Final Grades - Page 2

On May 25 2008 12:35 Jibba wrote:
There's a lot of shitty students posting in this thread. I would've been annoyed if I had ended up with an A- in my important classes.

On May 25 2008 11:50 intrigue wrote:
i hope you get a B and kill yourself

On May 25 2008 12:47 Ancestral wrote:

Saying an "A-" is a shitty grade is ridiculous. Oh if you get A-s, you're a shitty student! Because what matters is that your GPA > 3.7. What sheer absurdity. There's also

-Leadership
-Rigor of your program of study
-Extracurriculars
-Internships
-Relationships with professors (for when you want a job or graduate school)

But I guess even though I'm double majoring, am the vice president of the Undergraduate Economics society, and will intern when I have the chance, I guess my 3.6 GPA precludes me from your elite cadre of "good" students.

And even if you have a 3.0, and don't do anything special in college, who cares? You might be a great person, even if your wonderful standards of achievement are not reached.

And to the OP, I'm sorry about your A-, I definitely know how it feels to think you did really well and then get your grade (I got a B+ once when I thought I should have had an A). It's really a WTF moment, I don't know if you've tried but every now and then talking to the professor soon after you get your grade can help (provided you talked to them during the quarter). And even if you're stuck with an A+, there's plenty of opportunities ahead.

On May 25 2008 14:10 Jibba wrote:


I'm not talking about the OP's A-. I'm talking about the people in here who are flaming the OP and would be 100% satisfied with an A-. I bet most of them are classic underachievers who do just enough to cruise by, which makes them shitty students.

wow guys, don't be idiots. Just because you don't have high expectations doesn't mean you have to bash others who do.

On May 25 2008 14:33 PsycHOTemplar wrote:

They're bashing him because his post comes off as bragging and shoving it in everyone's faces. "Look how great I am, when I get an A- I get really upset over it!"

OP already knows this. If I believed he were seriously broken over this, I'd tell him to get a reality check because the difference between getting an A- and getting A as far as impacting your life goes, is exactly zero. Your final degree doesn't say what grades you got, so who cares as long as you're maintaining your scholarship/passing? It actually reflects poorly on your intelligence if you bend over backwards to go the extra mile in something that's trivial and meaningless. All you achieve is to take time away from other important aspects of life, like networking and personal interests in exchange for a slightly higher number. The only thing you can do with an A that you can't do with an A- is tell people who got an A- that you're better than them... even then, you're still a douche bag

On May 25 2008 14:58 thedeadhaji wrote:
getting an A- when you truly expected yourself to get an A (provided that you did work your ass off for it too) is far more disappointing than getting a C+ when expecting a B, etc. In the latter, if you expected a B then you clearly didn't 'own' the material and were hoping to glide by by getting lucky / prof going easy on you, etc (which i've done plenty of times), and you got fucked over somehow and got a few marks lower. Expecting to ace a subject, with the added insult of pouring everything you have into it, and falling short, is demoralizing and above all frustrating, since you know you could have given an extra push and gotten over the hill.

On May 25 2008 14:33 PsycHOTemplar wrote:

They're bashing him because his post comes off as bragging and shoving it in everyone's faces. "Look how great I am, when I get an A- I get really upset over it!"

OP already knows this. If I believed he were seriously broken over this, I'd tell him to get a reality check because the difference between getting an A- and getting A as far as impacting your life goes, is exactly zero. Your final degree doesn't say what grades you got, so who cares as long as you're maintaining your scholarship/passing? It actually reflects poorly on your intelligence if you bend over backwards to go the extra mile in something that's trivial and meaningless. All you achieve is to take time away from other important aspects of life, like networking and personal interests in exchange for a slightly higher number. The only thing you can do with an A that you can't do with an A- is tell people who got an A- that you're better than them... even then, you're still a douche bag

On May 25 2008 13:18 clazziquai wrote:


The world is over if he gets a B

On May 25 2008 14:33 PsycHOTemplar wrote:

They're bashing him because his post comes off as bragging and shoving it in everyone's faces. "Look how great I am, when I get an A- I get really upset over it!"

OP already knows this. If I believed he were seriously broken over this, I'd tell him to get a reality check because the difference between getting an A- and getting A as far as impacting your life goes, is exactly zero. Your final degree doesn't say what grades you got, so who cares as long as you're maintaining your scholarship/passing? It actually reflects poorly on your intelligence if you bend over backwards to go the extra mile in something that's trivial and meaningless. All you achieve is to take time away from other important aspects of life, like networking and personal interests in exchange for a slightly higher number. The only thing you can do with an A that you can't do with an A- is tell people who got an A- that you're better than them... even then, you're still a douche bag

On May 25 2008 14:28 Ancestral wrote:

Okay, fair enough. But an A- is a good grade, even if you're not "completely satisfied" with it. I think someone who gets all A-s is not an underachiever. I have to take lots of classes a quarter because of my major, and if I get a B, it's unfortunate but I have gotten a couple this year.

I think the point they're making is the world isn't over if you get an A-. It's good to have goals, but your life will not be miserable now that you have an A-. There are plenty of ways to achieve, perfection isn't required, unless you're crazy.

And even still, like I said, if you have a 3.0 average, you may not be the greatest student in the world, but you can be great still. There are many aspects to life. On a personal level, a 3.0 that's a nice guy, cheerful, considerate etc. is better than someone with a 4.0 who is an asshole. Not everyone is a perfect student.

But, getting good grades, all else being equal, is good. So try to do well in school guys...