Just got my transcript

[icarus]

So I knew my grades.

I just got my transcript.

Wow. I've been on the Dean's list for every quarter. And down at the bottom now it says: "President's List."

Gosh I hope I can keep this up.

What exactly are these lists?

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[stustustu.livejournal.com]

All I'm gonna say is .. don't go see the Manchurian Candidate *innocence*

[anjenue.livejournal.com]

:D Congrats!

Dean's list is generally above a 3.0, and President's is above a 3.5. But it depends on the school.

Well done you! *loves having smart friends*

[noblerot.livejournal.com]

I can't recall the lineage of the list names, but one thing's for sure: You done good. Like, whoa, real good. Congratulations!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Guess I don't wanna be on that list, eh? *snickers*

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks for clearing that mystery up. Okay, now this makes sense.

*loves having smart friends*

Me, too. *winks*

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Thank you. *Stagger, stagger.* Whoa. This is really cool. I didn't do this good when I was in high school.

Amazing what happens when you actually do your homework....

Icarus

[lizardlaugh.livejournal.com]

w00t! Congratulations!

It means you done good ;)

[christiangirls.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! You must be terribly smart. Congratulations!

[maelwaedd.livejournal.com]

That's too cool!
Congrats. :)

[presently.livejournal.com]

What exactly are these lists?





...I was going to ask that very question. But uhm.. Seems like you've done well. :D Yay!

[spiderine.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! We all know you are a genius and a diligent student, but it's always good to have strangers say so too. :)

Dunno what the lists are. I was on Dean's List too, and I still don't know what they are. But they look good on a resume. ;)

[annecatherine.livejournal.com]

Wow indeed. Congratulations on making both lists.

[balfrog.livejournal.com]

*hearts!*
academic nerdiness,
you closet Hermione you!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

*collapses in relief* Now all I have to do is the courses I'm not good at. Like... math. (Waits for grades to plummet once it isn't all writing, writing, writing.)

Icarus

*grins at icon* I love Jim Carrey

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Ha. wildernessguru keeps me from getting too excited:

"But I thought these were for people with 4.0's. They must have low standards."

LOL! So I explained the 3.0 and 3.5 thing. He says. "Okay. But what's the point of these lists?"

I explain they pad out the resume nicely, and "it will make it easier for me transfer into a four-year university. Maybe even help with scholarships."

"Ah! That's good then."

Ever practical, that wildernessguru. :)

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I'm so thrilled. Of course, businesses care less about your grades and more about:
a) do you have useful skills for us? and
b) what sort of activities did you do beyond what you had to at school, that prove you're really into this field (or at least that you're not a partier)?

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Either that or they have low standards. LOL! But, okay, I'll take it.

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

We all know you are a genius...

I won't argue with the diligent part (though you might be able to insert "obsessive" with more accuracy there). But I went to school with two certified genius's, merit scholarship winners, etc. One was my best friend, Anna. She read the encyclopedia in spare moments because it was "so interesting" and didn't watch TV, "there are better things to do." She was completely unapologetic about her brilliance, and I admired her for it. Her talent was literature in particular, though she was interested in everything.

The other was a third-generation Russian kid who was doing ground-breaking mathematical theory in high school. He was in private tutoring for all the math classes, because he'd already learned high school and college math from his grandfather (in Russian) and was moving into uncharted territory.

*blushes* Okay, okay. I'll tell you. I was the other one they made a big fuss about, but not because of my grades. All my teachers were frustrated with irresponsibility with homework. They made a big deal because I was the big 'artistic talent.' I was a self-taught musician, a writer, but mostly an artist.

So the mathematician last I heard achieved an advanced degree at U of M and University of Washington, then bought a VW bus and headed out across country with his girlfriend.

The brilliant literature student went to Yale, found literature was not her calling, and is now receiving her doctorate of divinity at a small private Christian college.

The artist-type threw all her artwork away at 19 and because a Buddhist monastic.

You can see why she and I were friends. I always thought literature wouldn't be deep enough for her.

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

And so what does my boyfriend wildernessguru say?

"They must have low standards."

LOL! I love that man.

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

*raises a glass to nerdy obsessiveness*

Let's hear it for nerds.

Icarus

[maelwaedd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know.
But it's still very cool.

[presently.livejournal.com]

...or they have low standards.

That is something I highly doubt. :)