Thread: So, about college for you older guys...

Originally Posted by Cherry Flavored Pez

EDIT: Just for clarification, my gpa for all freshmen-junior years is the cumulative at that point (the end of each year) divided by three right?
ex:
2.0 plus 2.83 plus hypothetical 4.25 divided by three should give me my overall? sorry, im rusty at this point

Yes, that's correct. So if you really kick ass in your junior year and manage to get that 4.25, your cumulative HS GPA for 9th-11th grade will be a (2 + 2.83 + 4.25) / 3 = 3.02, not great but not bad either. Bear in mind that the first half of your senior year may also be factored into the GPA that college admissions officers see, depending on when you apply.

Bottom line, if you can turn your shit around next year and senior year, you should be able to fulfill your goal of getting directly into a four-year school without going to community college. As sycld says, not Berkeley, but some four-year school.

Earlier, you were talking about how your best friend said she isn't going to let you screw up this coming year. I can tell you right now that will not be enough. If you rely on other people to keep you motivated by prodding you along, it simply will not work. The motivation has to come from you. I guess it's nice to have encouragement from your friends, but ultimately that's not what will determine your success. You have to be able to realize that the immediate pleasures of slacking off aren't worth the future consequences of it, and you have to be able to realize that strongly enough to make yourself sit down every night and study when you'd rather be doing your own thing. It's just a question of maturity/responsibility; if you don't have enough of it, then no amount of encouragement and prodding from your friends will make you get good grades. It'll be like they were telling a rock to fly. I know because I was in the exact same boat in high school, I didn't have the maturity to make myself buckle down no matter how much my friends pushed me. I hope you do.