One slip?

c_aey · 07-17-2008, 04:49 PM

Hi, I'm new to this entire discussion board, so please bear with me

I'm still getting adjusted to the online lingo and educational reference terms I've seen around here!

I'm not sure how many other schools do this, or if it's a nationally-shared point-awarding system, but at my school we have something called 'honor roll.' Distinguished means you got all A's the past six-weeks/entire year and honor roll means you got more A's than B's the past six-weeks/entire year. This past year was the hardest year for me and in the third six weeks of the first semester, I slipped. I discontinued my distinguished honor trend, not even achieving simple honor roll, which completely invalidated my chances of getting recognized for the other five six-weeks.

My GPA is still fair, I suppose. I'm probably in top 2% of my school? I just wanted to know - just how essential is maintaining a consistency in recognition? Do colleges really take 'honor roll' into that much consideration?

Thanks, everyone!

BrightRed · 07-17-2008, 04:58 PM

Sorry, but colleges don't care about honor roll. Put it in your resume only if you have absolutely nothing to put there.

Modulation · 07-17-2008, 05:00 PM

It's not a big deal. It's just based on your GPA, right? I mean, they'll see that your classes are really hard and all, so they'll take that into consideration. Plus... you're in the top 2%. That's AMAZING. Don't worry about it. =]

hannah2010 · 07-17-2008, 05:18 PM

You are fine. Don't stress out about it.

romanigypsyeyes · 07-17-2008, 05:38 PM

They won't even know about your honor roll, and they don't care. Most schools don't even have honor roll. Top 2% is amazing, so don't stress.

INVENIAMVIAM · 07-17-2008, 05:41 PM

You're definitely fine, and by taking super tough courses and still staying top 2%, you'll still get recognized by colleges.

Also, if your school ranks and you're in the top 10 or so, go ahead and see if you can put that on there, because some things say only top 5%, top 10%, stuff like that. 2% or the actual rank sounds a loooot better :]

Invoyable · 07-17-2008, 06:09 PM

Do you have a perfect attendance record as well? It'll help more than your honor roll.

iambored10 · 07-17-2008, 08:03 PM

^ perfect attendance -definately put that

AeroEngineer3141 · 07-17-2008, 08:10 PM

No one's perfect, and slip ups happen, so as long as you stay in the top 5% or so, your good.

Top 2% is amazing. That's like, top 3 in a class.