High School Halts Publication of Honor Roll

[CarolineM 0]

I just, today, had a girl REJECTED from the Univ of Florida...3.8 GPA, 1230 SATs

flat out rejected from early desicion.

Another girl...4.1 GPA, 30 ACT, rejected.

It's not easy any more guys...seriously.

Edited December 13, 2006 by CarolineM

[almaty 19]

I just, today, had a girl REJECTED from the Univ of Florida...3.8 GPA, 1230 SATs

flat out rejected from early desicion.

Another girl...4.1 GPA, 30 ACT, rejected.

It's not easy any more guys...seriously.

damn, that is just wrong sister karo

[mawilson 2,133]

Another girl...4.1 GPA, 30 ACT, rejected.

4.1 GPA?? Isn't the GPA based on a 4-point scale?

[Jenn! 918]

I just, today, had a girl REJECTED from the Univ of Florida...3.8 GPA, 1230 SATs

flat out rejected from early desicion.

Another girl...4.1 GPA, 30 ACT, rejected.

It's not easy any more guys...seriously.

damn, that is just wrong sister karo

A friend of mine just opened up a tutoring business (HS courses and SATs). He's raking it in. You wouldn't believe what parents are willing to pay to make sure their kid gets into a top school.

[Fandango 1,439]

Another girl...4.1 GPA, 30 ACT, rejected.

4.1 GPA?? Isn't the GPA based on a 4-point scale?

if you're in honor classes, it's a 5.0 scale

[mawilson 2,133]

Another girl...4.1 GPA, 30 ACT, rejected.

4.1 GPA?? Isn't the GPA based on a 4-point scale?

if you're in honor classes, it's a 5.0 scale

Ah - makes sense now.

[Alex+R 0]

Why do people care so much? I don't get it.

[Jenn! 918]

Why do people care so much? I don't get it.

To brag. Seriously, I think that's mostly it.

[CarolineM 0]

it IS 4.0, but you get weighted points for honors and AP classes.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

I just, today, had a girl REJECTED from the Univ of Florida...3.8 GPA, 1230 SATs

flat out rejected from early desicion.

Another girl...4.1 GPA, 30 ACT, rejected.

It's not easy any more guys...seriously.

It's easier for certain races.

[Jenn! 918]

I just, today, had a girl REJECTED from the Univ of Florida...3.8 GPA, 1230 SATs

flat out rejected from early desicion.

Another girl...4.1 GPA, 30 ACT, rejected.

It's not easy any more guys...seriously.

It's easier for certain races.

You mean like how it's easier for whites than for asians? Yup, I agree.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Why do people care so much? I don't get it.

To brag. Seriously, I think that's mostly it.

Statistics have shown that it isn't necessarily the students with the highest GPA's that end up being the most successful in college and later on in life. In the NBA (basketball), many times the top draft picks don't live up to their promise.

...and of course some of the most influential people throughout history were considered failures at one thing or another - like the story that Einstein flunked math and worked for years in patent office as a clerk.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

I just, today, had a girl REJECTED from the Univ of Florida...3.8 GPA, 1230 SATs

flat out rejected from early desicion.

Another girl...4.1 GPA, 30 ACT, rejected.

It's not easy any more guys...seriously.

It's easier for certain races.

You mean like how it's easier for whites than for asians? Yup, I agree.

It is? You need to get out more.

[Jenn! 918]

I just, today, had a girl REJECTED from the Univ of Florida...3.8 GPA, 1230 SATs

flat out rejected from early desicion.

Another girl...4.1 GPA, 30 ACT, rejected.

It's not easy any more guys...seriously.

It's easier for certain races.

You mean like how it's easier for whites than for asians? Yup, I agree.

It is? You need to get out more.

Nice try, again. Are you serious?

In 1990, the federal Office of Civil Rights investigated Harvard University's admission office. It found that though Asian-Americans had on average higher grades and test scores, they were admitted at a lower rate than white students. Harvard justified this practice by appealing to its preferences for legacies and recruited athletes, which benefited whites more than Asians. The 2005 study by Princeton professors Thomas Espenshade and Chang Chung, cited in Li's complaint, also concluded that having preferences for legacies and athletes decreases the number of Asian-American applicants that a college admits.

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/...ion/16754.shtml

While affirmative action may make things "easier" for certain minority groups, it has the opposite effects for others.

Edited December 13, 2006 by jenn3539

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

yawn, you quote a story from ONE school. Big deal. At least be honest with yourself.