My friend Flor, the 4.4 GPA friend, has turned down Harvard, Oxford, and for what may I ask??!!! For St. John's???????!!!!!! Please hatrackers, help her see reality.
Posted by Portabello (Member # 7710) on :
I'll help you see reality.
GPA has a maximum of 4.0.
I think you're dreaming.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
That's not very nice.
She's obviously talking about weighted GPA.
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
She's taken AP classes. Duh.
Posted by Portabello (Member # 7710) on :
What's a weighted GPA?
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
When GPA is weighed on honors scale. 5.0
Posted by Portabello (Member # 7710) on :
So she took AP classes. What does that have to do with anything?
I took AP classes in high school as well. The scale was still 0.0 - 4.0.
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
It's when you do all your classwork with weights tied to your ankles.
Hey, I can make a stupid joke every once in a while, too!
-Katarain
Posted by Portabello (Member # 7710) on :
OK, I see now.
I'll help you see reality some more.
She probably has a better idea what she wants to do than you do.
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Academic stuff changes. Its like having A+es
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
you can get an extra point averaged in for an Advanced Placement class, (and here, a half point for honors classes). My school just did this my senior year, so it didn't help my class much.
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
She doesn't really. I think she's maing her decisions more on what others think and not what she wants.
Posted by Portabello (Member # 7710) on :
You honestly think you know what she wants more than she does?
It seems that all you are trying to do is change the group that she blindly follows.
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
I mean, seriously, who DOESN'T want in on Harvard or Oxford? She used to talk so much about Oxford and ho much she wanted to go. She thinks its cool because she has always wanted to go to England. Its not just that though.
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
I’ve heard of this above a 4.0 thing before. Something with A+ I guess is the usual trend. That way when you have so many with a perfect 4.0 they can average in to get the winner. Sort of a tie breaker. What’s wrong with St. John’s? It’s a Big East school. So you’ll get some great basketball games. A good education. And maybe it’s just where she wants to go. I know I only applied for West Virginia University. I grew up working the home football games and wanted to be part of it all. Sure a degree from Harvard or Oxford would get you a great job easier, but the same degree and GPA from St. Johns won’t be all that far behind. And after your first job they don’t look at that but so much. Plus it’s more important for her to do what she thinks will make her happy. Better to be happy at St. John’s then miserable at Harvard.
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Flor has always wanted to go t Oxford. I understand why she may be turning it down, but I do not understand why she would want to go to St. Johns instead.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
I agree with Jay.
*falls over in a faint*
If she doesn't think she'll be happy, chances are she won't be happy. I probably wouldn't accept Harvard but I would accept Oxford .
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Turning down OXFORD?
Can I replace her there? Make sure I'm registered as a male!
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Before you condemn her choice, find out why she's changed her mind.
Having said that, I know a guy who turned down a full ride to the Citadel so he could marry...well, you'd have to meet the girl.
Believe me, he's regretting that decision.
-Trevor
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
I dont think theres anything wrong with St. Johns, but I do think that Oxford would make her happier. She gets all exctatic when I put up my british accent act, Imagine how happy she would feel to be around all those "real english" persons. Heck, she even writes "colour" instead of "color" and says "shall" instead of "will"...
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Oh, she's regi...Oh, she WAS registered as a girl though...
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
Maybe she thinks she’d be happier being a road scholar instead of a regular student there. Best of both worlds!
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
That doesn't mean she'd be happier, that just means she'd enjoy Monty Python. Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
She's planning on attending a whole bunch of Universities. Even Cambrige, I just hope she gets accepted.......or not. If she isn't, Princeton Rejected her(bastards!) and so did berkley. If she is rejected, then she will go to oxford then.
Posted by Jonathan K. (Member # 7720) on :
I like every monty python movie except for the holy grail, i think it's overated.
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Quoting Trevor Hudson:
quote: (Flor), for someone so smart, you're pretty stupid
Posted by Portabello (Member # 7710) on :
*overrates Holy Grail*
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
I’m not dead yet
Posted by Jonathan K. (Member # 7720) on :
I don't dislike it, i just don't like it as much as the others
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
So now you're talking about Monty Python? Anyway, I still can't believe she's not going for Oxford.
Posted by Jonathan K. (Member # 7720) on :
yea, oxford all the way, at any rate I think the best plotty monty python movie (of the two) is Life of Brian
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
Oxford? Bahhhh…. Who wouldn’t want to go to West Virginia University.
Where greatness is learned and couches are burned. Not to mention the #1 party school multiple years. One year they didn’t rank WVU with the others because they said they don’t put professionals in with amateurs. Cool. And the sports are getting better all the time.
Oh yeah, the academics aren’t bad either.
Posted by Fyfe (Member # 937) on :
St. John's looks so cool...I'd've gone to St. John's if the money had been there.
Jen
(But not over Oxford.) (Also, after having read Expecting Adam, I would never, never, never go to Harvard.)
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Why not harvard? What did you read?
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
There may be some reasons for her decision that she's not telling you...
I didn't even apply to Ivy League schools, 'cause I knew I couldn't afford them, and my stepmother made sure I knew that I wouldn't be getting any financial help. So I'm at DePauw, but with a full ride. I’m happy.
Besides, if you’re planning to go to grad school, where you go for undergrad doesn’t matter very much…
Posted by Uhleeuh (Member # 6803) on :
Fyfe, thank you for letting me know my sociology 101 class a few years ago wasn't the only group of people on Earth to have read Expecting Adam. I fell in love with that book and have been trying to both find other people who have read it and get other people who haven't to give it a try. My day just got infinitely better. Posted by Fyfe (Member # 937) on :
Alt--The woman in Expecting Adam (incidentally one of the best books I have ever read--everyone should read it!) went to Harvard, and she was constantly trying to be smart enough, and she always felt inadequate, and she faked knowledge of things she didn't know about, which apparently everyone there does. It just sounded like not very much fun. I'd rather go to Oxford. At least Oxford has the advantage of Oscar Wilde having gone there.
Jen
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
4.4 GPA = 3.52 GPA
Pretty simple math. If you can get a 4.4, I'd expect you to be able to do that.
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
quote:I mean, seriously, who DOESN'T want in on Harvard or Oxford?
After my husband visited the campus of Harvard, he withdrew his application. (He didn't like their chemistry labs.)
Harvard is great for the prestige, and it is a good school, great location. One of the disadvantages of Harvard, compared to other Ivies, is that a lot of the undergraduate classes are taught by TA's.
Nothing wrong with St. John's if that's where she thinks she'll be happy.
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
We have reached a compromise. She hadn't been able to go to an interview for Oxford becaue it was in NYC, so now that she will be attending St. John's, it will be easier for her to go to the interview this time, she wants to transfer after her freshmen year to Oxford.
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