Poll: What were your grades like?

alliapistor · February 2012

I feel like we have some smarties on this board.

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morrigan08 · February 2012

Grades were not great, but no ones were. Went to a school that was known for being tough graders (RPI - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505145_162-37243170/grade-inflation-colleges-with-the-easiest-and-hardest-grades/

The Big D · February 2012

I got a scholarship straight out of high school that my undergrad tuition would be paid for if I kept a certain GPA - 3.5. Near the end, with the harder classes in my major, it got much more difficult, but keeping straight A's in the beginning with the easier, basic classes kept me above the mark.

Casperdy · February 2012

My grades were good as my parents drilled that in to me at a young age (and paid me for good grades in high school-not sure how I feel about that now)...

But I got a 4.0 for my Master's (not to be an AW) and I honestly think it was because I loved what I was studying so much. School work didn't feel like work, since my projects were things like, design this kitchen! There is such a difference, IMO, when you really love the work you're doing.

TeacherTiff · February 2012

I don't feel like I can accurately answer that question, lol.

In HS, I took all honors and college prep classes and graduated with a 3.9. In college, I SHOULD have had a better GPA but one quarter and a changed major effed me for the rest of the time so I barely graduated with a 3.0. I actually think it was like 2.9. This severely pisses me off because the reason I did so bad that quarter was that my major was science related and I was classes with all of the pharmacy kids... but I had a skiing accident that took me out of classes for 2 weeks. I had 2 professors who refused to let me make up any work and I failed their classes, so my GPA for that quarter was 0.8. After I switched majors I never got below a B in anything. Boo, terrible professors!

star678 · February 2012

I only got decent grades in my undergrad. Honestly, I partied too much and felt directionless in my major. But, the grades were good enough to get me into a post-bacc program, so not horrible, but lower than I would have liked. I answered based on those grades.

My second bachelors and post-bacc cumulative was 3.7 and I have a 4.0 in my graduate program thus far (currently have an A in my class right now as well.) I agree with Cassidy, once I figured out what I loved and started studying it, the grades came easily. Since I'm seriously considering a doctorate program and I'd love to study at Michigan, I really want to keep my 4.0.

naylon511 · February 2012

I was always an A-/B+ kind of student. Capable of more, fine with what I got and liked to party. I also went to a notoriously hard-grading school so I was thrilled with my GPA which was like 3.3 or so. My major classes were my strongest (generally all As) and my other liberal arts classes.......not so much. Two years of French (lang. requirement) nearly did me in.

UTRachel84 · February 2012

My grades were good (3.6 UG and 3.8 G), but I didn't exactly try for a 4.0. I had a ton of fun in college and wouldn't trade my experiences for a better GPA for the world. Those courses that I like I work very hard in, but those I hate I tend to do what I need to get by. Looking back I am glad that I didn't work my butt off, because really how many employers look at your GPA after your first real job?

MrsJaay · February 2012

naylon511:
I was always an A-/B+ kind of student. Capable of more, fine with what I got and liked to party. I also went to a notoriously hard-grading school so I was thrilled with my GPA which was like 3.3 or so. My major classes were my strongest (generally all As) and my other liberal arts classes.......not so much. Two years of French (lang. requirement) nearly did me in.

This was me. I could've done better (and did when I spent the study time) but there was so much more fun stuff out there I probably finished somewhere around a 3.3 too.

613marriedlady · February 2012

I was a B/C student with a few A's thrown in. I didn't truly apply myself though, so I know I could have gotten much better grades. I was just lazy.

Rangergal9 · February 2012

I sucked at undergrad the first two years there. I was also pre-med and didn't do well cause I suck at chemistry. And ya know, I partied a lot and slacked off....When I switched to marketing and communications I did really well and had a 3.8gpa my last two years at school. In grad school I had a 3.95 gpa and graduated with highest honors. I also had really good grades in HS.

Jennrs · February 2012

3.06. Not my best performance. I did a lot of socializing in college and not enough studying. Oh well! I'm happy with where I'm a now. :-)

cnstarz · February 2012

I had a 3.7 in UG.

mrsjanks · February 2012

3.9999 in HS because I made a B in one semester of AP US History.

3.7 in undergrad (bio major).

4.0 for masters and Ed.S.

Beth&Derek · February 2012

I got a 2.7 my first semester of undergrad and had a really hard time recovering. I graduated with a 3.23 and was devastated because I thought for sure the 4.0 in my last semester would give me enough for cumlaude which was 3.3.

Grad school was another story. I got an A- in my first class and an A in the 9 classes after that, so I ended up with like a 3.98.

ETA: Bahaha! C-u-m laude apparently is a naughty word and needs to be typed as one word to avoid astrisks.

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