ParkCungHee
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GPA=Smarter?
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Harbringer
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Thats quite a generalization youv got on your hands.........
MobBoss
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Those that ignore history are doomed to repeat it. Such info is hardly 'useless'.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
For the sake of entertainment, perhaps you can enlighten us as to how the study of our past constitutes a useless, unintelligent venture?
Godwynn
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A great quote. We must learn from our mistakes.
Bugfatty300
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My GPA was a 2.0-2.5 in high school and I knew for a fact that I was "smarter" than people with higher GPAs.
My GPA might say I'm a procrastinating, inattentive, slacker maybe when it came to school but never that I'm am stupid or less intelligent.
My GPA might say I'm a procrastinating, inattentive, slacker maybe when it came to school but never that I'm am stupid or less intelligent.
Godwynn
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If the classes were alcohol, sleeping, and women I would have passed with Straight A's.
We all know those people who just study all the time, but don't know jack **** about real life.
LucyDuke
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No, no, no, no, no. Absolutely not. No.
CaptainF
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Word, such people annoy me.
They are either annoyingly socially inept, or just smug about their non-achievements as much as possible.
Such people will grow up to be the douchebag yuppies of our generation.
Ayatollah So
the spoof'll set you free
Good point, and there's another side to it too: diligent studying tends to make you smarter in the long run.
That's controversial for some reason. Actually I know the usual reason: many people want to divide "knowledge" from "intelligence". But that leaves you with a nonstandard and rather useless concept of "intelligence". So don't go there.
Kennigit
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No. GPA doesn't mean on is smarter than the other to some extent but is a decent indicator. Looking at it, you couldn't say that someone with a 4.0 senior was smarter than someone with a 3.0 as a senior. If we learned that the 4.0 person took classes like Gormet Foods, Advanced PE, band, Regular english, Precalculus and learned that the 3.0 took a good deal of AP's such as AP Calculus BC, then the 3.0 is definitely considered smarter.
GPA isn't a national standard. Things like SATs, ACTs, AP tests, PSAT, and other national tests do indicate higher intelligence. Not in every single case, but 99.9% the time someone who got a 1450 on old SATs would be smarter than someone with a 1000.
GPA isn't a national standard. Things like SATs, ACTs, AP tests, PSAT, and other national tests do indicate higher intelligence. Not in every single case, but 99.9% the time someone who got a 1450 on old SATs would be smarter than someone with a 1000.
GoodGame
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Basically your GPA is as good as your mental capacity, your discipline, the topics, and hopefully unaffected by 'subjective' issues.
So I wouldn't say GPA=IQ, nor would I say GPA is > IQ, nor would I use this as an excuse to have a crappy GPA.
So I wouldn't say GPA=IQ, nor would I say GPA is > IQ, nor would I use this as an excuse to have a crappy GPA.
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Much of the world we live in today was formed by these Ancient conflicts, and in order to fully understand the world around us, we need to understand where it came from.
Good try though.
BasketCase
Username sez it all
My last year in high school, they had an entire course dedicated to passing the SAT.
Some of the material in this course was directed at manipulating the scoring system to maximize your score. Yeah, there was stuff on improving your reading and math skills, but first and foremost the course taught you to beat the SAT without actually being smart.
Some of the material in this course was directed at manipulating the scoring system to maximize your score. Yeah, there was stuff on improving your reading and math skills, but first and foremost the course taught you to beat the SAT without actually being smart.
No. Especially not so in high school - grades arn't a predictor for college grades there.
Ansar
Détente avec l'été
No.
Someone getting 3.5 GPA taking AP classes is much smarter than someone taking regular classes with a 4.0 GPA.
Someone getting 3.5 GPA taking AP classes is much smarter than someone taking regular classes with a 4.0 GPA.
Bluemofia
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Very generally speaking when comparing with the same topics and subjects, a person with a high GPA (4.0 for example) is probably smarter than a really low one (0.1. Yes, I know someone with that GPA).
But overall, it is waaaayyyy over simplifying things. Some might be utter geniuses in some topics, and just struggle with others, and end up with a mediocre GPA, while others who are pretty much the Jack of all trades ends up with a higher GPA.
But overall, it is waaaayyyy over simplifying things. Some might be utter geniuses in some topics, and just struggle with others, and end up with a mediocre GPA, while others who are pretty much the Jack of all trades ends up with a higher GPA.
Fugitive Sisyphus
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Students who have affairs with their teachers receive higher grades. Ergo, smart people sleep with their teachers.
I had a class in middle school dedicated to the SAT. I was taught such things as "in the first ten problems, at least 5 will be 'd'"
I had a class in middle school dedicated to the SAT. I was taught such things as "in the first ten problems, at least 5 will be 'd'"
BasketCase
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Ahhhh.....junior high......8th grade English teacher......
HOTTIE.
Those were the days.
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