who has the lowest scores?

lbraasch
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:39:35 +0000

“I agree very much that these stats don’t prove much at all about how well you will do in college”

I couldn’t agree with this one any more. A friend of mine had amazing numbers coming out of hs, and got a clean sweep of UC acceptances. He goes to UCLA. We are in similar majors (he is BME, and i’m ME), and in the first 2 years, you take basically the same classes. Guess what, our college scores are pretty identicle. He was kicking my ass in HS, and now we’re about the same.

College is a different beast than HS. HS is SUPER easy, b/c it’s geared towards the lowest common denominator. The goal is to get people to finish HS. The goal with college is to get you out of there, whether you’re kicked out or you finish in 3 years, so that there is room for someone else.

I also know of a lot of straight A, 1400 sat kids who flunked out of their major or are on AP (academic probation). College is a whole 'nother beast w/ living away from your parents, and the ability to party every night of the week. Some people just can’t handle it.