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AWESOME GRADES FROM SO-SO SCHOOL OR SO-SO GRADES FROM AWESOME SCHOOL?
what's the best? see i was thinking if i choose a school like UCLA (good repuation right?) but since everyone's so smart there i'd get so-so grades, or is it better to choose a so-so school where i'd get the best grades?? like lets say i want to becom a doctor, what would be best? do they look at your grades, or where you got your degree, or both? does anyone know??
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I've transferred a lot and I'm still in college. Colleges do look at your GPA. If you'd like to bring your GPA up, I'd recommend going to a community or 2-year college a year or two first to bring your GPA up and then transferring. Your college of choice should not be based on what other people think of the college - name for instance? UCLA? If you want to become a doctor, I'd do some research on some of the better colleges and universities with Pre-Med programs. UCLA may have a good reputation, but USC may have a better Pre-Med program? So, you would get a better education there. Trust me, you want to do your researcher or you will end up stuck where everyone else would like for you to be, rather than where you want to be.
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There's nothing wrong with attending community colleges first. I have friends who are now lawyers who done that first so they could adjust to the changes and bring their GPAs up to an acceptable average to be accepted into different programs at universities. Universities don't punish you for attending a community collge first. You would major in a for instance Pre-Med transfer. You would transfer without a degree and finish completing your degree at the university. Hope I helped =)
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They do look at your grades, so it would probably be better if you went to a so-so school and passed with flying colors. Plus you would probably make better friends there if there at the sam level as you are when you start off. So good luck getting into school and hope you get the one you want!
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Go to the school that suits you best. If you go to a great school but don't feel good there, you won't get much out of it. I could have gone to an ivy league school, based on my SAT scores and grades, but I didn't. I went to University of Northern Colorado. I couldn't have made a better decision. I got so much out of it, though pregnancy kept me from finishing (morning sickness in the middle of classes made things tough). I met some amazing people, including award winning authors. My professors were generally very good. One was even a Baron. I think I would have been miserable in a stuffy ivy league school, and I wouldn't have really learned anything.
So, if possible,go to the schools. Visit with professors in your desired field, walk around the campus, get a feel for the schools. If you can't visit the schools, call them and ask questions about things that are important to you, look at their websites and brochures and look up reviews of the schools. Go to the one you think will give you the best experience. You will have more fun, learn more, and get better grades. Also, don't be intimidated by the big schools like UCLA. To me, most didn't suit my personality (or my budget, for that matter). They may be just what you want. And if they do suit you, you will find that you will do well. The people you think are smarter than you may very well not be, or they will challenge you to push your own limits and do better.
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If you're doing medical school in the United States, it doesn't matter what your grades were in university, just what your MCAT scores were. In Canada it's different, you have to have good grades to get into med school.
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just to answer your first question, go to a good school, even if you have so so grades, becuase people will undersatnad and will be impressed that you even got in. And secondly, universities look at more than just grades, they look at community services, clubs, sports, and your GPA, and your SATs, but there are more to it. Jobs though, look only at your degree, so go to an awsome school, and just try your best, because you never know, you may actually excel!
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Good grades are better, and are what business and jobs look at more than the school.
Sure, a good school is a good thing cause it shows you had the grades to go there and everything, but they're not going to hire somebody who was failing at Harvard or Princeton. They're going to want something whose great at what they're doing, with awseome grades, no matter what school it is.
I hope I helped.
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definetely go for the better grades than the better school. in honest truth, it really doesnt matter what college/ university you go to. jsut as long as you succeed in what you ar doing- by having good grades.
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Better grades always looks better. no matter where you go you will get basically the same education. and think about it when going to a new doctor do you want a straight A student or a Straight C student working on you? to become a doctor your patients are going to be more concerned with letters than names
but either way no matter where you go it should effect your grades unless you let it. just because the school has a big known name doesn't really mean it is going to be harder at all
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Awesome grades from a so-so school, would look better. Good grades speak for themselves.
Where as, so-so grades from an awesome school makes them question your level of dedication and responsibility. Getting good grades, regardless of which school you are coming from, will always appeal highly to colleges. It shows that you do what is required of you, and you do it with a mature mind set.
College is a privilege. It is not a right. College is undeniably tough work, for students, professors, and staff alike. No one wants to invest their time, money and energy in a seemingly irresponsible and lazy student that fails to take advantage of their opportunities, when there are thousands of more accomplished students dying for a shot at the education they have to offer.
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You should definetly go to the so-so school and get great grades! I know people who work at schools, and I know that they mainly look at your grades and your social life (clubs, community service).
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It doesn't matter what school you go to, if you get good grades then it's better than bad grades. Surely, if you go to a good school then you're more likely to get good grades anyway. I plan to go to a university that you have to be very clever to get into, I go to a good school but if I don't make an effort I will still get bad grades and won't be able to go. But if I work really hard then I'll achieve the grades I need and get into that university. Choose the best possible school you can and work as hard as you can. Always aim high.
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Oh, from my and all of my friends' experience, if there's one thing I've learned from college, it's this: your grades do not matter. For the most part, companies do not care about your G.P.A., but they thoroughly care about which school you graduated from.
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