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Old 06-30-2009 at 07:25 AM   #31
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Well, I wouldn't base difficulty in university based on high school. At my high school it was difficult as hell to get a 90. Other high schools were bird-like. I remember in first year chem someone was bragging about how they got a 95% in grade 12 chemistry, I had an 80 or so. Guess who did better? :p

I wouldn't worry about getting a 12 cGPA. Unless you're an absolute genius and incredibly hardworking or you take a large number of bird courses then it isn't likely ... Sure, it looks impressive, but it's not really worth it. Some schools only look at whether you meet the minimum (ie: Queens and Western) in order to get an interview =p.

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Well, I wouldn't base difficulty in university based on high school. At my high school it was difficult as hell to get a 90. Other high schools were bird-like. I remember in first year chem someone was bragging about how they got a 95% in grade 12 chemistry, I had an 80 or so. Guess who did better?
That actually confirms difficulty in university based on high school... Just because they did better in highschool doesn't mean they'll do better in university. For all you know, are your highschool your teacher may have taught more than the curriculum and at their highschool they didn't teach the entire curriculum.
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That actually confirms difficulty in university based on high school... Just because they did better in highschool doesn't mean they'll do better in university. For all you know, are your highschool your teacher may have taught more than the curriculum and at their highschool they didn't teach the entire curriculum.
Not really. There's no standard to high school grades at all.

A 90% at one school could be an 80% at another. So, Sara basing the ease of getting a 12 in university based on her ability to get 90%s in high school can be misleading.
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Not really. There's no standard to high school grades at all.

A 90% at one school could be an 80% at another. So, Sara basing the ease of getting a 12 in university based on her ability to get 90%s in high school can be misleading.
Oh, I did say 90 didn't I... my bad. But if you know your teacher teaches extra stuff then chances are you'll do a lot better. If I compared material with other people I know from elementary that didn't go to my highschool, I know we did extra stuff, especially lab work.
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You people rocked in high school apparently. I was content getting my 60s and 70s lol.
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You people rocked in high school apparently. I was content getting my 60s and 70s lol.
Chemistry was by far the hardest subject in my highschool. I thought the labs were marked harder in highschool than in university and I also thought the university midterms and exams for chemistry were easier than the ones in highschool. (Not basing on content but on the styles and wordings of questions)
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Chemistry was by far the hardest subject in my highschool. I thought the labs were marked harder in highschool than in university and I also thought the university midterms and exams for chemistry were easier than the ones in highschool. (Not basing on content but on the styles and wordings of questions)
Yeah, I wasn't a fan of chemistry in high school.
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Oh, I did say 90 didn't I... my bad. But if you know your teacher teaches extra stuff then chances are you'll do a lot better. If I compared material with other people I know from elementary that didn't go to my highschool, I know we did extra stuff, especially lab work.
Context is important.

All of my posts were referring to "When you think about it.. it's a 90%.. in high school.. that was easy.. but university.. I can't tell till the first 2 weeks of school".

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Context is important.

All of my posts were referring to "When you think about it.. it's a 90%.. in high school.. that was easy.. but university.. I can't tell till the first 2 weeks of school".

There is definitely little-to-no correlation between high school performance and university performance. You have to understand, everyone who went to university in the first place was a high school "superstar" (Average of 80+ generally). That means that they did well in high school, or well enough to get into their program.

Yet a lot of these people end up failing courses and doing poorly. It's because high school is a poor judge of future performance in university.
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Context is important.

All of my posts were referring to "When you think about it.. it's a 90%.. in high school.. that was easy.. but university.. I can't tell till the first 2 weeks of school".

Yeah, that's true. If you have nothing to compare to, then you wouldn't know until the first month of school. But generally you should know if you've covered the material in highschool, usually your teacher says if the work they are given is extra work or not.

But yes, then there's the tests and you wouldn't have anything to compare to (unless you find tests from other people, but they change from teacher to teacher and year to year). So you are right in saying that you cannot know until you experience it.
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Yeah, that's true. If you have nothing to compare to, then you wouldn't know until the first month of school. But generally you should know if you've covered the material in highschool, usually your teacher says if the work they are given is extra work or not.

But yes, then there's the tests and you wouldn't have anything to compare to (unless you find tests from other people, but they change from teacher to teacher and year to year). So you are right in saying that you cannot know until you experience it.
Yeah, usually after about one or two tests you'll have a very good understanding of how you're doing in university and where you need to make improvements.
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Greg- I know what you mean! To get into university you'd have to have the minimum of .. what.. 80.. maybe 75 for some schools. So like you said, you'd have to be a good student to begin with and get into university.. Yet people fail.. I kinda blame it on the imbalance in the different highschools and how some prepare students well.. while others.. not so much.
Especially the whole multiple choice testing and such, I don't think we had too much practice with that in HS. SO hopefully since school starts out slow, you get a feel for it within the first 2 weeks or so.
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Greg- I know what you mean! To get into university you'd have to have the minimum of .. what.. 80.. maybe 75 for some schools. So like you said, you'd have to be a good student to begin with and get into university.. Yet people fail.. I kinda blame it on the imbalance in the different highschools and how some prepare students well.. while others.. not so much.
Especially the whole multiple choice testing and such, I don't think we had too much practice with that in HS. SO hopefully since school starts out slow, you get a feel for it within the first 2 weeks or so.

Yeah, it's all about not getting overwhelmed in the transition to a new type of schooling.
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Greg- I know what you mean! To get into university you'd have to have the minimum of .. what.. 80.. maybe 75 for some schools. So like you said, you'd have to be a good student to begin with and get into university.. Yet people fail.. I kinda blame it on the imbalance in the different highschools and how some prepare students well.. while others.. not so much.
Especially the whole multiple choice testing and such, I don't think we had too much practice with that in HS. SO hopefully since school starts out slow, you get a feel for it within the first 2 weeks or so.
Yep, highschools don't teach or test the same way. Some don't even teach the entire curriculum. I'm pretty sure in the highschool curriculum, you should have done a couple labs in chemistry. I found it very odd how many students have never had a lab before.
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