Do you ever do better then you expect you should in college?

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Ok so I really don't understand how I have been getting A's on all of my assignments and tests....yesterday I was really stressing about college because of some issues I was having(still am but not quite so bad anymore.) but today I got two of my sociology assignments back and they where both A- at first I thought it would be lower because there where so many comments and suggestions of how to make it better and such.

and yeah I have yet to get a b on any tests or anything in psychology.....I can lower my class grade to a b by not completing the essay I am supposed to write which I am still considering...

But yeah I don't understand how do I do so well when I am not even that motivated and am kind of just going through the motions. I mean sometimes I don't even feel like I know what I am talking about in assignments and am not even sure I even understand what I write about or whatever sometimes. but it still apparently is enough to make me appear intelligent and like I actually did put all that thought into the responses but I am not so sure...

does anyone else have this issue at all? I am not even sure I want to attend this next semester.......I do want to because it intrests me but I guess I feel like there is not much of a reason to continue something like this when I already feel so far beyond burnt out on life in general...I mean I should be enjoying that I got those good grades in college.

Yes actually.

I just finished doing my final exam. Take home, 29 pages of questions + 10 pages written essay.

Answered them without looking at the book... and (this is the funny part) when I went to check my notebook I realized.. I didn't take notes the entire semester.

WTF moments are memorable when you're your own WTF.

I "went through the motions" for all of junior high and high school, got straight A's, valedictorian, blah blah blah. First semester of college, I still mostly went through the motions, still straight A's. Second semester (spring 2011) I was actually engaged and trying and crap, 3 A's and 2 B's. What the crap? I guess I do better on autopilot So yeah, I totally get what you're saying.

I remember once in 2nd grade (my first year not being home-schooled) I failed a test on purpose just to see if it was possible. I just didn't understand how every assignment I got back was an A and everyone else had a variety of grades. My failing that test resulted in the class spending an extra week on that topic. I guess the teacher figured if the straight A kid failed, she must not have taught it very well even though she is a very good teacher (still friends with her today). I did the same thing again in 6th grade, except I pretended not to understand some concept in math class to see if the teachers actually knew how to teach (they didn't).

I've never felt proud of any of my accomplishments. I just did the assignments. Everyone says I should be proud of myself, but I don't know how to be, and it doesn't feel right when I know I could've done better if I had tried.

All the time. Same with my GRE scores, 580 and 520. Of course, it was multiple choice.

You know the main thing with college and high school, is that you take the classes YOU WANT to take in college, where high school classes are mandatory, and college classes are when you learn about things you probably already know a little bit about or have a lot of interest in, therefor its easier to learn then some classes in high school, and a lot of times some students i think have trouble in college because some students can memorize answers out of a book, and answer test questions and hryt As in high school, but college requires a lot more thinking for yourself and having opinions and thoughts on things and not just reading out of a text book, which i think some students have trouble in, ive never been to college so i could be wrong, but from what ive heard from other people thats what i think is the problem with college compared to high school, more thinking from the heart. which i actually prefer over memorizing answers out of a book so i think ill like college

I know exactly what your saying, I just had my last real test in class today and got a 92 on the test. Honestly dont know how. I feel like I dont even know what i'm doing half the time i just kind of do it. Its definitely a sweet feeling though knowing I dont have to go through all that crap again. Getting closer and closer to my career.

You should be proud of yourself for that (well, at least somewhat)! There's no shame in good grades.

how did you end up doing?

Same boat here! I have a 4.0 GPA and NO CLUE as to how it happened. Especially since I hadn't been to school in about 7 years before last semester!!