How did you guys do in high school?

[Qayin]

I'm doing pretty terrible actually C average GPA and piss poor attendance, I'm about to finish my Junior year(Grade 11). I can do better but High School is just miserable for obvious reasons, in no way am I an anti-intellectual. I'm planning to go to Community College,specifically Chandler-Gilbert Community College then transfer to Arizona State University but I have no clue since my grades aren't the best and money is tight, I'm still on my way to a High School Diploma currently.

How did you guys do in High School? How did you pay for College/Uni?

[Tablo]

I did shit in high school, but that was because I recognized it was pointless to put forth effort in my situation. I got a 2.6 gpa, but because I got a 27 on my ACT I got accepted to all the colleges I applied to. Just do what you can and do well on standardized tests is all I will say.

[RHIZOMES]

Excellences in Art and English, crap grades for everything else (ESPECIALLY P.E.)

[Kamerat]

I used my time in high school to sleep. Felt it where a waste of time. Teachers based their grading on how much they personally liked the pupils. Got a lot of E's and D's. Had no problem getting into collage afterwards though. Now i get A's and B's because the courses are something im interested in. I don't pay for collage since its free. Living cost i pay for with student loan, and if i pass all my exams i don't have to pay back 1/3 of the loan.

[Jazzratt]

High-average marks at GCSE (Bs and Cs mostly. Aside from german which I was D or E). I missed a lot of lessons toward the end due to mental health issues.

[gorillafuck]

I'm a sophomore right now.

I do pretty okay. Mostly B's with a couple A's. My worst class is French where I get C's.

[Sam_b]

Came out with 5 As at Higher and one A at Advanced Higher. So yeah pretty well.


How did you pay for College/Uni

Technically free, but with the amount of books, transport etc coupled with living in a new city i'm about two grand in debt and looking for a second job.

[Il Medico]

Pretty shit. I just didn't do the work, so....I believe I graduated with a B-C average overall. got like a 2.9 or something.

[Raúl Duke]

I graduated with a 3.5 GPA

I maintain a GPA of 3.0-3.5 in college (although I have had dropped 2 classes before.)

[Coggeh]

I got 300 points in my leaving cert last year out of a possible 600 though less than 8% get more than 500, average was 255 last year which is astoundingly low.

Anyway didn't get my course which went from 320 to 375 though im doing a Fetac course in childcare which then one in special needs so i can get in to year 2 of the course i want which is Social care. So i only lose out on a year and it beats repeating :)

[which doctor]

I think I graduated with something like a 3.9 gpa, but I was one of those people who could do good in school without really trying. I spent most of my time either sulking, doing drugs, or reading bad books. I got a 32 on my act, and got various academic awards and such, but still wasn't able to get into the school I wanted to go to, which is probably a good thing since I wasn't sure where $50,000 each year was going to come from to pay for it. Now I go to a much cheaper school, paid for scholarship money and my parents.

I encourage all of the high school students in this thread to do your homework, work hard, and get good grades.

[GPDP]

Like which doctor, I'm one of those people who can do well at school without really trying, only I added an element of laziness to it.

I was at the top ten percent of my class when I graduated. I could have done way better, perhaps even gotten into the top 2%, but I was lazy as fuck during the first three years, especially during my 3rd year. I picked up the slack my senior year, but it was too late. I still did great, though, and graduated with a ton of honors and lots of college credit. I just didn't study hard enough and couldn't be arsed to do a lot of assignments throughout the years.

Now I'm at uni, with a GPA of 3.3, which I'm expecting to rise this semester. I also entered a rut around my second year, where I actually failed a class (which I have since retaken and expect to get an A on). I'm a semester away from graduation with a BA in Political Science and Sociology. Feels good man.

[Foldered]

I only had two B's on my transcripts and the rest were A's. I don't remember what courses they were in; that was 4 years ago.
I got some small scholarships too. Started off in University doing really well, but I slacked off hard in my Third year (way too much wine-drinking right around when classes were actually becoming difficult). My GPA is still recovering from that, but I'm at 3.6 with one semester left of a BA in English and I may minor in socio-cultural anthropology.
EDIT: I also do well with relatively minimal effort. I drink lots and hang out with my friends and still ended with 4.0 these last two semesters. School is second nature at this point for me. I second which doctor in encouraging people to actually do their schoolwork in highschool and do well, it'll make the rest of your life a hell of a lot easier.

I'm very grateful; my parents pay for a significant portion of my schooling. Without them, I would have became one of those people who goes treeplanting every summer to stay in school.

[Agnapostate]

I attended private school until high school. I attended public high school because I got kicked out of parochial private school when my beliefs started shifting from Christian rightism, and I started challenging instructors more (I'd racked up forty to fifty detentions in the seventh and eighth grades, I think; I know I was in second place one year), and this culminated in some trouble near the end of the year (ten days away). So I didn't go through the eighth-grade graduation ceremony because I was indefinitely suspended, and they gave me my transcript and I left (I was kicked out of the church youth group a few months later when I became "counterproductive," though I was let back in when I went back a few years later and pretended to repent).

I didn't live in the hood as a high school student, but I lived on its outer edges, and there were fights and gang incidents at my school, and a couple of knife assaults during the year and a half that I went there. By the time I was a sophomore, I'd gotten sick of the school system, and routinely cut class and entire school days. With middle school and high school combined, I'd also accumulated fifteen suspensions (in and out of school) up to that point, and had gotten kicked out of a couple of classes (as in removed from the courses; I was removed from individual sessions numerous times). I had a GPA hovering slightly above 1.0 (a 'D' average). When this culminated in me challenging the administrators, I was sent to continuation school, ostensibly for "academic" reasons, though I actually wasn't behind on credits despite my abysmal GPA.

I liked continuation school much better than comprehensive high school, even though they sent a message by sending me with teenage mothers and juvenile delinquents, with at least one instructor implying that I was worse. I didn't care. I still liked it better there because credits could be earned at an individual pace. After the semester ended, though, I couldn't tolerate any more school and dropped out, getting my equivalency degree after two years of high school and going to community college, since I couldn't immediately enter a university.

[Os Cangaceiros]

3.4 GPA at the end of my illustrious career. :rolleyes:

I don't really put much stock into GPA averages, though. I was an incredibly lazy student, and I still did better than a lot of the students who actually tried.

[Nolan]

Private school until tenth grade. The lowest I've ever had is 3.4.

I'm in the National Honor Society. :thumbup1:

[bailey_187]

All through the first years i did fuck all, always got into trouble, being the clown etc, then in year 11 (the least year of Uk highschool) i started doing work and did quite good in GCSE (mostly B's and C's and A* in history which pissed lots of people off who worked all through school lol). Now im doing last year of A Levels (in American this would just be normal highschool still) and, at risk of sounding big headed i'm killing it tbh.

first years of highschool mean nothing, just have fun.

[punisa]

I did very very bad..
Actually, first year I was excellent, then I became a total rebel about everything and completely disregarded my classes.
I had the lowest attendance in the history of my high-school, it was confirmed, and I'm damn proud of it :D

Despite that I've came around and entered college and finished it quite well and in record time.
Looking back at it, I guess I really hated the attitude certain high-school teachers had towards students.
Many were looking down upon us, especially if we refused to act in right manner.

I was caught smoking cigarettes and weed in bathrooms all over my school.
And other shit.

[Foldered]

3.4 GPA at the end of my illustrious career. :rolleyes:

I don't really put much stock into GPA averages, though. I was an incredibly lazy student, and I still did better than a lot of the students who actually tried.
This is pretty much the same for me. The only reason that I am putting stock into GPAs is because I'd like to get into a Graduate program without having to pull strings.

[Mendax]

I did fairly average in GCSE/up to 16 shizz (3 As 2 Bs and 5 Cs) and now I'm doing fairly well at A-level (up to 18) but because I'm actually some kind of effort into my subjects now my teachers have just assumed I'm dumber then most of the people in my classes from my GCSE grades even though I'm gettings As and Bs ><

[Spawn of Stalin]

I don't really remember and I don't know where my results are but I know I got a very high D in maths and did pretty shit in everything else.


Came out with 5 As at Higher and one A at Advanced Higher. So yeah pretty well.

I'd say 5As is pretty much par for the course for SWPers.

[GPDP]

I'd say 5As is pretty much par for the course for SWPers.

Revleft: the only place where excellent grades get turned into sectarian insults.

[The Ben G]

Revleft: the only place where excellent grades get turned into sectarian insults.

This may be one of the best comments ive ever seen.

[The Douche]

Had As and Bs, dropped out cause the administration fucked up my attendence records and said I missed to many days, turned all my grades to zeros, told me I'd have to repeat the year. Told them to fuck themselves.

Joined the army, go to community college, get all As and Bs.

[#FF0000]

I'd say 5As is pretty much par for the course for SWPers.

You are a totally worthless poster with dumb politics.

I did alright in high school. B's and C's but I was in the Gifted program!!!!!!

[Guerrilla22]

Never tried ever in high school, went to community college for one year then transferred into a decent school. If you do well in high school and get into a good school right out of high school then congrats, but if you have less than spectacular grades you still can get into a good school if you do well in a community college. So don't worry so much about your grades in high school.

[MarxSchmarx]

It was always a hedge your bets thing for me, and this is true I've found in a lot of the global north. I busted my butt in high school and did pretty well, studied hard to get good exam scores and got into a good university. It actually opened a lot of doors that wouldn't have been there otherwise, but with some people it just comes later. But at least I had the choice that if I wanted to throw it all away I could. If I had slacked off and wasted my time in school I doubt I would have had those options.

[SammXVX]

I currently go to a college Prep school in Tucson and I'm only failing math, but i often find myself pissed off at everyone in the school / what we learn. 2.67GPA

Arizona sucks at educating.

[Saorsa]

I never really had to try that hard so I drifted, skipped class and generally didn't take it that seriously. In the last two years I just dropped all the classes I didn't like and did a bunch of classes like English, History, Geography etc where I could just bullshit my way through. I was good at these subjects whether I went to class or not so I rarely did. I dropped out at the end of 6th form with good grades in these subjects.

I was told by a senior school administrator that while my grades weren't bad enough that he could expel me, he didn't want me coming back. Which was funny because I'd already decided not to go back anyway... I stopped giving a shit about what the principals and teachers I didn't like thought of me quite early on and got in a fair bit of trouble for years. I left school owing like 200 hours of detention time because of detentions I didn't show up to. They doubled, then tripled if you didn't show up, but if you just never showed up at all you escaped the problem. I never got why other people didn't see it this simply :-) The school never did have the guts to expel anyone.

Anyway, after dropping out of school I went to uni, got expelled in my first semester for burning the NZ flag, then dropped out and decided to do other things with my time and stop going after a meaningless BA degree for the sake of it.

I'll probably go back next year to do a course I like, but it's not that big a deal to me.

[Crusade]

I actually got straight A's up until 7th grade when my mom went to prison. After that I actually did a complete pullback from school altogether. The first quarter that I failed in, I was actually surprised even though I ditched entire weeks at times and barely did any homework. I was so used to being on the honor roll I didn't think it was possible for me to fail. I dropped out sophomore year and ended up getting a GED. I was way too depressed and scatterbrained to focus on school. I was also dating a (female dog) that demanded I spend most of my time and energy on her so that was another reason I guess, although I'm not blaming anyone but me(my girl now's awsum:wub:). In retrospect, however, I would have done so much better in high school if I had the direction I have now(20). Back then I barely knew if I wanted to live another day, let alone knowing my career choice.

[010]

I find it unusual how other countries rank their students. How do they differentiate one 'A' from another 'A'? Do they also use percentages? Where I live (Australia) they give you a grade (ABCD) but they also give you a ranking against all other students within your state, and that ranking is used to see if you meet the requirements to enter your course. So, if you have like a ranking of 70, then you can get into this course. I got a ranking of 98 which is pretty useless (anything 90+ can get you into most things apart from law and medicine, depending on which university). I didn't want to do medicine because I don't like blood or seeing people in pain :s

[Uppercut]

I'm still a senior but I'm doing fairly well. I've got a 3.5 GPA and mostly Bs with a few As. Of course, my English teacher is a total ***** and waits till the end of the year to cram everything in. And if we have trouble, she always replies, "Well, if you can't handle this, don't even bother going to college." etc, etc. She just tries to scare the shit out of us if we have a problem.
I still do the work most of the time because I need to keep my grades up, but still, she's a total *****.

[Spawn of Stalin]

You are a totally worthless poster with dumb politics.

I did alright in high school. B's and C's but I was in the Gifted program!!!!!!

Oh hey man, it was a joke. No need to get you knickers in a twist over it.

[ed miliband]

Doing GCSEs I pretty much lost myself. I ended up in hospital a few times after being a dickhead with substances, I maintained this attitude that I didn't really give a fuck and that I'd be happy dropping out of school after I got my (bad) results. Come results day I have 3 A*s, an A, 2 Bs and a C. I probably could have done better if I'd not had such a bad attitude, but the results made me realise my potential, and made me determined to do better - not because I want to be a millionaire or because I want to go to Oxford or Cambridge, but because I've realised the importance of education, especially when my forefathers were denied it.

Come A-level year my school establishes an 'Oxbridge Club'. My school traditionally wouldn't send any kids to Oxford or Cambridge, but after one girl getting in there last year they decided to establish this club for 'gifted' kids. I didn't get in because I didn't do enough GCSEs, and the fact that the school had the audacity to establish such a club spurred me on to do brilliantly. I'm doing well atm, and have exams coming up. I've actually outperformed people in that club in all the subjects that I do... :)

[StoneFrog]

I liveed in England got mainly B and As, a few Cs in my GCSE's.
Moved to Canada after that so had 2 year left in high school, and really didn't give a shit. I am one of those people who just sink into the background unnoticed, so teachers never knew me and that was for a reason. I was fed up with their BS.
I barley graduated high school, the only reason i passed any class was because tests count for a good amount of the grades. I always do well on tests, but in class and homework i never participated in much of it. But what i learned in school was more analyzing people, probably one of the most valuable things i got from schooling.

I am an aspiring artist so i dont care for schooling, i'd rather teach myself everything, at least then i will remember what i learned not just learn it to pass a test or get good grades.

[#FF0000]

Oh hey man, it was a joke. No need to get you knickers in a twist over it.

So was I <3

[Dooga Aetrus Blackrazor]

I got three Marx's, two Bukanin's and a Stalin. I should've tried harder in that last course.
Seriously, though, I did really well with little effort. High school is pretty useless. The socialization is alright, but I'd almost recommend students drop out and take the GED now. They'll learn more and save time and money. Sure, they'll lose the opportunity to socialize with people they'll probably rarely talk to anymore after school is finished.

High school made me miserable. I had top stop doing work and entertain myself most of the time. It was the equivalent of bouncing a ball against the wall repeatedly. I find most academic learning to get worse and worse as I age. It's just so mind-numbingly repetitive it makes me insane.

[La Comédie Noire]

My G.P.A. was a 1.09 something or other, there was one year where I just didn't show up, in my freshman and sophomore year I'd come in drunk or stoned, but let me tell you I got so much reading done and learned more than I ever would have had I gotten into AP Classes. I agree with Dooga, drop out and get a GED, unless you want to hang around for the adolescent social environment.

[A.R.Amistad]

I got bored of high school, so I left last semester and did online school. I got bored of that and decided to get my GED. I'm a Junior in HS now, but next year I'm going to college and I'm going to have a dorm and everything FTW!

[Stand Your Ground]

Terrible. I skipped alot, didn't do much homework, got mostly C's & D's, not even sure how I got those.

[SammXVX]

I'm still a senior but I'm doing fairly well. I've got a 3.5 GPA and mostly Bs with a few As. Of course, my English teacher is a total ***** and waits till the end of the year to cram everything in. And if we have trouble, she always replies, "Well, if you can't handle this, don't even bother going to college." etc, etc. She just tries to scare the shit out of us if we have a problem.
I still do the work most of the time because I need to keep my grades up, but still, she's a total *****.
My English teacher is the same, she kills us with all of these dumb assignments at the last minute, and every assignment is worth like... five points.