BaR Off-Topic Thread

[Rinoa Hawkeye]

Good job, HH and Soulwar!

[Domitilde]

All this education talk makes me want to share the news I just got today.

I was named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2009 semester at my school! To be on the list you have to have at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale. And I did this at the age of 31 - so if anyone says you're too old to go back to school, they're not being very honest!

Congratulations! I went back in my late thirties and then forties, but have dropped out again with about 50 credit hours. I want my retirement degree now.

[Natalie Black]

would i make everyone feel bad by saying i have over 100% in calc right now and a 4.6 weighted gpa?

How do you get a 4.6 GPA, I thought the max was 4.0?

You must be over the top in your skills.

[Dark Seraphim]

The way you get a GPA over 4.0 is very simple. In high school (and some colleges) you can take AP (or honors) classes which count as either a letter grade higher, or the GPA from it counts as x1.5. I think the valedictorian in my school had a 4.9 using that method. 2 full years of A's in AP classes.

Which is why AP classes aren't so bad. Get a C and it counts as a B for your GPA. win.

[soulwar]

Yup. AP/honors are 5 points, and normal classes are 4.

Anyways, let's not talk about school.

Did everyone watch Avatar?

[Barinthus]

Nope I haven't, Soulwar. I know I'm a fail.

I wanted to enroll into an AP course or two during my high school years and they wouldn't let me. Something about not being smart enough.

[soulwar]

:O go watch it in 3D or IMAX 3D as soon as possible. I think normal isn't worth watching.

My high school lets most people take the AP course of their choice.

[Domitilde]

I don't care for normal movies at our IMAX because it has a curved screen. Fine for nature and space stuff, but I don't care for it for regular movies. Polar Express was a big let down when I saw it.

[soulwar]

but it's IMAX 3D! and for this movie IMAX actually makes a difference, unlike most movies. or so i hear.

[Dulin]

I took a couple of AP courses in high school, but I couldn't afford the test fees so I never got any college credit for them. :(

I still learned a lot, though. Even in Calculus, despite my teacher having to invoke Emergency Cookie Day to prevent everyone's brains from exploding.