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Grade inflation like this just irks me.
Girl graduates from HS w/8.0 GPA
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Dknight
United States5223 Posts
Link to the video 1m 46s Grade inflation like this just irks me. | ||
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unknown.sam
Philippines2701 Posts
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azndsh
United States4447 Posts
and I take it gym and health aren't mandatory there like it is at most schools | ||
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funkie
Venezuela9374 Posts
good. so? | ||
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HolyToss1911
354 Posts
On June 17 2007 08:26 Dknight wrote: For those of you who don't know how the American GPA (grade point average) works: a 4.0 is considered perfect - straight As. An A- is 3.7, B+ is 3.4, B is 3.0, etc. A 2.0 is usually required for most public universities to stay in school. So for her to get an 8.0, she had to take AP (advanced placement classes) and college classes. High schools weight these classes and the "higher level" classes, allowing kids to have GPAs far over a 4.0. So I could get a C in an AP class and it would have the same weight as an A in the normal version of that class. Link to the video 1m 46s Grade inflation like this just irks me. That tipe of inflation make that kids worry about grades more than they father about their jobs and keeping good grades = almost not social life. | ||
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grobo
Japan6199 Posts
But if 4.0 is the best you can get in normal cases, why did she want to get 8.0? isn't that sort of meaningless? | ||
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Hans-Titan
Denmark1711 Posts
On topic, that's quite a feat. I don't like thought that your grades can go above the maximum just because you take extra classes though. An 8.0 avg is just sick. | ||
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minus_human
4784 Posts
she gotta relax it perhaps I just hate high-graders because i'm lazy as shit | ||
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Duffybeer
China183 Posts
On June 17 2007 08:40 minus_human wrote: If a genius isn't relaxed and doesn't use he/she's brain in a domain that pleasures him/her, the high IQ is pretty much wasted in my opinion. she gotta relax it perhaps I just hate high-graders because i'm lazy as shit Not everyone with high GPA's, or high IQ's are geniuses, those things really are not a measure of true intelligence. | ||
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davidgurt
United States1355 Posts
Speaking of MIT, a friend of mine who currently goes there said, "Yeah, MIT tends to accept a lot of girls. You have to have a vagina or you can't get in."  | ||
Excalibur_Z
United States12235 Posts
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davidgurt
United States1355 Posts
"Times when she only got 4 hours of sleep a night." Please. $20 says she'd get a 2.0 if she went to my high school. | ||
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Jim
Sweden1965 Posts
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SK.Testie
Canada11084 Posts
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Sudyn
United States744 Posts
Damn T_T | ||
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white_box921
United Kingdom967 Posts
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Empyrean
16953 Posts
This girl would get eaten alive at MIT. | ||
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LuMiX
China5757 Posts
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Tien
Russian Federation4447 Posts
GPA is just another near meaningless number. | ||
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minus_human
4784 Posts
On June 17 2007 08:45 Duffybeer wrote: Not everyone with high GPA's, or high IQ's are geniuses, those things really are not a measure of true intelligence. Yes, you're right I guess.. that was a little besides the point. I just think she MUST be smart besides insanely motivated to work. Don't you agree? When I wrote what I wrote I was considering she must have high intelligence, otherwise all the hard work or nerd-ness in the world wouldn't have brought her that GPA What I wasn't considering, though, is that indeed she MAY not be all so smart. But I don't think we should underestimate her, even though we really don't like her lifestyle  | ||
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