Were you an over-achiever in High School?

[Jayburner]

Those people were pretty annoying but probably somewhat successful now. How did your over achieveness work out for you if were?

[Deleted]

First year, yeah, then stuff happened and my grades dropped.

[Deleted]

I was in the very first year, then I got lazy and barely attented.

[apepi]

Nope. Lazy all 4 years. Almost never studied for any test.

[S7orm]

As much as an untreated kid with ADD can be (because in the bible-Boot psychology was a taboo in the 90s)

[Leih]

I got straight A's in High School... but I put in effectively 0 effort. I just have a very good memory so I was really good at exams. I've not done nearly so well since leaving education and having to actually put in some effort

[Damajin]

No, I was the attend school 2-3 times a week especially my senior year and still graduate with decent grades guy.

[drwelfare]

No I did well without studying or trying. Having stuff thrown at you, getting hit, and having your papers copied off of didn't help motivate me.
Was discouraged from further education anyway.

[Drakoes]

Nope.

I rarely studied as I was so lazy back then but you could say my grades were above average, since they were mainly B's with a few very occasional A's. I never got into any reputable or amazing college either but there was one industry "advantage" that I can see which has had a great positive impact so far - work experience. As I had several jobs there and there back when I was teen, I feel it's definitely helped my resume and in turn landed me a role at a fortune 50 company.

So did my grades really help in the slightest? They were far from amazing in my opinion so I'm still going to say no...

[apples]

a resounding no from mmo-c users?

oh the implications

[dacoolist]

I strongly disliked high school because it was extremely boring, and I didn't learn ANYTHING. I literally could of just started working after graduating in 8th grade.

I work hard today, I don't know how successful I am vs. high end people back in high school but, I think I'm doing average?? (not poor, not donald trump??)

- - - Updated - - -

a resounding no from mmo-c users?

oh the implications

Yeah we're all gamers playing in dungeons across the world and shit - I guess we all just didn't give a SH!T about HS lmfaooo

[Belize]

Lolno .

[Garnier Fructis]

Slacked off in high school; nearly failed physics. But I was very close to a perfect 4.0 double STEM major in university, got a department award (with money) out of it.

[hellosaltygoodness]

I underachieved hard, then got pregnant and dropped out. Overachieved in college though, got near perfect scores in most classes.

[Swizzington]

Interesting that a bunch of people in this thread said they started off doing well in high school and then got 'lazy'. I wonder if that's when they started playing WoW?

I know WoW certainly distracted me from my studies.

[Celista]

Yes. AP calculus freshman year, all honors/AP courses, track + cross country, worked 20 hours a week, Anchorage Youth Court. And I left home at 16.

[Jayburner]

Interesting that a bunch of people in this thread said they started off doing well in high school and then got 'lazy'. I wonder if that's when they started playing WoW?

I know WoW certainly distracted me from my studies.

what do you call being distracted for a decade?

[Theinquisition]

Straight B's

Had lots of friends and a long term gf.....could have done better if I tried.

Started taking EE classes during my junior and senior year at my local community college to satisfy math and science credits while doing stuff I actally enjoyed.

Just finished my degree with a 3.7 GPA while getting my P&C insurance license, which is fucking rough doing both things at once, I don't recommend it (doing full load of college and P&C at the same time).

[Jayburner]

Straight B's

Had lots of friends and a long term gf.....could have done better if I tried.

Started taking EE classes during my junior and senior year at my local community college to satisfy math and science credits while doing stuff I actally enjoyed.

Just finished my degree with a 3.7 GPA while getting my P&C insurance license, which is fucking rough doing both things at once, I don't recommend it (doing full load of college and P&C at the same time).

do me a favour please. Change you icon back.

[vindicatorx]

Scholastically no I haven't cared about grades since 3rd or 4th grade. I am interested in things I am interested in and that is all I work at. Perhaps if I had better teachers growing up I might have more respect for subjects I don't care for. College was brutal due to having to take electives in non related fields that I didn't care about one way or another. Somehow I always pick the course taught by the second year grad students who think their class is the most important class we will ever take.