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1156235 No.1156235 [Reply] [Original]

how do i get a phd in physics with a 2.6 high school gpa?

>> No.1156253

Well, if you're already in a university, you just need to study hard. Grad schools don't care about high school grade point, only college grade point, research, and GRE scores.

If you're not in a university... you may be in trouble.

>> No.1156250

Get an undergrad degree.
Get a Master's degree.
???
Profit!

>> No.1156256

Don't fuck up in college and don't correct your fucking teacher. If you are smart, offer them information you know after class and make a discussion of it so you can create relationships and get recommendations.

>> No.1156257

high school means nothing.

do well in college.

>> No.1156262

i'm about to graduate high school

>> No.1156285

>>1156235

you don't.

you already fucked up this life try again in the next one :(

>> No.1156287

Are you kidding me?

I've seen faggots with worse HS GPAs get into decent Universities.

Just don't fuck up this bad in college.

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1156313

>>1156285

>this is what unfunny faggot underageb&s actually believe

>> No.1156317

so long as you did well on your SAT/ACT you're fine.

if not, prepare to do some community college

>> No.1156346

>>1156317

i got an almost perfect score. just with the information i've given, what colleges do i have a chance at?

>> No.1156366

bump

>> No.1156377

>>1156346
any state college you could want.

>> No.1156492

If you even mentioned your high school GPA on a graduate application they'd just laugh at you whether it was a 1.2 or a 4.0. They don't give a shit about that.

See my post here to see what they do give a shit about.

>>1156429

Anyways, you're 18. You have no clue what you're going to want to do when you get out of college. That said, it's fine to set long term goals. Your best bed is to get into the best school you can right now and do as well as you can do in physics there. A high quality state school is probably perfect if your standardized test scores are really high. You can save money and there will be good faculty there.

The only drawback is that they're huge and you aren't paying them shit so if you fuck around like you did in high school no one is going to help you get back up. Expensive private schools have better support for fuck-ups.

>> No.1156540

>>1156366

>> No.1156546

Learn math and physics
Get good grades
Graduate with honors
Do undergrad research
Suck prof's dick
Get into top 10 school

>> No.1156594

So... High School's GPA aren't that important?

I wanna get into a med school, I'm not saying my grades are bad, but if I ever study I could pull off 90% on anything I wanted.

I've been missing some classes now and shit, but next year will be my last here, so I plan to bump my mark on all my courses up to 90%

Is it fine? Having really high grades only on the final year?

>> No.1156602

>>1156594

They aren't considered directly. But they are important because they'll limit your choices on where you can get your undergrad.

In education, you more or less start with a clean slate once you get into a school. On day one of classes there's no difference between someone barely got in and someone who was being actively recruited.

Your goal now should be in giving yourself as many choices as possible for undergrad.

>> No.1156639

>>1156602
Well, I do take/will take all of the Math, calculus, Biology and chemistry courses (at university level)

I'm more likely trying University of Toronto here, but I was just a little concerned about that because High School fucking sucks, God's sakes I just can't wait for my last year here.

>> No.1156658

>>1156639

Making peace with where you are while trying to get out is a skill that you would do well to develop.

>> No.1156666

>>1156594
No, places look at your cumulative. With a sub-3.0 your options are going to be quite limited for undergrad, which could in turn limit your options for grad school.

>> No.1156779

>>1156235
New life, bro

>> No.1156816

>>1156594
>High School's GPA aren't that important?
for the 20th time, high school gpa is only used for getting into university

i've filled out 9 grad school applications and not a single one asked for my high school gpa