F's and ****ed around for awhile and am in a lovely little mess of nasty GPA-age. thankfully med school isn't my one and only dream 😉

 

[F430]

Its humanly possible yes...but not likely to happen...they are too smart and realize that a 2.0 in a single semester will severely hurt their cum.

Unfortunately, you seem to be one of those people who gives 100% for every test. Guess what? Not everyone does. Not everyone cares about getting all A's. And you seem to be under the illusion that the top schools are indeed 10 times harder and (better) than others. Wrong again. At my dental school, we've got students from every university "category" there is. State University's, private religious-affiliated schools, Ivy league, etc. And guess what, the Ivy Leaguers aren't any smarter (nor better prepared) than anyone else. In fact, one of the 2 students that didn't return after the first semester was one such student. There are bright students at every school. Your whole point about a student who is capable of 3.8 would never get a 2.0 is ridiculous. And furthermore, just because a student got a 3.8 at an Ivy league school, certainly doesn't mean they would have gotten any better at a less renowned school. And for the record, a couple guys who weren't the best students in the world went on to become, oh, I don't know, two of the greatest physicists the world has ever seen. Their names, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.

 

[rochagurl89]

considering the year is coming to an end...I thought I would bring this up again

 

[milliya]

yeah so this was my first yr:

1st semester: 3.44 (with a C in precalc)
2nd semester: 3.50 (with a C in freshman orientation and a F in GenChem Lab)
Overall: 3.47 --> not bad in my book but i can do waay better

 

[yodudedudeyo]

First semester: 3.31
Second semester: 3.45
Overall: around 3.35

I get too many Bs 🙁 Definitely off to a rocky start. 3.3ish isn't THAT bad I suppose...

 

[GoldShadow]

2nd semester: 3.50 (with a C in freshman orientation and a F in GenChem Lab)

How'd you manage a C in freshman orientation? Aren't first year seminars usually easy As?

 

[departed]

DMacNeuro why do you have a picture of your back?

 

[milliya]

How'd you manage a C in freshman orientation? Aren't first year seminars usually easy As?

many many absences (albeit medically excused) and failure to make up all of the work. she wanted to fail me but i begged shamelessly

 

[el aye]

4.0
4.0
3.7
3.75? this semester

 

[fxny12004]

3.87