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...certain degree of assumed credibility. Common to both the driven student and the slacker is an underlying sense of self-confidence that comes from simply gaining admittance to the most prestigious university in the world. It is generally acknowledged that differences in success at college (whether in terms of GPA or otherwise) are based more on disparities in work ethic and motivation than in our abilities or intellect...
...Those requirements include a combination of grade-point average and standardized test scores. The pressure doesn't end there--athletes must maintain a minimum GPA while in college in order to keep playing...
...driven student in your class, college classes are nothing like high school. I came in thinking I could handle a heavy load because I always had, and because I wanted to prove something. However, I also thought I could handle crew and The Crimson. All these expectations left my GPA in the dust--I'd never seen a C on my transcript before. Take a few Core classes, a class for your (potential) major and an elective. Let yourself begin to learn how to handle Harvard. It's doable...
...suspects that they each may have been missing something in the final analysis. Mira's academic record was a notch below. Anna and Parham lacked dazzle in the "activities" department. Of course, to this day Maya still remembers the B that kept her from matching Anna's GPA. That was part of their school's culture. Van Nuys bred competition...
...that. It's fear. I recall a moment during my first year when a friend of mine inspired me--he couldn't go out that night, he said, because he needed to study for Gov 10. He needed to get at least a 3.8 GPA to get into Harvard Law School. "What drive, what motivation!" I thought. And then proceeded to go out for the night. This young man now? I believe he'll be working for McKinsey...