Ask the straight-A student

[Ike_Witt]

How much contempt do you hold for straight ‘B’ students?

[Kythereia]

I forgot in the last post: congrats, Inner Stickler! toasts

@Autolycus

Are you able to maintain that level of academic success and still have a social life? I think the answer is yes. Therefore, my next question is: When are you coming to Boston? Cmon, I thought my prayers were answered

It’s tough, but yeah, I can–I mean, no. Definitely not. I’m just too, too busy and caught up in work to go travelling anywhere…

@bigbabysweets2000

Does it make you mad that I hate you?

No. I’m okay. I’ll be fine. sniff

@Aguecheek

Did you know that Canadian As are not the same as American As? Do you have a 90%+ average?

Ohhh. Um. I maintained an 80-85% average, which counted as an A, but 90% and above were A+s. Am I disqualified now? :eek:

Anaamika, please, give your answers too! That goes for all the other straight-A students out there…

@Epimetheus

Do you feel you retain MORE from a class you get an A+ in over a class you only get a B+ in? Obviously one would study the material harder, but if you don’t use it later, do you retain just as much as if you had gotten a B?

I know I got an A+ in a Chemistry class in a community college, but I had to retake the same material once I got to Uni, and it wasn’t any different or harder, nor was it structured any differently, but I got a C. It was a year apart. My excuse: I got a great grade and learned a lot (I studied like crazy the first time), so I thought I would have retained it so I didn’t study much at all.

That’s a good question. I think if I personally retain something beyond an exam or a test, it has more to my interest in the subject–like Renaissance literature and history, ancient mythology, so on–than getting a good grade.

Interesting about your Chemistry class, though. Is Chemistry your main major?

@Zebra

Do you have a problem turning in your work on time?

Sometimes, yeah. My problem is that I’ll write and rewrite something and freak out about details up to the last minute, and then turn it in a couple of days late–a perfect paper, but still late. I’ve really been trying to avoid this more, now.

@Kuboydal

Can I borrow your notes?

Depends. Will you give me chocolate / alcohol / cute boys’ numbers?

[Kythereia]

@adam yax

How much contempt do you hold for straight ‘B’ students?

Those peasants!

(My philosophy is that if you do the best you can and get a B, you still did your best, and that I admire. Everyone’s smart / good at something. :))

[Hampshire]

Have you ever held a job while going to school?

What type of job are you going to look for after graduating from college?

How well do you think you’ll transition from “top of the class booksmart student” to “employee with no experience”?

I’ve known some really smart people that are ace students, get their degree, get their masters, etc. and make it a habit of being a career student.
Then when they get out into the working world they have a really tough time transitioning. Either becoming bored with their work, feeling overqualified, underappreciated, resentment towards co-workers, etc.

[Epimetheus]

@Kythereia

Interesting about your Chemistry class, though. Is Chemistry your main major?

The first time around it was an A.S in Biology working for getting accepted into a PharmD program. I switched schools and majors when I didn’t get accepted the first time around and was Biochemistry for a Semester. One Biochem class and the performance of my Chemistry made me realize I didn’t really like Chemistry that much and switched to computer science.

[Least_Original_User_Name_Ever]

whispers over to bbs2k

Uh oh. Nerd alert
motions thumb over at Kytheria

[Thudlow_Boink]

@Aguecheek

Did you know that Canadian As are not the same as American As?

Huh. I never knew this. Are those metric As?

[Ignatz]

I had a 3.98 GPA in 2-year technical institute in Boston (Associate in Engineering degree) then 26 years later after 3 years night school, got a 3.98 (out of 4.0) in a (historically Black) southern college (I’m not Black, just historic) (BA in PA). Got all A’s there except for one B from a witch that had worked as the benefits coordinator for the same employer as I for the previous 3 years.