A Question to Current and Post-College Students

[Warhammer]

What kind of grades did you make in High School?
Were they good, bad, or fantastic?

I'm very curious and am asking for my experience.

Thank You.

 

[cryptic name]

i got mediocre grades, but fantastic test scores

 

[Majik1387]

What kind of grades did you make in High School?
Were they good, bad, or fantastic?

I'm very curious and am asking for my experience.

Thank You.

In Second year of college. High School grades ranged from A's-C's in all my years.
Tests, I passed except for one I didn't care for which I ended up retaking a year later.(I also noticed it's the exact same test I failed)

 

[Ben Urich]

I started off with pretty bad grades and conduct scores. I was disruptive, angry, full of self-hate, and generally didn't give a damn.
I didn't really come around until my junior year. Basically, my grades improved every year in high school, culminating with a 4.0 in my final semester. The irony of that is colleges don't get to see that grade until you've already been admitted.

 

[Fran]

I graduated high school Academic Elite.

College so far... bad start

 

[Warhammer]

Does community service do that much good in acceptance into college?

I have ALOT of hours.

 

[Majik1387]

Does community service do that much good in acceptance into college?

I have ALOT of hours.

Unless it affects what degree you want to acquire, it really doesn't matter to them. It can't hurt your chances of acceptance.

 

[Cmill216]

I was an above average high school student. Got a solid SAT score, wrote some good application essays, and showed a dedication to the college of my choice. And being black didn't hurt.

 

[Avalanche]

I got great grades in school. Top 5 out of 240 students.

That all changed when I came to uni to study law however. I used to ace everything with minimal effort, and I can break my back working now and still come out of it with crappy grades. It's only now, in my third year, that I properly understand what's expected of me.

If you pick a tough degree when you go off to college, expect to have to put a lot more work in than you're used to.

 

[dr venture]

I got pretty good grades in high school but I always managed to do bad on tests and that has carried over to college

 

[Addendum]

I made every grade in high school. I didn't take the SAT, since I took the ACT. The first and only time I took it, I got a 25.

The only classes I aced in college were billiards, disc games, swim and stay fit, and some classes I took correspondence

 

[Ben Urich]

Does community service do that much good in acceptance into college?

I have ALOT of hours.

Community service is more valuable if you're trying to obtain a scholarship. I had NO community service hours and was still admitted early decision to the school of my choice.
But really, there's no way community service could hurt you... unless you volunteered so much that your grades tanked.

 

[Cmill216]

Helping out old people is overrated.

 

[Kaboom]

HS: 3.6 unweighted, 5.4 weighted GPA, plus I was an IB Diploma recepient and took 30 AP/IB credits with me to college.
1350 SAT

College: 3.2 GPA
157 LSAT

Law School: 3.159 GPA

Don't know how much that will help you, but there you go.

 

[Abaddon]

I did pretty well my first two years, and I was lucky because I was taking mostly sophomore classes my freshman year, so when I failed a class i didn't fall far behind. By junior year I started slacking off and by senior year had fairly average grades, but I'd taken some advanced classes and did pretty well on test so it all sort of evened out.

 

[Warhammer]

I did very well, before I skipped a grade.
Things used to click easily, and I never had to study.

Now, I feel average.
There isn't a day when I wish I didn't skip a grade.

...but hey, everything happens for a reason.
Maybe God wanted to see what my full potential was.

 

[Abaddon]

or maybe you're making a big deal out of nothing.

 

[Warhammer]

...I felt bumped out today.

 

[Kaboom]

Helping out old people is overrated.

not when they have have hot daughters

 

[heypapajinx]

i got so-so grades.
i was in all AP classes, but i didn't really take school seriously.
i did alright on tests as well.
nothing stellar by any means.
just think if i would have "applied myself".