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Your school.
What are you studying?
Your GPA.
If >3.7, describe your studying habits.

Pic unrelated.

>> No.5348035

after your gpa reaches 3.2; no one give a shit.
ps: medschools are for fags

>> No.5348048

Supelec ( in France)
EE, software and hardware engineering
3.72
studying habits:
sleep 10 hours a night, study things I like thoroughly, neglect the rest but still focus during courses.

>> No.5348053

University of Utah
Biology
2.9 because I was a dumbass last semester, but it should go up after this semesters grades are finalized

>> No.5348055

UMaine
Geology
3.3
3.65 average in major

>> No.5348059

>>5348055

cambridge
4.0
electronic biology

>> No.5348061

cal poly slo
environmental egr
2.9

>> No.5348062

UCLA
chemical engineering
3.8

>> No.5348064

UNC
polysci
4.0

>> No.5348066

Stanford
Electrical Engineering MS
4.0

>> No.5348072

Duke
Law
3.9

>> No.5348074

It's funny how almost all the people who have a 3.7+ couldn't manage to follow the prompt of the question...

>> No.5348080

>>5348074

screw the question, we're just bragging.

it's a big part of /sci/.

>> No.5348101

Florida State
Business and Accounting
1.2

>> No.5348105

VCU
Economics/Political Science/Mathematics/Business Administration (double major, minor, and a separate degree program at another school respectively)
4.0 at VCU 3.4 at the other
I generally spend all my time in between work, school, and studying at home. I typically medicate (cannabis) before studying everything except Math. Math can be too hard when you're medicated sometimes.

>> No.5348123

MIT
Mechanical Engineering
4.0 no need to study; never had too

>> No.5348132

>>5348123

what's your IQ?

>> No.5348137

>>5348132

dont no and dont care. IQ is for losers.

>> No.5348140

>>5348123
troll is way too obvious

>> No.5348146

MIT
Electrical Engineering
3.4, Because I'm too lazy to write notes.

>> No.5348147

>>5348146

r u n daniels hall? hit me up if u r.

>> No.5348150

century (community) college
gen eds+ premajor classes for chemistry
4.0
first semester, all classes were introductery so easy a fuck

>> No.5348151

>>5348150

u rock dude. cc is the way to go nowdays.

>> No.5348153

>>5348151
too bad you cant really for engineering, my community college has like 3 eng classes so you would be wayyy behind

>> No.5348157

University of Missouri Rolla
CS
2.4
study all the time is the key to success, do not party or smoke weed

>> No.5348185

>>5348062
Chink detected

>> No.5348201

Emory
Premed (biology major)
3.9

I have an eidetic memory, no special study habits, plus most of my courses are lolhumanities

>> No.5348214

>>5348201
>eidetic memory
>Taking stupid classes
Wat the fuck man.

>> No.5348215

>>5348214
do you even premed dude?
there's a mandatory amount of semester hours you have to complete in humanities and social "sciences" if you want to go to med school.

it's not exactly my choice

>> No.5348224

Auburn

Biology (Pre-med)

No clue, just finished my first semester and fucked up bad.

>> No.5348227

DePaul University
Math major
gpa ~ 3.0, but I'm a new transfer student, and only coursework done there counts for GPA, so as of right now, I have no official gpa

>> No.5348228
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5348228

University of Manchester (UK)

Chemistry.

No idea what a fucking GPA is. We don't have that shit here.

>> No.5348229

>>5348215
Actually, he was (correctly) referring to the entire premed curriculum as stupid classes. Looks like you belong; enjoy being a parrot.

>> No.5348231

University of Kentucky
Computer Science and Computer Engineering
3.3 GPA

>> No.5348236

>>5348030
americlaps grading 0/4 instead of 0/20

>> No.5348240

>>5348228
Anyone want to shed some light to us UK people as to what GPA is?

>> No.5348243

>>5348229
Hey back off dude I was talking about the humanities. Everyone with eidetic memory should go into premed haven't you seen that episode of Scrubs with the fancy coin-flipping guy played by Michael J Fox?

>> No.5348244

>>5348153
I started at CC also. Wasn't behind. Here's the thing; unless you want to take 16 credit hours of engineering courses + other stuff to graduate in 4 years, you'll want to get as much of the math, chemistry and introductory physics out of the way as possible.

My college also let me skip the 1st year engineering classes after transferring.

>> No.5348251

>>5348229
>...referring to the entire premed curriculum as stupid classes

What is a pre-med curriculum? You can go to med school with any major.

>> No.5348254

>>5348240

a 4 point grading scale, this is my personal metric for STEM majors.

3.5 - 4.0 - best of the best
3.0 - 3.5 - pretty good
2.5-3.0 - okay
2.0 - 2.5 - not good
less than 2.0 - academic probation

>> No.5348256

University of Pittsburgh
Pure maths (as opposed to the applied major)
3.6 ( Lazy freshman)
I study roughly 30-40 hrs per week and work 20 hours per week in the Math center tutoring pretty much everything in the undergraduate curriculum. A- = 3.6 :/.. Classes are typically all exam grades and no curve.. Just finished my first graduate course this semester.. Hoping to go to grad school.. Love the maths!

>> No.5348261

>>5348256
the 20 hours work is factored into the 30-40 overall.
Outside of teaching the math I do probably 10-20 hours of my own studying/ assignments and projects.

>> No.5348266

>>5348256
lel. I'm from Pittsburgh, almost went to Pitt. You from the area?

Syracuse University
Freshman
Engineering, switching to Physics
Still getting in grades, but so far probably going to be 3.7ish.
No special study techniques, just get all of my work done and sleep a lot.

>> No.5348278

>>5348030
>Biology major
>Saint Anselm College
>Chemistry Minor
GPA under 3.0 but getting all As and B+s this semester so it will go up

>> No.5348283

Podunk U
Mechaerotronic Engineering Technology
2.75/4.01

>> No.5348312

<3 inflated /sci/ statistics!

Virginia Tech
Chem Eng
3.15 GPA

>> No.5348645

>>5348312
Mines not inflated, is it really so hard to believe that there are people more intelligent then you out there?

>> No.5348672

>>5348256
Sheridan?

>> No.5348697

>>5348030
Johns Hopkins
3.1
Will probably go down since Ive lost the will to live

>> No.5348709

>>5348672

Jack?

>> No.5348715

>>5348672
>>5348709
This is /sci/ you faggots. Take your hookup threads to >>>/soc/

>> No.5348714 [DELETED] 

CC
Engineerin'
3.9X

I'm most likely getting As in three of my classes. Chem, I don't know. No worse than a B+, probably.

>> No.5348725

>>5348709
No, but now I know for sure.

>> No.5348736

>>5348697

3.92, get at me.

Though mine'll go down this semester too.

>> No.5348746

>>5348743

Chem, Junior.

Pchem lab man...shit is intense. They made it writing intensive.

>> No.5348743

>>5348736
Major? Year?

>> No.5348749

>>5348746
Chem, why am not surprised

>> No.5348751

>>5348123
>4.0/5.0

>> No.5348756

>>5348749

Uh oh, I'm not speaking to an engineer, am I?

>> No.5348766

>>5348756
Just math, maybe applied math, but everyone is a chem major, or biology

>> No.5348767

>>5348030

University of Georgia
Biology
3.8

Study habits? I like studying in groups. I'm able to retain much more information if I'm able to discuss it with my peers. Also, I space out my studying evenly and avoid cramming if at all possible.

>> No.5348771

>>5348766

Ah, I see. There actually aren't a lot of chem majors, you'd be surprised. I think my class has around 30, we're small compared to bio

>> No.5348821

University of Edinburgh
Biochemistry

According to this (http://www.foreigncredits.com/Resources/GPA-Calculator/)) my GPA is 3.78. Guess that's...good?

>> No.5348832

>>5348821

That's for last year. Apparently my overall is 3.93.

>> No.5348831

UIUC
ME, Classics
3.1

>> No.5348851

University of Maryland
Chemical Engineering, minor in nanotechnology
3.2

I work my butt off. I'm one of those guys who's not smart and has to constantly be studying to get good grades.

>>5348035
Exxon wouldn't even talk to the Chem Engineers here for internships unless they had a 3.4

>> No.5348852

>>5348821
>http://www.foreigncredits.com/Resources/GPA-Calculator/
According to this thing, A 75% in my country is equivalent to a 4.0 in US and a 60% is eq. to a 3.0.

wat...

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5348855

>>5348852
>pic

>> No.5348860

University of Michigan
Neuroscience
3.75
I can remember anything I read pretty much so... reading over notes? That's how I study.

>> No.5348866

>>5348771
Fair enough, I lump all pre med together

>> No.5348874
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5348874

>>5348852
>UK conversion

I don't get it, are US GPA's also calculated like this? Or are your grades % or /100 simply converted to /4?

Please explain Americlaps

>> No.5348886

>>5348874
B+: 87-89%
B : 83-87% - 3.0
B- : 80-83%
Same thing for A and C but plus 10 or minus 10, changes teacher to teacher and how hard to get these changes school to school, just google it

>> No.5348889

>>5348030

Oregon State University
Mechanical Engineering
3.7
Get at least 7 hours of sleep and for God's sake, don't put off your work! The sooner you do it, the sooner you can address the next tidal wave of work.

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5348893

Clemson
Computer Engineering
3.9, probably going up this semester
I study for about an hour or three the night before, then 1-4 hours the day of. Just do your homework and lab work.

>> No.5348894

>>5348874
Just go to united states on the site youre on, it explains it

>> No.5348904

>>5348852

I think a First class in the UK is equal to 4.0 GPA in the US. Which would make sense because hardly anyone gets a First really, the maximum you can get in my Uni is perhaps 75% if you show extreme amounts of external knowledge.

>> No.5348971

>>5348886
>>5348894
You know what, I'll just put the percentages on my CV, what bothers me is that we don't have any info as to how it "changes teacher to teacher and how hard to get these changes school to school" so if companies say "3.0 minimum", and I have 75% avg for example, I have no idea what that translates to, if they meant >>5348886 >B : 83-87% - 3.0 or the "translated" GPA.

>>5348904
>I think a First class in the UK is equal to 4.0 GPA in the US
OK, but, supposing you had a First class would you put 4.0 or 2.0 on application forms? (Some companies that don't allow for other forms)

>hardly anyone gets a First really, the maximum you can get in my Uni is perhaps 75% if you show extreme amounts of external knowledge.
It's almost (slightly easier) like this at some of our unis with 75% being a "distinction" that ~5-10% of a class will achieve.

Maybe I should just try to get into grad-school in a relevant country...

>> No.5349054

University of Tennessee
Nuclear Engineering
2.9, I believe?
Really shouldn't've put everything off to the last minute.
And OMG go to lab. You miss two and you're fucked in whatever class that lab is connected to. (They literally whack 20-30% off your grade for missing more than 1, and 3 means you get an F, no matter what.)

>> No.5349078

University of Pierre et Marie Cury (France)
Fondamental mathematics (undergrad 3rd year)
3.81
Sleep, never neglect the sleep, over 8h30 and always focusing during course, only things necessary, sometimes i do a problem or two for fun, that's all.

>> No.5349092

/sci/ - Your Personal Blog

>> No.5349089

University of Chicago
Economics
2.7/~3.3 in major
So many Core classes that I don't care about.

>> No.5349105

>>5348254
>best of the best
>3.5
>B+'s for everything

no.

3.9 - 4.0 - best of the best
3.7 - 3.9 - pretty good
3.5 - 3.7 - good
3.2 - 3.5 - average
3.0 - 3.2 - okay
2.5 - 3.0 - failure
2.0 - 2.5 - academic probation
less than 2.0 - academic dismissal

>> No.5349120

>>5349105
Grade inflation

>> No.5349128

3.0 pure math Berkeley.

>> No.5349137

not sure i remember what my GPA was exactly, i think it was 2.7.
i took my last two years of high school in one year. was it a good idea?

>> No.5349131

McMaster
Math
12 (on a 12 point scale - don't ask)

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5349139

>>5349120
welcome to the 21 century

>> No.5349145

>ECE, Physics, Math, and CS
>3.941 /4.0
>Don't really study except for my minor

>> No.5349146

>>5349139
>Average gpa: 3.1
I say again, grade inflation

>> No.5349173

Ohio state university
biomedical engineering
3.3ish

>> No.5349175

>>5349105
Brown Scale
3.9 - 4.0 - Everyone
< 3.9 - Retards

>> No.5349182

>>5349139

>dat post 60's private-public education gap

>> No.5349206

>>5348971
Hmm well I study maths in the UK and I have averaged 86.5% so far so I'm not sure how accurate that is

>> No.5349208

>>5349182

before WW2, most people did not go to college, except for wealthy people. the GI bill changed all that, but it took a decade or so before "everyone" felt that they were college material.

so now, Duke, Harvard, etc. get to cherry pick, while the state supported colleges and universities have dumbed down their curricula to satisfy the market.

>> No.5349209

>>5349139

Explanation for sharp increase(?):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_crisis

>Less than a year after the Sputnik launch, the government spent $153 million, and colleges took $10 million of that funding

>by 1960 the combined funding grew almost sixfold

>> No.5349370
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5349370

My advice: don't be a fucking retard.

>> No.5349377

>>5348064
hahahah

>> No.5349756

>>5348030
Orsay univ (France)
Maths

>> No.5349783

>>5349209
you're of by 10 years

but the spike happens at the filthy hippie generation in the 70s

>> No.5349786

So, how does the American system work? In Australia, it's a 1-7 scale where 1-3 is failure, 4 is a pass, 5 is a credit, 6 is a distinction and 7 is a high distinction. I never got how the American system worked. Is it a 1-4 grading scale?

>> No.5349789

>>5349370
>13 credits
>4 courses

lame

>> No.5349851
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5349851

>>5349786
At my university (in Canada) it's like this.

>> No.5349859

>>5349851
pretty much the same in us.

I think you can get a 4.33 for an A+ though

which is dumb

>> No.5349899

>>5349851
Not at all universities.
http://studentsuccess.mcmaster.ca/resources/gpa-conversion-chart.html

>> No.5349904

>>5349851
What the fuck, this is a ridiculously easy grading standard.

>> No.5349917

>>5349851
this can't be real
>only need greater than 45 to pass
>3.0 for what should be a 2.0

>> No.5349922

>>5349917
It is. At least, in Ontario. 80-100 is A- to A+,.

>> No.5349923

University of Michigan
Mathematics and Computer Science
3.9

I do homework, read the book, and study a few hours before an exam. I procrastinate a lot.

>> No.5349925 [DELETED] 

>>5349922

I can't even hold all these feels. Fuck dat shit

>> No.5350059

4.0 gpa means you never got any vote under A?

(i'm not american)

>> No.5350110

>>5350059
That's correct. Some university have A- as a 3.7 instead of 4.0. University of Maryland never had that until this year so I'm guessing it's case to case

>> No.5350121

>>5349789

Yeah this university likes to claim that their 4-5 hour credit classes are actually 3 so that the engineering degrees are '4 years' instead of what they should be: 5 considering they include an internship in the curriculum.

>> No.5350130

>>5349859

There is no A+ in most U.S. universities.

In other words, 88 is a B+.

>> No.5350143

UCSD
Biology
Graduated 3.97gpa 2 years ago

Start med school in the fall =D

>> No.5350167

3.78 from Emory (neuroscience)

My habits were to study right around the time where I realized I fucked myself over by not studying earlier. Hence why I graduated with 3.78 instead of 3.98.

>> No.5350177

>>5350143
>3.97
your fucking failure

>> No.5350189

Ohio State University
Biology
2.95

This semester I found out I have bipolar disorder II (the hypo-mania variant). Also, biology never got hard so I never gave a shit, should have stayed in chem

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5350193

>>5350177

i know dude 2 A- grades...like black scars on my soul :(

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5350208

How to do well in college (3.5+ gpa)

1. put forth a minimal amount of fucking effort
2. dont cram for EVERYTHING
2b. when cramming, dont bitch about how cramming sucks
3. do your homework early
4. do your reading early
5. review lectures/associated readings/pertinent homework after class that day, or at least within the week

College is easy. except for engineers, most people with shitty grades can blame themselves.

>> No.5350232

>Your school.
Polytechnic university of Turin
>What are you studying?
Engineering for cinema and media
>Your GPA.
cba to convert it, would be close to 4 though, say 3.8
>If >3.7, describe your studying habits.
my method for the math/engineering classes:
>pay attention in class (when i'm not sleeping/late)
>do your homework
>study just a few days before the exam, (do a shitton test exams if available)
>be a genius
for the 'humanities' classes:
>pretend you know what you're talking about, don't sweat and stutter
>mfw i suck at this

>> No.5350253

>>5348074

That's called bumping a thread, not real answers.

>> No.5350281

University of Toronto

Specialist in Computer Science (co-op)
& Major in Mathematics

3.2

>> No.5350293

MST
EE
3.29, going to be lower after this round of finals gets back

>> No.5350295

>>5350294
also the Honors College here is a fucking joke
never get into that shit, complete waste of time and energy

>> No.5350294

FIU
3.55 (first semester)
Bio I fucked up my gpa with two B's, and Linear Algebra gave me a B+, lost the A by the smallest margin

Feel like shit right now

>> No.5350316

>>5350208
Basically this. Especially point 4. Do your reading early: as in, do it before the fucking class.

I'm in my third year of teaching full time, plus the courses I taught in grad school, and I say this to every group of students. There's a reason I spent hours making a detailed class-by-class outline of what we're covering on each day, and a reason why it says on the synopsis that you are expected to do your reading beforehand.

I'm not going to hold your hand through the entire course. I need to cover the shit that we need to cover, and there's a fucking lot of it. If you do your reading beforehand like a responsible adult, then I can answer your questions, in class, about the shit you're having difficulty with. Odds are that half the class has the same problems you do. But it's a waste of my time (and yours, when you spend an hour waiting outside my office hoping for help the day before your homework is due) for you to come to the lecture having no idea what it's about, try to learn there, and then have 50 of you come to my office over the next week asking about some point that I could have explained just once.

> By the way, when you do this consistently, I remember who you are, and I grade your exams harder than anyone else's.

>> No.5350321

>>5350294
Hey mate, I got to FIU also!
3.80 3rd semester
Science in Nursing
My studying habits? I have no life. That should explain everything.

>> No.5350325

Georgia Institute of Technology
3.0 GPA
Computer Engineering

>> No.5350333

University of Nebraska
4.0
Microbiology (premed fag)
study 6 hours per day on a schedule. review the day's notes and glance over previous notes. bio is basically just memorization, so more exposure to the material = success.

>> No.5350351

>SUNY Potsdam
>CS
>Pretty fucking low
>I don't study

>> No.5350364

About to get into chemical engineering. What should I expect? Is it going to be hard? I got something like 9.28/10 overall grades during my last year of high school, never really studied that much. Also, maths sucked on my school (last year we didn't even have a teacher, he kept presenting medical licenses which were obviously bullshit). Also, I had the same chemistry teacher for like 3 years and he never really explained very well, he knew a lot but he didn't know how to explain it clearly.

>> No.5350365

>>5348030
physics. in upper division classes this semester 4.0

don't put a lot of work into questions you don't understand

>> No.5350367

>>5350295
>>5350321
Noted, also glad to see some Pantherbros.
3.45
Electrical/Computer Engineering

>> No.5350374

UNC 2013
Chemistry + Biology
3.552

>tfw not good enough for med school and might have to end up as PharmD, DDS, or PA ;_;

>> No.5350385

Highschool
Basic Sophomore stuff
3.75

Just kinda go home and dick around on my homework. Nothin special, but highschool is pretty easy in my opinion, no real actual work to be done

>> No.5350399

Baylor
Applied Math with Honors Program
3.65

>> No.5350404

Purdue
Nuclear Engineering
3.7 although it'll go up after this semester

>> No.5350423

cal poly slo
2.7
Bio/CS double major

>> No.5350469

University of Michigan
Aerospace engineering
2.06 (on mandatory leave) after being depressed for several semesters to the point of secluding myself from everything.

>> No.5350479

>>5348236
Do you use decimals on the 0/20 scale...because your argument is invalid otherwise as the 0/4 scale actually represents a 40 point scale. Though it is kind of dumb that there are only 12 values that can be placed on the scale...

>> No.5350480

>>5350479
400 point*, since most schools use hundreds place.

>> No.5350483

>>5348048
How much on 20?

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5350487

University of Illinois
Psychology
4.0
When we're given a study guide in class, I start studying the night before. I number each of the points off, and on a piece of paper I write down the relevant information (from the book and notes) onto the paper. After the entire study guide is complete, I go back through and read the notes. Then I go to bed. In the morning, I wake up and read through the notes as many times as I can until right before the exam.

If I have a long list to memorise, I try to create helpful mnemonic or way to remember it (usually I hate these, but for cramming they're great, just make sure they mean something to you. Sometimes they're even practically nonsensical). For example, if I was trying to remember Sternberg's triangle theory of love, and I needed to memorise the three parts of it (passion, intimacy, and commitment), I could take the first letters of those (PIC) and then remember that I have to "'PIC[k]'" my mate." It sounds silly, but as long as it's something you can remember on the test, it doesn't matter.

On a semi-related note, what kind of retarded children actually needed the mnemonic "My Very Earnest Mother . . ." to remember the planets? It's not like it was hard or anything.

If I think of any more tricks I use I'll post them.

>> No.5350490

>>5350364
Expect to be shitting pancakes son. If it's a decent program, then you will be worked thoroughly.
>just finished first quarter of chemE as a transfer. (introductory mass/energy balances and a physical chemistry class on thermo).

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5350511

>tfw so many engineers with >3.2 GPAs

York College
Finance
3.53

How the fuck do you engineers do it? If I was gonna switch to engineering and get the same GPA I have now I'd basically be studying all day and do nothing else. I don't get how you guys can put up with that.

>> No.5350523

>>5350511
Having a high IQ helps a lot.

>> No.5350530

UA - Birmingham
Physics
3.9
I don't know how I've maintained my GPA; I'm really lazy and only start studying 2 days before exams.

>> No.5350531

SUNY Albany
Nanoscale Engineering
3.0
smoke weed erryday

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5350560

>>5350531
SUNY Albany. Bio 3.1 excessive laziness.

>> No.5350574

>>5348030
OSU
Philosophy
3.6

come at me hardscience fags. derrida will protect me.

>> No.5350612

>>5350511

Exactly. Study all day and do nothing else. You only have to do it for ~2 years. Or 4 if you don't really understand math or physics.

>> No.5350641

>>5350560
>>5350531
My niggas
I know some kids going there.Went there recently for the Pretty Lights concert.
I'm from Syracuse.

>> No.5350735

> School
Nashua Community College

> Major
Computer Science

> GPA
3.95

> Study Habits
Do homework. If I don't get something, ask questions about it.

Prioritize work. Stuff that takes a longer time to do or is harder work on first. Play some video games or hang out with friends to take breaks.

I get about 8-9 hours of sleep per night. Around finals I got closer to 6, but I never let myself get burnt out. If I was really tired through working on something, I just went to bed and picked up where I left off the next day.

>> No.5350746

Alabama
Economics and Finance
GPA will be close to 3.7 when grades are finalized on Monday.

I go to class frequently and do study some. I've never had to study too much though to understand most material.

>> No.5350750

Western Washington University (backup school for all the white kids who didn't get into U of Wa.)

Computer science/ Math double major

3.49.

I have the shittiest studying habits ever, an efficient studier could do the same in the study time I allocate in a third of the time. Buts its math and computer science so thank god studying is not as important as just not being stupid.

>> No.5350755

Portland State
Biology
2.94
Senior
Cram two days before every exam, and get no sleep.

Pretty much fucked for getting into gradschool.

>> No.5350762

>>5350374
Yeah bro, you shouldn't even think of applying to medschool with a double major and 3.55 GPA. I think the minimum you need is a 3.90. Better have fun at McDonalds.

>> No.5350764

>>5350762
Average at my school is a 3.7, but that could have something to do with rich kids buying their way in.

>> No.5350773

>>5348215
hahah premed courses...

>organic chemistry "hard"

i hope you have like 3.8+ bio majors are lowest tier

>> No.5350779

>>5350773
During my organic final last semester a girl started crying in a lecture hall of 250+ people. We all assumed she was premed.

>> No.5350788

>>5348030
UVic
Geophysics
8.0 (Would be 4.0 on a 4 scale)

Rewrite notes using 3 different coloured pens and a pencil.
When exams come around I reread notes and highlight key sections of notes, read textbook sections of items I don't understand fully.

Do practice problems (when applicable) on only questions that I need to practice

>> No.5350794

>>5350374
You can't just change to PharmD, DDS, or PA on a whim because you can't get into med school. Those schools want to see evidence that you have good reasons for, say, wanting to become a pharmacist. That means having pharmacy experience, not medical experience. Furthermore, non-medical health schools are well aware that they're second choice for desperate failed pre-meds, and go to lengths to filter those applicants out (for example, dental schools will immediately reject you if they find out you took the MCAT).

A 3.55 GPA is a bit low for med school, but not terribly. You can still get in as long as the rest of your app is good enough. Get a lot of clinical and shadowing experience and a good MCAT score and you're set.

>> No.5350801

>>5350779
Funny you mention that, I just took a biochem final today. I found the class to be pretty easy (97% going into the final, I could fail that thing and still have an "A"), but apparently most of the class isn't doing so hot. I walked out of the exam today to find a group of people in the hallway, half of whom were crying because of how hard they found the test.

>> No.5350810

>>5350801
fail the final and still get an A? what is your final exam worth 5% of your final grade?

>> No.5350827
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5350827

Harvard
Nano-Electronics
4.0 GPA
300k starting

>> No.5350836

>>5350788
>Uvic

>> No.5350854

>>5348860
neuroscience majors are just the premed cancer of u of m

>> No.5350963

Düsseldorf University
Comp Sci
None yet but I will drop out because I am too lazy to study

>> No.5350999
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5350999

Auburn, Software Eng.
~3.7
Most of my success comes from me being pretty smart.. The rest comes from a really good background in high school. Senior year, my physics and math teachers had PhDs in engineering and math.
All that AP credit let me start as a sophomore by credit hours.

>>5348224
>/soc/
High five! Me too! I'd switch to Chem E. if you can handle it. There's not much to fall back on if you're a bio major and don't get into med school or you realize you don't like it.

>> No.5351002

Your school.
brown

What are you studying?

Pre-med
Your GPA
4.2
.
If >3.7, describe your studying habits.

200k starting

>> No.5351009

>>5348889
Hey were you by any chance giving a presentation on engineering in newberg?

>> No.5351027
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5351027

It's a rich man's world.

Are you mad at this grade inflation crap going on.
How has the rich white people bring you down today /sp/.

http://www.salon.com/2012/10/03/college_graduates_are_in_for_a_rude_awakening/

>> No.5351032

University of Arizona
Management Information Systems
3.6

>> No.5351054

>>5351002
you didn't state studying habits, you just put a number... No college has anything above a 4.0.

>> No.5351072

Michigan
Molecular Biology
3.1

Started out will a 2.5 my first semester, slowly increasing each semester. Half way through my junior year. Hoping to graduate with a 3.3. I didn't poorly my first semester because I thought just assumed all I could get were low B's and high C's. Now I've realized, if you really put in the time and get help, just about anyone get do well in their classes.

>> No.5351076

>>5351027
Yes, because my field has a 3.0 average at my school, but psychology has like a 3.8 average. I think the average should be lower, but now you can't get a job unless it looks like you're way above everyone else in your field.

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5351081

UoI
Chemical Eng
3.6
I barely study, most of my GPA comes from my prior liberal arts work.

>> No.5351094

>>5349105
>3.9 - 4.0 - best of the best

I don't know how you can say that. Some professors can pull a lot of bullshit that no amount of studying or knowledge of the material can help you with.

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5351099

>>5351027
>>5350999
Taken from the same site.

>tfw second year, 3.7 at Auburn
>look over at Alabama's +0.3, and they still have shit GPA
heh.
Still. Back to Auburn. An average GPA under 3.0 is awful. I'm surrounded by dumbasses

>> No.5351102

Foothill College (community college)
anthropology (social/linguistics)
i have a 3.66 lol so close enough

i dont study, never cracked open any of my books all year

however i always am the guy asking the most questions, going in after class for office hours, and generally paying attention so i do well there (i am a audio learner, not so much rote memorization)

also professors love me so they bump up my grades, extend deadlines, etc

>> No.5351109

>>5351054
>NC State
>A+
>4.333
ISHYGDDT

http://policies.ncsu.edu/regulation/reg-02-50-03

>> No.5351117
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5351117

Any Michiganbros taking genetics in the winter?

>> No.5351792

>>5351117
i was gonna but i heard it was a lot of work, homework wise so... i'm going to take it in the fall
what other classes will you be taking?
biochem here

>> No.5351819

>>5351792
MCDB 306 (hopefully)
NURS 210
BIO 281
ASIAN 261

I'm taking MCDB 310 right now. I hope genetics isn't much more work than this. Tried to make winter semester easy just in case.

>> No.5351833

>>5351819
genetics lab is two times a week, isnt it?

>> No.5351851

>>5348645
>there are people more intelligent then you out there?
>then

>> No.5351862

Chem Engineering
University of Houston, Junior
3.66

>> No.5351875

South Alabama
Geology
4.0

Don't study much, just go to a shit tier school.

>> No.5351891

>>5351833
1 hour lecture, 3 hour lab.

Labs are held on Monday and Tuesday is that's what you were asking about.

>> No.5351888

>programmer
>low gpa
>shitty school
>...
>...
>...
>bad life decisions

I.am.fucked.

>> No.5351995

>>5349173

I was interested in biomed, how is the program at OSU?

>> No.5351999

>>5351891
never mind got it confused with analytic chem lab

>> No.5352079

>>5351009

No, but funnily enough I had an internship in Newberg at Climax Portable Machine Tools.

>> No.5352131

>in school for anything other than graduate work
>2012
>Shiggidy Diggidy Goddamn Doo

>> No.5352500

Finland, Turku University of Applied Sciences.
Electronic engineering.
4,7 (on a scale of 0-5)
Study habits include studying during breaks between classes and nightly reading marathons before an exam.
Oh, who am I kidding, it's not even a real university. ;___;

>> No.5353306

Harvard
Quantum Electro-Conscious Tulpa Uncertainty Principle
4.0

Watch Deepak Chopra and "What the Bleep Do We Know" over and over.

>> No.5353339

>>5353306
heheheh

>> No.5353351

>Community College
>Taking GE and course requirements for transfer
>4.0, barely started

>> No.5353353
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5353353

Shitty local 4 year college
Physics
~3.0 GPA

I have a recurring problem of falling asleep in class. Lot of intangible concepts and million ways to interpret formulas. Also takes stupid amount of time for information to sink in. Have to read things like four or five times. I wish I went into some sort of engineering instead.

>> No.5353358

>Your school
Middle School

>What are you studying?
Quantum Physics

>Your GPA.
I get an A in everything I do

>Studying Habits
Smoke weed fuck bitches life is hard for a 12 yr old.

P.S. I am also a le hackerzz

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>> No.5353366

>>5353353
I'd do that now, engineering is more useful job wise, and a good chunk of your courses will transfer over.

>> No.5353855

Rejected by Cal/UCLA/Stanford too poor for USC, so I went to UCSD. Hated it and transferred to Cal State Northridge; now very happy..

Electrical Engineering - 3.45
French - 3.72

>> No.5353859

Warwick
Maths
GPA? idk but due to laziness my current average grade is about 30%
Studying habits? Spend more time drinking and getting high than working and going to lectures.

Will improve...

>> No.5353862

>(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
/sci/ has mods?

I am pleased greatly.

>> No.5353866

Higher Learning Institute for Magic
Nuclear Alchemy Physics
3.71
Reading/writing each and everyday from all sorts of range from pseudoscience like "newton's law" to crazy shit like "gravity".

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5354304

>>5353358

>> No.5354327

University of Cambridge
Mathematics (Theoretical Physics)
1st class, which i've been told is equivalent to 4.0
I study smartly, if you do the groundwork throughout the year, then revision is much easier and you have a real understand of the subject

>> No.5354372

>>5353358
>everythingwentbetterthanexpected.wav.jpg.tiff

Graduated May with a B.S. in geophysics, applying this winter for grad school.

GPA about 3.56? ish?

I don't study very much, honestly. If I tried harder I'm sure my grades would be higher. I have 3.5 years worth of heavy undergrad research, which for a lot of schools is enough to look the other way and take you, solely because they don't have to handhold you through data collection/data entry and shit.

>> No.5354399

ITT Tech
Cyber Space Defender
The school doesnt believe in GPA
They also dont believe in studying because they dont want the smarter kids to have an advantage

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5354404

>>5354399
>They also dont believe in studying because they dont want the smarter kids to have an advantage

It won't be long until leftists really start suggesting this sort of thing. Or "smart kids should only be allowed in school 3 days a week"

>> No.5354456

bamp

>> No.5354461

3.9 math major, minor in physics, cheat on all homeworks, try to cheat on tests, cram night before, easy state school where teachers will pretty much tell you the questions in the class before the test. I play league of legends around 40 hours a week. I feel bad about cheating so much, though

>> No.5354478

>>5350325
Just write Georgia Tech you fag.

>> No.5354534

>>5354461
You are a fucking faggot.

Reminds me of all those asians who do not know what the word 'honest' means.

>Final for Vector Calc
>Easy A
>Prof hands out tests: "Keep them face down on your desk please"
>Look to my left
>Asian flipping through the test
>wtf
>Notice every asian in the class (half asian class) flipping through test
>are you fucking serious

>stats final
>allowed piece of computer paper with formulas/notes
>brought one just so I could remember all those stupid ANOVA formulas
>group of three asians sit in front of me, all right next to each other
>not allowed to do that
>they get yelled at
>all of them have 2 note pages, font size 4, + notes on the back of every statistical table they own (7 of them)
>for fucking basic stats

This is at Purdue btw, math/cs major reporting in. I hate to be racist and all that, but there has GOT to be something wrong with that culture.

>> No.5354609

>>5348243
That character had OCD not eidetic memory, you fucking pleb.

>> No.5354616

Vassar College
Math and Physics
3.45

>> No.5355248

>UBC
>EE
>4.3 (4.0) 95% avg
>Fourth year

Grades are all about work ethic. I actually feel like a faggot for having such good grades.

>> No.5355250

>>5354534
Sounds pretty accurate to me. A lot of asians are fucking ruthless about this shit, they cheat like you wouldn't believe.

Who cares though? If they run into a prof who cares, they'll probably get terminated from the university and have a mark on their transcript. Not worth it.

>> No.5355269

german eqivalent to the US highschool
maybe going to study math
-
-

>> No.5355299

>>5351072

I'm basically in this situation, except a little worse!

>> No.5355305

University of Florida
Physics and biology
4.0
For non computational classes i do the assigned reading before it is covered in class, and before the exam i will spend 1-2 hours quickly skimming through online notes/book. This has worked for bio1&2, psychology, and a bunch of other gen eds. Even worked for programming, and classes with all free response exams. However, the people taking classes like these are honestly not at the same level as people in STEM classes, so I spend maybe 1/6 the time studying for these classes as i do for the STEM ones.
For computational classes i do the same as non computational, but i also do all of the assigned problems. The important part is to legitimately work problems with no outside help unless it has seriously taken you 30+ minutes for one problem to even formulate a plan. This method got me A's in calc 1-3, chem 1&2, organic chem 1, physics w/ calc 1-2, and a few other computational classes.
Still a sophomore so haven't taken crazy upper level classes yet, but this might help freshmen out.

>> No.5355329

>UCB
>Women studies
>3.3

I study about 40 hours a week. I just don't get the material. I'm thinking of dropping out and going to a CC

>> No.5355460

RPI
Civil Engineering
3.2

dont need to worry bout gpa just graduate

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5355607

>>5353358

>> No.5356802

>>5350351
>SUNY Potsdam
>3.45
>dont really study either

>> No.5356818

>>5348201

Lolno.

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5356820

>>5353358

>> No.5356822

>>5356802
forgot to mention I'm also in the CS department

>> No.5356829 [DELETED] 

>>5348030
Chemical Engineering
3.81
I cannot study but haven't really needed to, and probably won't need to.

>> No.5356841

>>5353358

Is this a ban for shitposting or the most hilarious underage b& I've seen in a while?

>implying I didn't assume it was the latter

>> No.5356845

Waterloo (Canada)
Software Engineering
3.7
Take LaTeX notes. Study for at least 24 hours for exams. Never do any work on Fridays or Saturdays - strictly days for having fun.

>> No.5356850

>>5354616
do you know mike

>> No.5356854

>>5355248
oh shit yo, are you from USA?

>> No.5356868

Yale
Finance
3.7
4 hours a day.

>> No.5356872

>>5356854
no

>> No.5356879

>>5356872
sorry I just get excited when I read about UBC. I'm applying there and was hoping to get info on applications. I can't find anything that agrees in the US

>> No.5356881

SUNY Potsdam
Computer Science
GPA: 4.00

Basically I try hard to get an intuitive understanding of everything so I can recreate the logical steps necessary to arrive at the conclusions that will I will ultimately be tested on. I can't memorize things.

Plus it helps that Potsdam isn't the most academically-demanding school out there.

>> No.5356883

>>5356879
I know quite a few American students here. From what they tell me, it's cheaper to come to Canada and study here than it is to stay in the states and study.

>> No.5356886 [DELETED] 

ME
3.84

it might be higher after this semester since i went in with straight As into finals, and i don't think i did poor enough on any of them to knock me down. also, i'm a senior with 4 classes left to graduation.

for studying i try to understand the concepts instead of memorizing solutions which seems to be the norm. then again, i actually like mechanics instead of just going into ME in hopes of a good job after graduating.

>> No.5356887

I'm finished now but:

UniSA
Pharmacology
4.0 (equivalent)
Didn't study much. I worked hard when there was work to do and relaxed when there wasn't.

>> No.5356892

UIC
ME
3.84

it might be higher after this semester since i went in with straight As into finals, and i don't think i did poor enough on any of them to knock me down. also, i'm a senior with 4 classes left to graduation.

for studying i try to understand the concepts instead of memorizing solutions which seems to be the norm. then again, i actually like mechanics instead of just going into ME in hopes of a good job after graduating.

>> No.5356898

>>5356883
yeah, that's about half of the appeal for me. What about the kinds of grades they got? That's the maine stress cause for me. thanks

>> No.5356904

>>5356898
The ones I know do pretty well.

>> No.5356912

Biology with barely above a 2.00 gpa. I am not good at this college thing.

>tfw classmates are double majoring, have jobs, social life, clubs, hobbies, etc
>tfw struggling in the library to survive (library is closed at the moment)

>> No.5357077

NDSU.
Math major, French and CS minors
3.65

I only took classes that are easy for me to put effort into (math, CS, and French). I can put effort into them because I find them interesting. What killed my GPA this semester was the wellness general I couldn't give a fuck about.

>> No.5357202

UBC
Geography
>gpa

I have a B average.

>> No.5357222

ITSPR
3.6
petroleum engineering

>> No.5357228

>>5357202
>ubc
want to be my friend? i have none

>> No.5357238

Arizona State
4.0
Math/Economics
Work my ass harder than anyone else.

>> No.5357243

>>5357228
what department

>> No.5357245

>>5357243
pharm

>> No.5357246

>>5357245
you sound asian

>> No.5357258

>>5357238
>Arizona State
>Work my ass off harder than anyone else

>> No.5357278

>>5357202
oh dude how is it there? i'm thinking about transferring but im not from CA and not that crazy about paying double the price. maybe for grad? i'm a bio major and you guys must have crazy awesome research opportunities/programs

>> No.5357283

>>5357278
the bio at ubc is a very weak program for undergrad. clearly underfunded. they can't afford to have labs for the majority of their classes. they lack many different biology courses. for example i think they only have two or three undergrad genetics courses. can't speak about grad, probably a lot better.

>> No.5357296

>>5348224
>>5350999
Auburn also
Math and Philosophy
3.8
I read everything three times and take nootropics erryday

>> No.5357343

Thread still alive?
What is the GPA useful for? To get into gradschools / get scholarships?
We don't have that grading over here, I'm not even in college quite yet (next year)

>> No.5357346

>>5357343
grad school, professional schools, scholarships, research and internship positions, jobs depending on the field

>> No.5357351

>>5357346
Welp, I see.
Is the GPA from college totally unrelated to the one from highschool?
The thing is I threw my highschool grades through the window because all I cared about was passing, hah.

>> No.5357358

>>5357351
>Is the GPA from college totally unrelated to the one from highschool?
Yes

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>>5357358

>> No.5357372

>>5357343
what >>5357346 said. The higher your GPA, the better your chances of getting any of those things. If it's too low then you're locked out of future opportunities. If it's really low then colleges will actually kick you out.

Basically goes like this:
3.7 to 4.0 = gets you into any grad/professional program provided the rest of your application is up to snuff
3.6 = Still pretty good
3.5 = Lowest GPA you can have and still have a decent shot at good grad programs and professional schools
3.3 to 3.4 = low chance of getting into said programs. Will get you into low end grad programs.
3.0 = Minimum GPA for most grad/professional schools to even consider your application. Below this and they just toss it out without looking at the rest of it.
2.5 to 2.9 = Hope you didn't have any post-undergrad education plans, or apply for a job that cares about undergrad GPA
1.5 to 2.0 = typically this is where you'll get hit with academic probation by your college. If your GPA stays here for too long you run the risk of being expelled.
Below 1.5 = You're still here?

>> No.5357377

Some large community college in louisiana
Chemistry
2.8
I'm very lazy and study very little.
Calculus I handed my butt to me this semester because I did barely any of the homework and I've never bothered to do any for maths before and got A's

>> No.5357384

>>5350208
/thread

studying is not hard, just hard to get motivated for. At least this is the case in my experience. The only classes I've done poorly in are the classes that I never opened the text for. Even the you can get a passing grade with minimal effort

>> No.5357406

>having to work a shit job while going to school

all these assholes who live on campus and get money from mommy and daddy piss me off. there is no reason anyone with that much free time should not have a 4.0

yes I mad

>> No.5357432

>>5357258
Not the guy you were responding to.

To be honest, that stigma is a hold-over from past days. This place has fallen off the "party school" rankings.

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>that feel when your final grade is higher than you expected

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>>5357457
>tfw

>> No.5357543

>>5357406

>tfw thinking of people who have to work jobs during term time makes me realize how easy I have it and motivates me to work harder.

th-thanks

>> No.5357557

>>5349917
Canada doesn't grade inflate as much as the US

>> No.5357563

>>5357543
Second that. I feel the same way.

>> No.5357570

>>5348030
>Junior college in California

>Computer Science
....maybe? I don't know it it is my passion..

>2.7
Fucked up my first few semesters and struggling to bring it back up enough to transfer.

Seems pretty hopeless at this point.

>> No.5357571

Phd in math
300k starting
GPA is for the weak