my grades have suffered so badly being a second semester Senior in HS

[QUOTE=McP3000;16215697]my grades have suffered so badly being a second semester Senior in HS[/QUOTE]

I'm not going to reply to your pre-edit as it demeaned the both of us, you bloody troll.

Is it too much partying, or just an increase in workload?

I've been getting better grades as a senior because all of my classes are complete bullshit

We use percentages here in Canada. Makes a lot more sense. Letter grades go out the window once you pass, like, the third grade.

I had History Through Film my senior year of HS. It was great. Watched so many great movies, broken into 50 minute episodes, so I wouldn't get bored.

[QUOTE=Riva;16215691]
EDIT: Well of course it wasn't thought of by amerikkkunts so it must automatically be bad right?:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
Well, yeah. Obviously.

[QUOTE=Cocaine;16215708]We use percentages here in Canada. Makes a lot more sense. Letter grades go out the window once you pass, like, the third grade.[/QUOTE]

Most US high schools use number grades and the uni grading system is on a 4 point scale that can be translated into letters.

[QUOTE=Cocaine;16215708]We use percentages here in Canada. Makes a lot more sense. Letter grades go out the window once you pass, like, the third grade.[/QUOTE]

The marks are based on percentages, but we use letter grades as the final indicator. It's a bit silly when you think about it, as one person could have only just scraped into the D catergory, whilst another was almost a HD, yet they have the same mark.

The percentages along the way for interim work is pretty good for showing what you need to score on the final exams, though.

Some unis use a plus/minus scale, which is ****ing gay.

[QUOTE=Riva;16215703]I'm not going to reply to your pre-edit as it demeaned the both of us, you bloody troll.

Is it too much partying, or just an increase in workload?[/QUOTE]
:(

anyway, its a combination of
1. knowing where im going to school next year
2. we have a laptop program where we..."take notes" during class
3. i don't really do much homework when i get home
4. baseball practice, games, etc.

[QUOTE=Iluvatar;16215670]I got 5's on both of my AP history tests after getting C's in the classes because I didnt want to put up with that ****.

my teachers loved me[/QUOTE]

lol damn. I got a 2 on my AP European one. I have really done nothing this year in AP US History also. I'll probably get a 2 on that one as well. Maybe that is why I didn't get a good grade; we didn't do as much **** as you guys.

Yeah, I know what you mean, except for the laptop issue. If you wanna do well at Uni though, you have to get into the habit of either paying attention in lectures, or studying after class. I had a rude awakening in first semester of Uni because I was just cruising like I did in high school, and realised I only knew 2/3rds of the subject matter when exam time swung around.

Yeah, I had the rude awakening my first year as well.

GPA after first year: 2.998

Cumulative GPA now: 3.45

[QUOTE=McP3000;16215724]:(

anyway, its a combination of
1. knowing where im going to school next year
2. we have a laptop program where we..."take notes" during class
3. i don't really do much homework when i get home
4. baseball practice, games, etc.[/QUOTE]

baseball? :smash:

[QUOTE=Riva;16215731]Yeah, I know what you mean, except for the laptop issue. If you wanna do well at Uni though, you have to get into the habit of either paying attention in lectures, or studying after class. I had a rude awakening in first semester of Uni because I was just cruising like I did in high school, and realised I only knew 2/3rds of the subject matter when exam time swung around.[/QUOTE]
I know im going to get a rude awakening next year, but the good thing is that the hardest part of school for me is paying attention for such an extended amount of time, and the waking up early.

I won't have 7 hour days anymore, and i hopefully won't have any early morning classes.

Congrats.


What are you majoring in?

Your GPA is out of 5 though, right? Ours is out of 7, for some weird reason...

I'm so glad I have the chance to do Honours though. I'm just filling in gaps this semester for geology (Sedimentary Geology and Introductory Field Geology), and doing my 3rd year Chemistry subjects (Advanced Analytical Chemistry and Inorganic & Organometallic Chemistry), then I can graduate mid-year to start Honours in Minesite Rehabilitation! :D

[QUOTE=masscows;16215739]baseball? :smash:[/QUOTE]
i might be playing in college, whats your point?

we don't do soccer in southern texas

my gpa is like 1.75 or something i dont know

applying oneself ftl

[QUOTE=Riva;16215745]Your GPA is out of 5 though, right? Ours is out of 7, for some weird reason...
[/QUOTE]

Out of 4

[QUOTE=McP3000;16215746]i might be playing in college, whats your point?

we don't do soccer in southern texas[/QUOTE]

:lol: no one in the country really does soccer.

[QUOTE=Riva;16215745]Your GPA is out of 5 though, right? Ours is out of 7, for some weird reason...

I'm so glad I have the chance to do Honours though. I'm just filling in gaps this semester for geology (Sedimentary Geology and Introductory Field Geology), and doing my 3rd year Chemistry subjects (Advanced Analytical Chemistry and Inorganic & Organometallic Chemistry), then I can graduate mid-year to start Honours in Minesite Rehabilitation! :D[/QUOTE]
half of America's is out of 4, and the other half is out of 4, with honors counting +1 point. Its nice being in honors, getting straight b's and looking like you apply yourself more than you really do.

Minesite Rehabilitation? Wtf is your major?

Edit: @Kage, i get to go in Undecided...its quite nice

College =/= +1 for honors

McP, what position are you?

[QUOTE=pate;16215750]Out of 4[/QUOTE]

Niiiiiiiice.

[QUOTE=McP3000;16215756]half of America's is out of 4, and the other half is out of 4, with honors counting +1 point. Its nice being in honors, getting straight b's and looking like you apply yourself more than you really do.

Minesite Rehabilitation? Wtf is your major?[/QUOTE]

Our Honours system is slightly different to yours though, I believe.

My major is Environmental Earth Sciences, which is broken down into Chemistry and Economic Geology.

[QUOTE=pate;16215760]College =/= +1 for honors[/QUOTE]
yeah, im still used to high school. Sorry. :wave:

[QUOTE=McP3000;16215746]i might be playing in college, whats your point?

we don't do soccer in southern texas[/QUOTE]

sports are for fatasses

Breaking News: masscows weighs 160kg and watches anime.

[QUOTE=Riva;16215773]Breaking News: masscows weighs 160kg and watches anime.[/QUOTE]
:lol:

kilo is 1000 grams