| Well from what I found out, from a friend that went to UCSD, he completed AP English with a 5 on his AP score. He did super well in school in general. Took 8 AP's and got 5's on all of them (including Spanish which generally only happens to native speakers).
First day of school he turned in his essay on Hamlet, his "best work" as said by his HS English teacher and by his own opinion.
The Professor handed it back and said it was some of the worst work she has seen in years. He got a C- on it and told him that he lacked everything but grammar. Given that he was in the UCSD honors program (ridiculously high SAT scores), it still shook him to the core.
Also AP English didn't excuse him from the Warren writing program. Which he wound up getting a B and a very wounded ego.
He is just an extreme, scary story but still, it is a good example of how bad/hard things can get. |