Colleges often don’t look too much into quarterly grades…too much work
so as long as you get your average up, all should be good:)
high B’s are the worst it could be either
@OMPursuit @northeastgirl24 @OneExcitedDude thanks, on a good note, I got a 100% on a test in spanish. I calculated it, and I need an A on the next two MPs and an A on every final to end with a 4.1 weighted (our school doesn’t put UW on transcript, but it would be 3.83). Then I would need an A on the rest of my classes in my 4 year plan to get a 4.72 weighted (again, school doesn’t send out UW, but the equivalent is 3.94). I want to apply to straight-med programs, so the GPA of those accepted is usually around 3.95 UW or 4.6 W, I hope taking high weight classes and getting A’s can disguise my struggle early on!
Thanks for cheering me up, it actually makes me not hate life!
Wind Power was canceled at Invitationals, now I’m freeeeeeeeee
@awesomepolyglot congrats, idk what that means tho!
Question: If the grade breakdown in a class is B+ for MP1, B+ for MP2, A for 3 and 4 and final (final gpa comes out to 3.72 ish) is that an A- or A?
@neophite :DDD
A 3.94 is an awesome GPA! Even if you can’t make that, it’s still fine. Class rigor is heavily taken into account by most selective institutions, so far as I know.
Also, don’t let a swarm of Bs drive you to depression. Even if a direct program doesn’t want you at the very first bat (and they very much still might), you’d be able to throw yourself at the med school admissions game in like six years (with a completely new college GPA and transcript).
Good luck! I’m sure you can get your GPA up by the end of freshman year!! @neophite
I’m getting a new book in the mail on Tuesday and I’m so excited!
thanks @OMPursuit , but it still sucks that I will have a final grade of A- in biology, algebra II, english and history. I am looking for 7 year programs cuz my brother will be in college when I am in med school, so it will be financially difficult, and it saves a year of school.
@neophite, that’s why you get scholarships, scholarships, and more scholarships
@neophite I think at this point, all that’s left to do is improve. And even though I don’t know you in person, I can tell that you really want to do better, and I believe you can do it! Piggybacking off of what a lot of the other posters said, an upward trend is a valuable indicator of your work ethic, so I think that you’ll be fine.
Me: Yay, Science Olympiad! I can’t wait to compete in these events! (Except Hydrogeology. Nobody cares about Hydrogeology.)
Brain: have a migraine
Me: Why?
Brain: you gotta
Thanks everyone! Lol, is it just my school, or did all the teachers ramp up on intensity at the start of the second semester? My enlgish teacher told me to scram when I had a question after class and my spanish teacher said she will take points off our tests for speaking in english in class (also I would appreciate it if anyone could answer my previous question!)?
@neophite it’s not just your school ugh
I changed classes, so it literally feels like the beginning of the year.
I have four classes, 90 minutes a day for a semester. I thought the pacing would be fast, but it’s too slow…even in honors.
So, my school’s Science Olympiad team A beat the best school in the state at invitationals. Proud.
@awesomepolyglot How exactly does Science Olympiad work? My school doesn’t have a team.
There are 23 events. You compete in events and try to get the best score overall. I’m terrible at explaining it, so I’d recommend Google.
Yeah I tried Googling it, but I still was confused on a few things. Do you specialize in an event, or do you have to work towards all the events? @awesomepolyglot
You do between one and six events; IME, the average is about 4.
For example, today I was going to do Invasive Species, Hydrogeology, and Green Generation. I helped build the thing for It’s About Time and Wind Power, which was canceled. I was also going to present the device for Bridge Building. However, I had a migraine and was only able to compete in Hydrogeology and Green Generation.