well fml. - Page 2

On June 27 2012 11:08 Empyrean wrote:
Class rank #191 and got into Duke, rofl. Straight B's in math (also a C+ in algebra 2 lolololo) and ended up graduating with distinction in statistics and a way higher GPA than I had in high school. Life is more than about grades. Go do something fun.

On June 27 2012 11:25 Empyrean wrote:


Not being too preoccupied with GPA and doing things I enjoy, honestly. Same in college (although it's easier to get good grades there because you get to choose which classes you take, and I ended up taking courses that interested me). I ended up applying to three schools (Duke and two in-state schools) and figured that if I didn't get into Duke, I'd be happy at IU or Purdue as well.

Seriously, I think a lot of people are too concerned with just one aspect of whatever it is they're doing and don't remember to have fun along the way. By no means am I advocating dropping everything for the sake of a cheap thrill, but some of the most successful people I know aren't the uptight type-A personalities that everyone envisions as the ones who get good jobs and end up "successful."

EDIT: The whole notion of what society defines as being successful is another story altogether.