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72Signal914
post May 20 2003, 02:28 PM
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Just looked at my grades from last semester (at UF) and well......I failed Biology :finger2: . It sucked throughout the year but I thought I would pull of a C in the end but I guess not. Whatever, you don't have to reply. Just wanted to let you know how smart I was. I needed to know what my grades were before my parents would allow me to get insurance on the 914 so I could drive it again. I might get a warning or get revoked from my 75% tuition scholarship since I dropped below the GPA requirement. Hopefully they'll give me a semester to improve (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif)

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post May 20 2003, 02:36 PM
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You're lucky. He is the deal my son has:

He has to maintain a minimum of a 3.2 GPA to retain his scholarship from the university.

He has to maintain a minimum of a 3.6 GPA to retain his scholarship from me.

Failure is not an option.
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post May 20 2003, 02:43 PM
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It's not like I wanted to fail and all, I just couldn't hack the class and I went through some emotional time then also. That's no excuse, and I did change my major after my mom and I had a talk, I really didn't need the class. Sucks but life goes on, and I've gotta bite the bullet
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post May 20 2003, 02:44 PM
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The wife has maintained a 4.0 for the last 3 years... all this from home.

I'm terrible at school.


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post May 20 2003, 02:50 PM
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Biology is a woman's science anyway. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)
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post May 20 2003, 02:50 PM
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Brad did you go to the same school I did?
The school of hard knocks...every time you start to get somewhere they knock you down so you are learning a lesson.
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post May 20 2003, 02:58 PM
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I got kicked out of school once for grades.
I continued to live in the fraternity house without telling my folks.
That was a mistake. It didn't cost them money, I paid my own way, but they weren't happy.

I took classes a year or so later and made the "other" dean's list.
Grades depend on dedication, I've seen people dedicated to grades, both young and old, do well.

I, on the other hand, was dedicated to making friends and having life experiences.
I wouldn't trade it for the world, but others have different priorities.
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post May 20 2003, 03:02 PM
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Which frat? My parents don't think its that. I'm living at my frat house next semester (and for the next 3 years) so I can have my own personal time to study. Dorms sucked.
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post May 20 2003, 03:06 PM
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I'm really proud...National pulled their charter last year and they were kicked off campus and then they pilfered the house.
Most items were returned but not all.

I think national is waiting til all of the guys from the current era are off campus before they recolonize. I'm hoping that more alumni will get involved to help keep the new guys on track. Most of us weren't involved before and I think that's important.
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post May 20 2003, 03:07 PM
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You're lucky. He is the deal my son has:

He has to maintain a minimum of a 3.2 GPA to retain his scholarship from the university.

He has to maintain a minimum of a 3.6 GPA to retain his scholarship from me.

Failure is not an option.

What's your son studying?
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post May 20 2003, 03:18 PM
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3.6 GPA as an undergrad is doable, even in engineering. Just wait until you get to graduate school!

Pretty soon you learn that sometimes grades are pretty arbitrary.
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post May 20 2003, 03:19 PM
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The first time I went to school I was in the dorms - then in an apartment - no commitments and all the time in the world - lousy grades.

After a number of years hiatus I retuned to a more difficult school, married, kid, working, involved in everything I could be - ended up with a 3.9 GPA. Aerospace Engineering.

I think its all about dedication to getting the job done and done well.
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post May 20 2003, 03:25 PM
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GPA is highly dependant on what topic is being studied and how 'impacted' (as UCB puts it) the department is on campus. Majors like Business, Molecular + Cellular Biology, Electrical Engineering/Computer Science, etc., which are popular and prestigious, have large classes where grades are done on a strict curve. Many of these departments are designed so that only a small fraction of the students can actually get A's (and for that matter, maintain very high GPA's). The two departments I'm involved in are smaller and considerably more personal: if you show that you're learning material, that you do the research, the work, and the papers, and do well on the tests, you can get an A. For departments like mine, it's possible to have classes where everyone _can_ get an A. For others, it's not the case.
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post May 20 2003, 03:27 PM
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what part of biology is the problem? i have my masters in anatomy and physiology. but if you need to know anything about plants, can't help you there!

and biology is not a womens science! ugly women though seem to flock to it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)
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post May 20 2003, 03:34 PM
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QUOTE(Jeff Krieger @ May 20 2003, 04:07 PM)
QUOTE(Paul Heery @ May 20 2003, 01:36 PM)
You're lucky. He is the deal my son has:

He has to maintain a minimum of a 3.2 GPA to retain his scholarship from the university.

He has to maintain a minimum of a 3.6 GPA to retain his scholarship from me.

Failure is not an option.

What's your son studying?

My son is majoring in Biochemistry.
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post May 20 2003, 03:54 PM
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The first time I went to school I was in the dorms - then in an apartment - no commitments and all the time in the world - lousy grades.

After a number of years hiatus I retuned to a more difficult school, married, kid, working, involved in everything I could be - ended up with a 3.9 GPA. Aerospace Engineering.

I think its all about dedication to getting the job done and done well.

How many hours in a day were there available for you to study?
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post May 20 2003, 03:58 PM
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what part of biology is the problem? i have my masters in anatomy and physiology. but if you need to know anything about plants, can't help you there!

and biology is not a womens science! ugly women though seem to flock to it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

What fraction of your graduating class were women? There are far fewer women in math, physics and engineering courses than men but there are more women than men in medicine (at least in the EU and Quebec).
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post May 20 2003, 04:05 PM
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All I can say is that I am finally finished with classes. I just graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with my B.S. in chemical engineering (took 4 1/2 years) with a GPA of 3.6 and a M.S. in chemical engineering (took 1 1/2 years) with a GPA of 3.9. Now all I have to do is finish writting my damn thesis so that I can move to California and stuff a type-IV in the back on my 912.

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post May 20 2003, 04:12 PM
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All I can say is that I am finally finished with classes. I just graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with my B.S. in chemical engineering (took 4 1/2 years) with a GPA of 3.6 and a M.S. in chemical engineering (took 1 1/2 years) with a GPA of 3.9. Now all I have to do is finish writting my damn thesis so that I can move to California and stuff a type-IV in the back on my 912.

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I hated chemistry. Do you understand (mathematically) Shroedinger's equation and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle from chemistry I?
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Unfortunately, yes...I understand them enough to solve quantum mechanical problems. Must of my research is in process development for microelectronics, specifically microlithography. That is why I am moving to Cali and working for Intel.

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