UCHICAGO Grades, GPA, Hard Work, Student Study Ethic 2016 Thread

Coldsummer123
Mon, 09 Jan 2017 07:41:27 +0000

1, 2. Umm, so far grade inflation hasn’t been that bad. If you choose your courses wisely it certainly shouldn’t be hard to get a 3.5. However, the type of student that goes here typically wants to make the most of their schooling and so takes harder courses. This is, at least, in the majors that aren’t grad school dpenedent or med school, etc. However, harder courses are normally curved higher. For example, Honors Calculus was curved to a B+/A- if I recall corretly.

1. Just get interested in your work. It won't feel like work if you love what you're doing. I'd say that you're gonna spend on average 5-8 hours a day working when you're here. However, it really depends on the day, as some days you'll work 12 hours straight and others you might work 4.

2. The kind of student that very much enjoys learning a variety of things. What makes or breaks a student is his ability to do work and learn from mistakes. Making the most of your time depends on what you want to get out of college. To figure out which traits to "abandon", just figure our what works for you. Procrastition probably doesn't work for you, but it might, and not doing your work certainly shouldn't work for you.