well it's the grading scale of most US highschools. a 4.0 basically means you have all straight A's, an A being you have 90-100% grade in your class, while a 5.0 mean you took classes of greater difficultly than the average highschool student and got straight A's. But the point is your GPA, Grade point average, is used by collages to see your competency as a student so if you want to get into a really good collage its best to have the highest GPA as possible.

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i'm still working on bringing my gpa up

Ehhhhhh.. Is that so. It must motivate a good number of students.

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If we're talking about high school, I've never had a method...
I just showed up, listened, copied what the teacher said and then got my high marks on the tests.
And... That's it.
I never even did my homework... Only in math.
Nowadays I need to try harder though, since there's a lot more to memorize, understand and generally stack up in the brain. I have to actually reread my notes. T^T

Throughout my life, I've had certain problems.
One of them being the level of interest for the subject material.
If I can't make it interesting - I generally either score on the low side or flunk all together.

As for harder vs easier problems...
Well, I must say that I've always done better on the more complex stuff.
Sometime the basics confuse me.
It's like trying to split an atom. o_____O;


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Yeah and on GPA's,the 5.0 is the most difficult cause you gotta take Ap courses and make A's in them

Yay! Thank you for putting a study thread out!

I find it really interesting: grade point averages. Thank you Veltwolfsleer for explaining! I have friends from the US and they talk about their AP courses. What is it exactly?

Anyway, I do agree with the points. Omit out the 11th one thought...heh...Most of the time, I do last minute cramming and do manage to pull out the grade I want (not all of the time).

I'm on study leave atm....argh! Procrastinating!! My first exam is on Thursday and I have another this Friday, Monday, Tuesday and next Friday....I woke up at 8:15 this morning (I have a cold so my sinuses are blocked) and it's 11 o' clock in the morning right now and I haven't done anything related to study because you can't do anything when you have this annoying pressure in your head and sinuses.


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an A.P course is an Advance Placement class,its really just a class but made way harder.Like my A.P History was just a more in-depth class in History that a normal history class

I say if you read your textbook/materials before you go to class and concentrate during the lecture(s) you shouldn't really ever need to "study".

Towards then end of college I even came to the realization that perhaps even the age old practice of taking notes was possibly overrated. Most of the time when you are taking notes your mind isn't assimilating the information forcing you waste additional time as you now need to attempt to decipher the notes on your own at home to get anything out of the lecture.

Having a grasp of the lectures topic before going into the lecture and devoting as close to 100% of your concentration as possible to the lecture and mentally answering the questions the previous night's reading inspired is the best way, in my opinion, to get the most out of your classes.

If on top of this you take 30 minutes or so after the lecture to reflect on what was being discussed you should be able to remember almost everything as this repetition (at three times now - reading > lecture > reflection) should be enough to push the material into your long term memory.

My guide to getting an A in all your classes

1) More prep work before the lecture
2) Full concentration during the lecture (minimal notes)
3) Reflect on the lecture right when class lets out
4) If needed reflect again on the day's lecture(s) before you go to sleep

1) you'd need a freakish brain if you actually plan to memorize everything during a single period.
2) Thats why I made tip #6-Always transcribe everything. You have to rewrite your notes, past work, or other material.
3) That is also called binding the information which is #7.

What is the grade to letter division in the US?

Here (very western Canada) it's:
A 100-86
B 85-73
C+ 72-67
C 66-60
C- 59-50
F below 50

actually its been scientifically proven that writing notes make you remember things better,that why i take note during class even tho i know im never going to look at them ever again,Hell half the time i throw them away as I walk out of class

Depending on the class and professor I would say at least 90% of the material in the majority of lectures can be found in the readings. The remaining 10% equates to only 6 minutes (1hr lecture), and that material usually consists of vague concepts and explanations that can be condensed to a few minutes of information at the most.

On average that is probably all you get out of lectures which can't be found in the text book, 1-2 minutes of information, the rest is just reinforcing concepts you should have already read about.

The key is that you need to be able to identify what is redundant material and what is not. This all goes back to the prep work that needs to be done before class so you know what is new information and what is not.

Transcribing and rewriting your notes and outlines, I feel, are both side stepping the main problem which is a lack of concentration. Try dividing your reading into short 20 minute segments, the common attention span for normal people, and read with full focus over the course of multiple segments with rest in-between and you should retain the information successfully with out the need for such devices.

Coming to grips with your concentration ability and your memory are keys to becoming a successful student.

And for me,my schools grading scale is

A 100-91
B 90-81
C 80-71
D 70-64
F 0-63

but when I was in High School it was

A 100-91
B 90-81
C 80-76
D 75-70
F 69-0

But this varies from State to state and sometimes from School to school so to know the U.S grading scale i would have to give you around 500 different scales

Veltwolfsleer,this is off topic but i dont like you-i just spent like 20 minutes just staring at your profile picture

Last edited by lambchopsil at 1:34 am, Sep 13 2010

Guide to studying ai nice work OP it will definetly help out people looking for some general advice as to how to do their best. Though I personally think everyone has a different studying procedure. Up here in New Zealand, school exams don't really mean much, what matters is the cambridge exam at the end of the year and there is this syllabus for each subject and if you know what the syllabus expects you to know, you are pretty much guaranteed an A. You don't necessarily have to attend schoool, university lectures etc. As long as you know what exactly the exam can possibly cover. My study method is basically I can slack off for the entire year until two/three weeks before the public exam/cambridge. Get those syllabuses and work your ass off perhaps 6-7 hourz every day, do the past papers(get them--really important) and I am sweet for the exams. Though University is a bit different since there is not a proper syllabus but again past papers provide a good foundation of what you need to know.This way I could really just have all the free time I want. It has worked for me though it doesn't work for some of my mates. It depends on the person really.

Also for maths--everyone really can get good marks in maths-----because for maths as long as you practice practice practice questions you should be sweet.

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