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Kid probably got screwed by going to MBA. Plenty of private school kids don’t get into UT and would easily if they’d gone to public. Not saying they deserve sympathy but that’s the truth.

 

Was also pre 5.0 world.....

Suddenly feel really old.

 

Sorry just meant now.

 

Must be. I know for a fact that 3.5 was bad in 2002, which was a year or two before Hope. And 27 was maybe a little above average.

So a 3.35 in the 5.0 era is like around a 3.0 then.

 

In '98 we had 5.0 classes to designate AP credits. But it was private.

If you took all honors/ap junior and senior year, you could get a max 4.5 GPA

 

Ya, it's a load of crap. A 4.0 scale should mean no more than 4.0. I took AP and honors classes, but we had a 4.0 scale. Further, right out of the gate a kid living in a rural area with less AP options has a smaller maximum possible GPA. It's a disgrace to the education system that universities have gone along with this. It creates a subtle wink towards those coming from wealthier areas with better class options, in case any bumpkin manages to do well on the standardized tests.

But I'm totally not a bitter bumpkin with a permanent chip on his shoulder. Nope.

 

Col St here is pretty nice. They have a couple sports teams and intramural sports/clubs to join. Theyve livened it up a little.

 

In Alabama it's a straight ACT score driven scholarship program. 27-29 is 67% tuition, 30-32 is 100% tuition, above 32 is tuition and books.

EDIT: should have said that it's automatic. There is no competition that I know of, so if you hit the mark then you get the money at any state university.

 

The school name alone was a bump to the ones that didn’t think we are all bumpkins, so 4/4.5 made no difference.

It existed for the places that think “Tennessee” is a diversity admit, because we had to milk cows in the morning, and roof in the evening.

 

We had AP English and calculus. And our calculus teacher was a joke. I was hoping I could luck my way into a 3 to get credit because I knew we'd never been taught what was needed.

 

AP classes didn't exist at the school I went to. I also had one person tell me I was "really good at construction work, maybe college wasn't for me" even though I had a 27 or 28 on the ACT and a 3.7 GPA. I do make my living in construction now, but that pissed me off and helped me make my mind up I was going to college just to piss people off.

 

Our school has AP classes. My son (who is a senior in college) took two of them and failed the test at the end both times so it was basically a waste. Now they something called 'dual enrollment'. You basically pay $900 per class for the school year and you get college credit for freshman level classes like history, english, literature, and calculus.

EDIT: They only work in-state. The credits won't roll into an out of state school.

 

27 and 1.99 didn’t get me shit.

Flawed system, IYAM.

 

My high school (now defunct South-Young) had autoshop. And that was it.

 

Not at UT

 

I graduated in 98 and had 5.0 courses for Honors classes. But I think we just reported everything on an unadjusted x.y/4.0 basis to colleges (I know that was required, I think we also gave the adjusted).

 

Ideally, smart people like yourself go to college and then do whatever but with a broader view of the world. College doesn't make people successful, but people who will be successful often can get something out of going to college.

 

I got a wife and a duck lease out of it. Seriously, I enjoyed it and it was nice to go where no one knew me.

 

yeah it was kind of like a reboot. i was glad to get away from west tenn

 

I honestly wish I wasn't pushed into college the way I was. I feel like I was pretty smart, but not very motivated in high school, my tests were always decent, and I was good in math. I just think too much emphasis is placed on pushing some kids into college. There was a debate once when I was in civics, you had to pick a job, on average both made about the same money. My choices were lawyer or garbage man. I chose garbage man because I thought about a lawyer working all kinds of hours, dealing with some shithead people and making on average $30K. I said a garbage man picks up his garbage and goes home, or picks up more on overtime. Anyway, my teacher said I was wrong and the lawyer was the better job.