What kind of grades do you make?

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I agree. Even when I make good grades it's not usually because I'm trying, it's because the class a)has had very little or no homework for me to do (I tend to forget to write it down and thus forget to do it, yes even during my university days) and b) is easy for me. There were classes in which I didn't have to exert much effort like biology (pretty much any science except chemistry), geometry or anything computer related. I'm actually interested in these things to one degree or the other outside classes so it's not difficult to never or almost never study and make perfect marks. I also had times when I threw myself into my schoolwork having nothing else to do. I didn't make friends until I was eighteen so there was a lot of time in there. Then the only thing that took away from school work was my desire to read books that had nothing to do with my classes. When I put my mind to it I'm a really good student and I didn't fail many classes until university because my parents were strict and I was terrified of failing because of the punishment. I failed precisely one class in lower school and I only failed it for one semester. I did make a lot of C's and a few D's partially because of my penmanship and partially because of not doing homework and partially because there were other things I was more interested in.

That said this term I'm going for the elusive 4.0. I'd really like to have one for once. I've failed so many university classes.....

Oh and to clear things up I'm going to a different college. I've never done anything here so it's a clean slate.

Classes I care about: B+ to A
Classes I don't care about: C+ to B+
Classes with lots of homework: in general, lower the grade a little (none below a C+ so far though... one semester left of undergrad, come on....)

The bad thing is that friends of mine get mad about my grades. They say I do nothing and yet get higher grades than they do when working their asses off.

Reasons:
I know how to guess on multiple choice tests (Like physics!)
Drop the low and high value. Drop any values that look (yes, this is an "intuitive" part,) "wrong." Look at the remaining two (five answer scantron?) and go with your gut. People say that's a load, but that's how I managed a 68 on a final when the class average is 32. I may have known a little more than most, but certainly not that much more, the prof was horrible.

I've gotten really good at essay tests, assuming they do not require large amounts of facts I have to remember. If it is on concepts first and terms second, I've got it made.

Lastly, dumb luck. There's definitely some luck involved, I just hope it lasts.

Also, hard science and math classes tended to be lower in grade than philosophy / psychology / humanities / religion classes.

Like SolaCatella, I did poorly in school, probably because my needs were never looked after. However, now that I am studying something that interests me in college I am getting between 90% and 100%. It puts a huge toll on me however - I am constantly stressed-out and only get about 5 hours sleep each night during the week.

Sweet! I win with a 1.9! Two d's last semester bumped me into that elusive and much coveted "academic probation" caste.
But next semester will be different, I vow to take my add meds and stop procrastinating, these are my biggest problems.

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Actually you lost and I worse than you. I flunked out of my first college with less than a 1.0.

Two years before I graduated from HS with honors. I was unprepared to say the least. I did last two years there. At my second college I did much better with a 3.0 at the time that I left, I left for non-academic reasons.

Below are my grades, I have changed my major four times now

Fall 2005
major: Business
Intro to computers - A
Keyboarding - B
Business Management - C
Reading Skills 2 - Pass
Skills for college success - Pass
GPA: 3.00

Spring 2006
Major: Computer Information Systems
Exploring Space - B
College Comp. - B-
Intro to Economics - B-
Internet & web development - C+
Programming fundamentals - withdraw
GPA: 2.67

Summer 2006
Major: science
American History to 1877 - B
Intro to Speech - B+
Intro to Drawing - B+
GPA: 3.22

Fall 2006
Major: science
Gen Chemistry 1 - withdraw
Intro to Lit - B
Geology - B
Pre calculus - C-
GPA: 2.52

Cum GPA: 2.82

For spring 2007 semester my major is humanites and social science

Well, I suppose I could post my grades as well. I know I avoided such earlier because I didn't have them so here are my first college grades!

Engineering Practice- A
Digital Design- A
Digital Signals and Processing- A
Understanding Music- A
Honors Calculus 3- B

GPA- 3.81

I've had anywhere from A*s to Xs. In French and maths I'm getting As, in science - Bs... everything else is not even worth mentioning.

At my first College I flunked all of my classes. The last half of the second semester I just stopped going, it was hopeless. That was almost 6 or 7 years ago.

In High School, I graduated with under a .5 GPA. I wasn't getting the help I needed and the school didn't seem to care to much about me. I think they just graduated me, to get rid of me. I graduated before "No Child Left Behind.'

Now I'm back in college and I have a 3.25. I get extra time on tests and all the other neat stuff. I also take my ADD medicine, which I didn't have when in high school.

Twitch, what's up with the picture of the DC metro station as your avatar? I'm guessing you may be from the MD/DC/VA area.

This year my grades are pretty crappy, though they've been pretty good before...
Mid-Term progress report:
English 12- B
AP Physics - C-
AP Calculus - C-
Contemporary Health - B

Keep in mind the lowest grade I had EVER gotten in a math class before Calc was a B+ (as a final grade)...

I barely passed high school because I stopped caring. I went to community college to get my grades back up before I transfered.

I'm happy to update though that I got my grades back and managed to pull all As. Phwew! I was really doubting for awhile there.

I've only made two B's of all the classes I've taken thusfar. The rest of my grades are A's. My current GPA is about 3.8+.

Economic "History" of the United States: C
Intro to Computer Science: C+
English 210: C
American History: B+

And even though a lot of people will say, "gee, you're so smart, why aren't you getting 'A's?'" I am so very proud of myself for passing every single class I attempted last semester. It has never happened before. Ever. In my entire life. From elementary school to now. So me knowing about AS and taking steps to correct my problems has worked. It works! Hurrah! Bring on this semester!

(Except now I am dangerously close to perseverating on a new need---learning Adobe GoLive in order to build my awesome 24 Statistics website, and I am still obsessing on 24 and compiling all sorts of statistics/information in addition to my obsession of economics---and I have some pretty intensive classes this semester. We will see what happens and if the rules I imposed upon myself last semester (without a new NEED--and obsessions are always a need) will still work. Ah well.

B+ in history's pretty good...

looks like you need to bring up that CS class though!

a C in english...it could happen

economic history...wtf...what is that? i took macroecon, and boy was i glad to scrape off a b- in there!