This week’s topic was a viewer suggestion from http://www.ivypanda.com regarding why it’s important to have a good Grade Point Average. We’ll talk about what a GPA is and how it’s calculated. We’ll discus why it’s important to have a high GPA and then we’ll dig into some of the key benefits to having a high GPA and the downfall of not having a high GPA. Finally we’ll talk about some tips and tricks to get your GPA where it need to be and how to keep it there.
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- Insights Into Teens: Episode 104 “Why a good GPA is Important”
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What is GPA?
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- GPA stands for Grade Point Average, and it’s a number that shows the average of all the final grades you’ve earned over time from schooling.
Why is having a good GPA important?
- Having an exceptional GPA opens opportunities for you that you may not otherwise have access to including academic, professional and other opportunities.
- Your GPA is a measure of your success academically and it is a metric that many people look to not only as a measure of learned knowledge but of work ethic, dedication, intelligence and discipline
- Your GPA is a measure of your success academically and it is a metric that many people look to not only as a measure of learned knowledge but of work ethic, dedication, intelligence and discipline
- The better you score on the GPA scale, the higher chances you have of getting into a prestigious college or at the very least offers an increased chance of getting into your school of choice.
- Your GPA plays more of a role in your employment than you might think.
- The higher your GPA is, the better career start you’ll get.
- You could also receive a job with opportunities and, by extension, gain a better social life moving forward.
- GPA is the only way to show how well you did with your school subjects.
- While you may perform better in certain subjects, a GPA score represents the overall situation.
- Students with a high GPA have more options available to themselves.
- For example, a good GPA score can help you apply for a scholarship, enroll in different programs, get involved in extracurricular activities, as well as joining clubs and organizations.
- A good GPA score is a way to show clubs, scholarship communities, universities and organizations that you’re a hardworking student who is capable of reaching your goals and that you have ambitions, and most organizations are looking for those people.
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[SEGMENT 2]
What are the benefits of a good GPA?
- Broader opportunities:
- The major and most important benefit of good grades is a much bigger selection of opportunities.
- From elite high school programs to better chances of getting a scholarship, to greater odds of receiving a well-paying job.
- This benefit alone is too good to not pass up and is great motivation to try and do your best in school.
- Ultimately, putting in the effort to earn higher grades is pays off later in life
- A wider selection of universities:
- Some colleges and universities accept almost every highschool student graduate who applies.
- Others are much more selective and have a certain percentage of students allowed to go to their institution.
- There are also universities that decline most students that apply, accepting only 25% or less of the students that do apply.
- This is why GPA plays a crucial role in the selection process.
- The higher your GPA score is, the more universities will accept you and the more options you have available to you.
- Scholarship:
- Most financial aid programs for students have a set of strict requirements.
- Almost all of them define a minimum GPA score.
- Knowing the fact that scholarships are given to a limited number of students, it’s clear that an above average GPA makes you eligible for more scholarship programs, which also gives you a better chance of getting into one.
- Ability to get involved in extracurricular activities:
- Some may say if you study hard, there’ll be no time left for anything “extra.”
- Look at it from a different point of view.
- If you decide to try out for a sports team, the coach will check your eligibility.
- Apart from your physical capabilities, the coach will also check your academic performance, including GPA scores.
- If they’re high, the coach won’t have to worry that one day you’ll drop out of the team because you failed an exam.
- Career boost:
- The world’s top colleges and companies have that status of being at the top for a reason.
- To be able to be a part of the top colleges and companies, you must prove that you deserve it.
- You can say you’re a hard-worker and show your charming personality, but people on admissions committees and at job interviews prefer to believe the facts and actual achievements.
- In order for your career to skyrocket from the start, lay the foundation for it right away by earning good grades.
- Improved confidence:
- Outstanding achievements require hard work.
- If you’re too afraid to put all your effort into reaching a goal, you’ll never know how it feels to get there.
- It may be difficult when you first start, but once you begin succeeding, your confidence grows.
- When your confidence grows, it won’t be scary to go all-in anymore.
- You begin to build on that earned confidence and realize how much you can accomplish
- Better personal image:
- A high GPA shows more than how good you are as a student.
- Everyone knows it takes great effort to get those high grades, and your GPA is evidence that you are capable and willing to work hard to achieve your goals.
- It shows that you’re able to maintain consistency during schooling.
- It’s a sign of your commitment, time management skills, and ability to handle tough assignments.
What are the downsides of a bad GPA?
- An average or below-average score is not what most students aim for.
- GPA is an important metric in modern education, so it’s best to work on your academic performance.
- Here are some of the cons of having a low GPA.
- Having to prove yourself more:
- Talking to an admission’s committee or having a job interview will alway be a challenge if you have a low GPA.
- The thing is that you’ll have to make people believe you about your other positive aspects and that you really are a good student despite your lacking academic performance.
- It could even come to having to format and compose your resumes and cover letters in a specific way to avoid scrutiny of a low GPA
- Bad image:
- Earring good grades means having to find compromises and push through difficult tasks and assignments.
- A low GPA shows that you were unable to face these tasks, even though it was the goal you needed to achieve.
- Even if you’ll claim that you have a good and diverse personality, your GPA score may contradict that.
- Lacking skills and knowledge:
- Even if you paid full attention in the subjects that interested you and neglected others, it’s still bad news.
- Your low GPA only means that you’ve missed out on developing your logic, critical thinking, and were unable to shift your attitude toward working on a higher overall score instead of focusing on a single subject.
- Even if you’re an outstanding expert in your field, there’s still some basic knowledge you need to have.
- If you’re in a situation where that knowledge is required, you risk embarrassing yourself or compromising a project you may be participating in
- Poor time management:
- Inconsistencies in your grades that led you to a low GPA can show you couldn’t manage your priorities and leave enough time for all classes.
- This is not a good sign when you’re applying for a job, or when you try to enter a university.
- If that’s not enough, some might even interpret it as a lack of self-discipline, because you couldn’t push yourself to earn the desired score.
- Other people’s judgement:
- GPA is not only an extremely important metric in modern education, but it’s also important that other people may build their whole judgement about you as a person around your GPA only.
- A higher GPA can be correlated with higher intelligence, better dedication and commitment, willing to work hard and meet your obligations.
- But a low GPA can be interpreted as the exact opposite.
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[SEGMENT 3]
How do you improve your GPA?
- If you see that your GPA isn’t that high, don’t leave it that way.
- Do something about it.
- Here’s a couple of ways you can try and improve your GPA score.
- Take difficult classes:
- This might seem counter-intuitive, but more challenge can bring more improvement.
- With more challenges, you’ll progress faster and earn grades that you deserve.
- This mainly applies to people with a good enough GPA but want to improve it.
- Ask for help:
- There’s nothing wrong with asking for assistance when you need it.
- Many students who experience difficulties make the same mistake: they keep silent about it.
- Asking for help is a smarter decision than trying to figure out the solution to the problem on your own.
- Focus on your studies and follow the schedule:
- You need to fight the urge to procrastinate.
- Creating an individual schedule can help you focus on achieving your goals.
- Have a session of critical thinking and work on your study habits.
- This usually shows areas that need improvement.
- Find the right balance:
- Finding balance is a challenge many students fail.
- It seems that they can’t figure out where to draw the line between studies and social life, which normally results in poor academic performance.
- Spend a couple days monitoring how much time you spend on different activities, then make the necessary adjustments.
- Know your strength and weaknesses:
- Pick the subjects you’re interested in the most, and keep in mind that the more classes you take, the less influence each class is going to have on your GPA.
- It doesn’t mean that you need to cram your schedule full. Just pick what you think will keep you interested.
- Set small goals and gives yourself rewards:
- Instead of having one big goal of improving your GPA, have a set of smaller, more realistic goals that you can achieve in a shorter time.
- Satisfying rewards will keep you motivated, so you’ll lower the chance of losing interest and dropping the whole idea.
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welcome to insights into teens this is
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episode 104
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why a good gpa is important
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i’m your host joseph whalen and my
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intelligent and intuitive co-host
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madison whalen hi everyone how you doing
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today maddie
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i’m doing all right today so have a good
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so as i said uh in the intro uh
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today’s article uh or today’s source
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that we’re using
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comes from ivypanda.com and
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the first question we ask is what is a
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gpa
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madison why don’t you tell us what a gpa
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is
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so gpa stands for grade point average
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and it’s a number that shows the average
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of all final grades you’ve earned
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over time from schooling so now the one
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thing to keep in mind
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with gpa so when you get your grades now
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you’re graded on a 100 point scale right
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typically what you see is your gpa is
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measured in a four point scale
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okay so 100 and that’s in your scale
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would be a 4.0
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in a gpa scale okay and depending on
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what that average is you’ll
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you’ll drop below a 4.0 and
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you know a percentage of that or decimal
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places of that and so forth so
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typically for a gpa you’re shooting for
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a 4.0 for
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for the highest rate that you can get
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okay
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so why is it important to have a good
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gpa what are what are some of the
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examples let’s let’s go down this list
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of examples here why don’t you start us
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out
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having an exceptional gpa opens
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opportunities for you that
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that you may not otherwise have access
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to
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including academic professional and
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other opportunities
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your gpa is a measure of your success
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academically
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and it is a ma a mec mech trick
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okay metric that many people look to not
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only as
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a measure of learned knowledge but all
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but of work ethic dedication
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intelligence and discipline
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so basically what we mean by that is
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when they look at your gpa your gpa from
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a
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strictly number standpoint is a measure
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of what you’ve done
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academically but you know being a
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straight a student
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that in order to get that high grade
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point average
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a lot goes into it give us some examples
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of some of the things that go
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into some of the effort that you have to
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put forth
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well one of the main uh things i have
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to put forth is problem solving
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a lot of times there are points where
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i don’t entirely fully understand
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something or
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i have to come up against or i have to
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answer a question
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in a way that i um
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i need to approach a question in a way i
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haven’t done before
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and i need to use problem solving skills
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in order
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to solve those problems another one
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would probably
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be um
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uh time management um i need to make
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time for all my studies and i have to
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make time
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to study for all of them i need to make
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time
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to get all of them to work
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while also still balancing my social
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and um entertainment life exactly so in
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order to
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get that high grade point average the
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effort that you put in to get that
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is a measure of you as a person so your
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time management skills
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your project management skills the level
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of dedication you have to see all that
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through
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the level of adaptability you have of
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taking harder courses
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so even though it’s the number itself is
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a measure of
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just your academic achievement when
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people look at that number
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there’s a lot more that you you get out
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of that because of the effort
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and the dedication that you have to put
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in
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to your academic achievements to get
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that number so there’s
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a lot more to it than just hey i got
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straight a’s
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so they also talk about the better your
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score on the gpa scale the higher your
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chances
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you have of getting a prestigious
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getting into a prestigious college or
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the very least it offers you increased
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opportunities to get into this your
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school of choice
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when you go to apply for colleges
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they’re going to look at what your gpa
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is and the higher your gpa is the more
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colleges you’ll be accepted to
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especially if you’re looking to get into
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a prestigious college an ivy league
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college or or something like that
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they have very strict requirements on
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your gpa
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so if you don’t meet the minimum
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requirements they won’t even consider
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your application
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tell us about how it affects your
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employment so your gpa
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affects more of a role in your
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employment than you might think
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the higher your gpa is the better career
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you’ll the better career start you’ll
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get
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you could also receive a job with
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opportunities and by extension
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by extension gain a better social life
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moving forward
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yeah and i can say you know
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as a department manager myself uh
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i find myself in a position where i have
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to hire people periodically
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and one of the things that we’ll look at
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depending on the position
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is your your college transcripts
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especially if you’re coming in as an
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intern
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and if your college transcripts come in
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and they’re above a 3.5 or something
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like that
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it tells us a lot about how hard a
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worker you are
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it tells us what your intelligence level
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is it tells us how adaptable you are
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and depending on the position that we’re
0:08:39.200,0:08:42.320
putting you in it’s going to tell us a
0:08:40.719,0:08:43.519
lot about the skills that we’re looking
0:08:42.320,0:08:46.640
for
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so when you when you go out into
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the world when you get to my age i’ll be
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honest with you they stopped looking at
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that stuff because it’s
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no longer a measure of the person that
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you are because of how much you change
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but early on in your career
0:08:58.240,0:09:01.760
it can be very critical to the getting
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into the place that you want to get to
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to get the experience that you want and
0:09:03.519,0:09:08.000
that’s
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very important your gpa
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is uh only is the only way to show how
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well you did
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with your school subjects so while you
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may perform better in certain subjects
0:09:16.800,0:09:20.560
the gpa score represents the overall
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situation
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so i may be great in history and i may
0:09:23.680,0:09:27.440
excel in history
0:09:25.279,0:09:28.560
but i may be terrible in mathematics or
0:09:27.440,0:09:31.920
science
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and that is reflected in the gpa
0:09:31.920,0:09:35.680
so if you just take one or two courses
0:09:34.080,0:09:37.360
that you know you’re very good at it
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that you’re interested in
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those other courses that you’re taking
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could drag down that gpa for you
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so it’s an overall reflection of
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what you’re doing in school itself
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tell us about the next one so students
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with a high gpa have more options
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available to themselves
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for example a good gpa score can help
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you apply for a scholarship
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enroll in different programs get
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involved in extracurricular activities
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as well as joining clubs and
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organizations
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a good gpa score is a way to show clubs
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scholarship communities
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universities and organizations that
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you’re a hard-working student who is
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capable of reaching your goals
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and that you have ambitions and most
0:10:21.760,0:10:24.160
organizations are looking for those
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people
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and i think that really sums up the
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benefits themselves
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because the benefit of a high gpa isn’t
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just that you did well in school
0:10:32.720,0:10:38.880
it speaks volumes of your character
0:10:35.839,0:10:40.240
your work ethic your capabilities your
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ambition
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so it it tells a perspective
0:10:44.480,0:10:48.480
college or employer a lot about who you
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are as a person because you’ve got to
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figure
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let’s take a job interview for instance
0:10:52.560,0:10:55.519
so when you go to apply for a job you
0:10:54.320,0:10:59.519
put together a
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resume or or a cv or something like that
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that shows
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why you should be picked for the job and
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if you’re fresh out of college or fresh
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out of high school
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you don’t have a lot of experience to
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put down there
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so the one thing that you have going for
0:11:12.320,0:11:16.800
you at that point if you have a high gpa
0:11:15.120,0:11:18.160
is you put that down and you put down
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the courses that you’ve taken
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and the experiences and clubs and and so
0:11:20.560,0:11:26.079
forth that you were involved in
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and the interviewer looks at that and
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can
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kind of get a good assessment of the
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type of person that you are
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so if you come in with a 3.9 gpa
0:11:36.079,0:11:41.279
and you’re in you know the debate club
0:11:38.959,0:11:44.640
in the chess club and you’re an athlete
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it tells me as the interviewer well
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you can do all these other things and
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still excel
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academically so yeah the the academic
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side of it you’re very intelligent
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but you’re capable of doing more than
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just academics
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yeah and it tells me that you’re a hard
0:11:59.440,0:12:02.000
worker
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so these are all things that an employer
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is going to look for
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and the colleges and we’ll get a little
0:12:05.440,0:12:10.000
bit more into the colleges
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later on but the colleges are definitely
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going to look at your gpa because some
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of them aren’t even going to accept you
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because of the rejection rate that they
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have
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there are colleges out there that that
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you know they pretty much accept anybody
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that applies to them
0:12:22.160,0:12:25.920
but that might not be the type of
0:12:23.680,0:12:27.920
college you want to go to
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so when you have the high gpa that’s
0:12:27.920,0:12:32.399
kind of
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the collateral that you need to to get
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into the more prestigious colleges that
0:12:35.200,0:12:39.360
you want to get into
0:12:37.440,0:12:40.959
so let’s take a quick break and we’ll
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come back and we’ll look at what are
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some of the benefits
0:12:43.519,0:12:55.839
to you as an individual with a good gpa
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both on the web and on discord
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welcome back to episode 104 of insights
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into teens
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we’re talking about why it’s important
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to have a good gpa
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so some of the benefits include broader
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opportunities
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so the major and most important benefit
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of good grades
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is much bigger selection of
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opportunities
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from elite high school programs which
0:14:21.279,0:14:24.160
you were able to get into because of
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your grades
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to better chances of getting a
0:14:25.680,0:14:28.720
scholarship which you’re going to start
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looking at
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in the next few years as you get further
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into high school
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to greater odds of receiving a
0:14:33.760,0:14:37.199
well-paying job or at least the job that
0:14:35.680,0:14:40.480
you’re looking to get into
0:14:37.199,0:14:44.000
okay uh this benefit alone
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is too is too good not to pass up
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as a great motivation to try and do your
0:14:46.320,0:14:49.760
best in school
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ultimately putting in the effort to earn
0:14:49.760,0:14:54.240
higher grades pays off
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later in life and the one thing and i
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can’t emphasize enough
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the importance of being able to get into
0:14:59.360,0:15:05.040
the job that you’re looking
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to get into that early experience
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is something that can snowball and build
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into a much
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better paying job a much better
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long-term career and it has a huge
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influence on things moving forward
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okay what’s our next benefit our next
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benefit
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is a wider selection of universities
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some colleges and universities accept
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almost every high school graduate who
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applies
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others are more select are much more
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selective and have a certain percentage
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of students allowed to go to their
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institution there are also universities
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that decline most students
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that apply accepting only 25 percent or
0:15:42.639,0:15:48.320
less of the students that do apply
0:15:45.120,0:15:51.040
the height this is why gpa plays
0:15:48.320,0:15:52.639
a role plays a crucial role in the
0:15:51.040,0:15:55.199
selection process
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the higher your gpa score is the more
0:15:55.199,0:15:59.199
universities will accept you
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and the more options you have available
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to you
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[Music]
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and then we talk about scholarships we
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we touched on this before and i think a
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lot of people tend to think of
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athletics when they think of
0:16:09.040,0:16:13.680
scholarships you know you think you do
0:16:11.759,0:16:14.240
very good in football or basketball and
0:16:13.680,0:16:16.079
you
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get a scholarship to go to college for
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free
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but in reality there’s a ton of
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scholarships out there for academic
0:16:20.880,0:16:25.360
achievements
0:16:22.320,0:16:27.920
so if you can do well
0:16:25.360,0:16:29.360
in school get a high gpa get all the
0:16:27.920,0:16:30.959
other benefits that we’ve talked about
0:16:29.360,0:16:33.680
already
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and then have that partially or totally
0:16:33.680,0:16:38.160
pay for
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your college as part of a scholarship
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that’s that’s a win-win all around
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most financial aid programs for students
0:16:43.680,0:16:48.079
have a set strict
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set of requirements for your gpa so if
0:16:48.079,0:16:51.199
you drop below that they won’t finance
0:16:49.839,0:16:53.519
you
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almost all of them do define a minimum
0:16:53.519,0:16:56.639
gpa
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score and knowing the fact that
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scholarships are given to a limited
0:16:58.320,0:17:02.399
number of students
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it’s clear that an above average gpa
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makes you
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eligible for more scholarship programs
0:17:05.919,0:17:09.760
which also gives you a better chance of
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getting into one
0:17:09.760,0:17:13.439
so anything that increases your chances
0:17:11.679,0:17:15.039
of being a more viable candidate is a
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good thing
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what’s next next up we have the ability
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to get involved in extracurricular
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activities
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some say if you study hard there will be
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no time left for anything
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extra look at it look at it from a
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different point of view
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if you decide not to try out for a
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sports team the coach
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oh wait no
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if you decide to try out for a sports
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team the coach will check your
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your eligibility eligibility
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apart from your physical capabilities
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the coach will also check your academic
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performance including gpa scores
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if they’re high the coach won’t have to
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worry that one day
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that one day you’ll drop out of the team
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because you failed an exam
0:18:00.080,0:18:04.880
yeah this is a good example here too of
0:18:02.400,0:18:07.280
of an unintended consequence
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so the one example they give here is
0:18:07.280,0:18:10.640
that if you have a good gpa
0:18:09.520,0:18:12.160
the coach will know that you’re going to
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be able to stick with the team the
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problem
0:18:12.640,0:18:18.640
a lot of students don’t realize is that
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most of your schools your high schools
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at least
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have minimum academic requirements to
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participate
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in extracurricular activities so for
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instance and they do this for your
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benefit it’s not to punish you or
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anything like that
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if you go out for basketball for
0:18:34.720,0:18:37.840
instance
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and you’re a straight a student and you
0:18:37.840,0:18:41.360
start playing basketball after school
0:18:39.760,0:18:42.240
and you’re practicing and it’s taking a
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lot of your time
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and your weekend time you’re exhausted
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all the time
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and they see your grades start to drop
0:18:48.240,0:18:50.960
they’re going to pull you out of that
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program
0:18:50.960,0:18:54.480
because the program itself is affecting
0:18:53.120,0:18:58.559
you negatively
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with your academics so
0:18:58.559,0:19:03.440
having that gpa allows you and
0:19:01.600,0:19:05.120
maintaining that gpa allows you to
0:19:03.440,0:19:07.200
participate in these schools and
0:19:05.120,0:19:08.720
these programs rather and we’re not just
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talking about
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sports programs we’re talking about band
0:19:11.039,0:19:14.640
or
0:19:12.080,0:19:17.200
drama club or the debate club or chess
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or anything else that you want to do
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if they see that it’s affecting you
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academically they’re not going to allow
0:19:21.600,0:19:23.919
you to do those things
0:19:22.480,0:19:27.200
certainly your parents probably aren’t
0:19:23.919,0:19:29.679
going to allow you to continue doing it
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but you know it’s it’s also a confidence
0:19:29.679,0:19:33.919
builder for the coaches
0:19:31.440,0:19:34.960
and the you know team captains to know
0:19:33.919,0:19:38.559
that you know
0:19:34.960,0:19:40.160
you’re able to not only do
0:19:38.559,0:19:42.240
academics very well but you’re able to
0:19:40.160,0:19:44.000
do the sports on top of it
0:19:42.240,0:19:46.400
and that’s sort of what we alluded to
0:19:44.000,0:19:48.400
earlier about how it reflects
0:19:46.400,0:19:51.120
well on you that you’re capable of doing
0:19:48.400,0:19:55.280
multiple things
0:19:51.120,0:19:56.960
you can also benefit with a career boost
0:19:55.280,0:19:58.559
so the world’s top colleges and
0:19:56.960,0:20:00.880
companies
0:19:58.559,0:20:02.320
have that status of being at the top for
0:20:00.880,0:20:04.720
a reason
0:20:02.320,0:20:06.480
to be able to be a part of top colleges
0:20:04.720,0:20:08.320
and companies you must prove that you
0:20:06.480,0:20:10.240
deserve it
0:20:08.320,0:20:12.000
you can say you’re a hard worker and
0:20:10.240,0:20:12.480
show your charming personality but
0:20:12.000,0:20:14.960
people
0:20:12.480,0:20:17.600
on admissions committees and at job
0:20:14.960,0:20:20.640
interviews prefer to believe the facts
0:20:17.600,0:20:21.039
and the actual achievements in order for
0:20:20.640,0:20:23.039
you to
0:20:21.039,0:20:24.640
your career to skyrocket from the start
0:20:23.039,0:20:27.840
lay the foundation for
0:20:24.640,0:20:29.280
right away by earning good grades i’ve
0:20:27.840,0:20:30.640
interviewed with a lot of people they
0:20:29.280,0:20:33.840
were smooth talkers
0:20:30.640,0:20:36.720
they were very eloquent and very
0:20:33.840,0:20:38.559
friendly and i got along with them great
0:20:36.720,0:20:40.799
but if they couldn’t demonstrate to me
0:20:38.559,0:20:42.960
or showed to me proof that they were
0:20:40.799,0:20:44.880
competent for the job
0:20:42.960,0:20:46.320
i couldn’t consider them you know as
0:20:44.880,0:20:48.559
much as i may have liked the person
0:20:46.320,0:20:49.840
sitting across the desk from me
0:20:48.559,0:20:52.080
i can’t give you a job because you’re a
0:20:49.840,0:20:53.760
nice person i’m not hiring at no point
0:20:52.080,0:20:56.080
in time am i hiring for a position
0:20:53.760,0:20:59.120
called nice person
0:20:56.080,0:21:02.080
so having that documented proof that you
0:20:59.120,0:21:03.520
can do the work is very important how
0:21:02.080,0:21:05.120
about your confidence how does it affect
0:21:03.520,0:21:08.000
your confidence
0:21:05.120,0:21:10.080
well improved confidence outstanding
0:21:08.000,0:21:12.080
achievements require hard work
0:21:10.080,0:21:14.159
if you’re too afraid to put all your
0:21:12.080,0:21:16.080
effort into reaching a goal you’ll never
0:21:14.159,0:21:17.919
know how it feels to get there
0:21:16.080,0:21:19.440
it may be difficult when you first start
0:21:17.919,0:21:20.960
but once you begin succeeding your
0:21:19.440,0:21:22.960
confidence grows
0:21:20.960,0:21:24.080
when your confidence grows it won’t be
0:21:22.960,0:21:27.360
scary to go all
0:21:24.080,0:21:29.679
in anymore you begin to build on that
0:21:27.360,0:21:31.840
on that earned confidence and realize
0:21:29.679,0:21:33.440
how much you can accomplish
0:21:31.840,0:21:35.520
and this is something that you and i
0:21:33.440,0:21:37.760
have discussed
0:21:35.520,0:21:39.200
repeatedly in the past with your
0:21:37.760,0:21:42.880
academics
0:21:39.200,0:21:45.520
the fact that you are repeatedly
0:21:42.880,0:21:47.120
successful and consistently successful
0:21:45.520,0:21:50.159
at what you do
0:21:47.120,0:21:52.320
with the grades that you bring home but
0:21:50.159,0:21:53.520
you don’t have the confidence moving
0:21:52.320,0:21:57.200
forward
0:21:53.520,0:21:59.280
the longer you’re consistently effective
0:21:57.200,0:22:01.520
at academics the more that confidence
0:21:59.280,0:22:04.400
will build and over time
0:22:01.520,0:22:05.520
you’re going to start understanding that
0:22:04.400,0:22:08.559
the challenges that you
0:22:05.520,0:22:10.400
face aren’t insurmountable challenges
0:22:08.559,0:22:12.720
and eventually and even to a certain
0:22:10.400,0:22:14.720
extent now because of the
0:22:12.720,0:22:16.320
more advanced courses that you’re taking
0:22:14.720,0:22:17.280
you’re going to want to challenge
0:22:16.320,0:22:18.799
yourself
0:22:17.280,0:22:19.919
that confidence level is going to get
0:22:18.799,0:22:22.720
you to the point that you want to
0:22:19.919,0:22:25.200
challenge yourself and do harder things
0:22:22.720,0:22:26.720
and that all is reflected in your gpa as
0:22:25.200,0:22:28.640
well
0:22:26.720,0:22:30.000
the last benefit we have to talk about
0:22:28.640,0:22:33.520
here
0:22:30.000,0:22:35.360
is better personal image so a high gpa
0:22:33.520,0:22:36.559
shows more than how good you are as a
0:22:35.360,0:22:38.480
student
0:22:36.559,0:22:40.159
everyone knows it takes great effort to
0:22:38.480,0:22:42.640
get those high grades
0:22:40.159,0:22:43.280
and your gpa is evidence that you’re
0:22:42.640,0:22:45.360
capable
0:22:43.280,0:22:46.720
and willing to work hard to achieve your
0:22:45.360,0:22:48.640
goals
0:22:46.720,0:22:51.760
it shows that you’re able to maintain
0:22:48.640,0:22:54.080
consistency during schooling
0:22:51.760,0:22:55.679
it’s a sign of your commitment time
0:22:54.080,0:22:57.760
management skills
0:22:55.679,0:22:59.280
and ability to handle tough assignments
0:22:57.760,0:22:59.840
and this kind of goes back to what we’re
0:22:59.280,0:23:02.240
saying
0:22:59.840,0:23:02.880
earlier in the first segment that your
0:23:02.240,0:23:04.320
gpa
0:23:02.880,0:23:06.880
isn’t just a reflection of you
0:23:04.320,0:23:09.520
scholastically it’s a statement
0:23:06.880,0:23:10.240
of the traits and qualities that you
0:23:09.520,0:23:13.600
have
0:23:10.240,0:23:16.880
that allow you to be so uh accomplished
0:23:13.600,0:23:18.480
scholastically so those are some of the
0:23:16.880,0:23:20.720
good benefits
0:23:18.480,0:23:22.080
but with every good benefit there are
0:23:20.720,0:23:23.919
some downsides right
0:23:22.080,0:23:25.760
yep why don’t you tell us about some of
0:23:23.919,0:23:28.880
the downsides
0:23:25.760,0:23:32.000
so one of the main downsides
0:23:28.880,0:23:34.080
is having to prove yourself more talking
0:23:32.000,0:23:36.320
to an administration’s committee
0:23:34.080,0:23:38.720
or having a job interview will always be
0:23:36.320,0:23:41.360
a challenge if you have a low gpa
0:23:38.720,0:23:43.679
the thing is that you’ll have to make
0:23:41.360,0:23:45.919
people believe that you
0:23:43.679,0:23:48.080
believe you about your other positive
0:23:45.919,0:23:50.080
aspects and that you really are a good
0:23:48.080,0:23:53.360
student despite your lacking academic
0:23:50.080,0:23:54.799
performance it could even come to having
0:23:53.360,0:23:56.960
to format and compo
0:23:54.799,0:23:58.960
and compose your resumes and cover
0:23:56.960,0:24:02.240
letters in a specific way
0:23:58.960,0:24:04.240
to avoid scrutiny of a low gpa
0:24:02.240,0:24:06.320
yes and this is something that i’ve seen
0:24:04.240,0:24:09.039
cross my desk a number of times in fact
0:24:06.320,0:24:12.720
i’m hiring for a position now
0:24:09.039,0:24:14.799
that i would say probably
0:24:12.720,0:24:16.840
60 of the people aren’t qualified for
0:24:14.799,0:24:19.200
the position just looking at their
0:24:16.840,0:24:19.679
resume and the problem you have is that
0:24:19.200,0:24:23.600
if your
0:24:19.679,0:24:24.720
gpa is not acceptable we’ll say
0:24:23.600,0:24:27.120
i’m not saying you have to come in with
0:24:24.720,0:24:30.960
a 4.0 but if it’s
0:24:27.120,0:24:34.320
below a three or or lower than that
0:24:30.960,0:24:35.919
then the majority of the time you spend
0:24:34.320,0:24:39.520
at a job interview
0:24:35.919,0:24:41.600
is trying to sell yourself
0:24:39.520,0:24:43.840
and that gets very hard if you’re not a
0:24:41.600,0:24:47.840
salesperson
0:24:43.840,0:24:49.840
with a high gpa when you walk in
0:24:47.840,0:24:52.960
the paperwork is there it’s like walking
0:24:49.840,0:24:55.440
in with with degrees right off the bat
0:24:52.960,0:24:56.880
you know the evidence is there it sells
0:24:55.440,0:24:59.600
you
0:24:56.880,0:25:01.279
then the interviewer has a chance to get
0:24:59.600,0:25:04.240
to know you and just
0:25:01.279,0:25:05.520
be more casual and talk and you can be
0:25:04.240,0:25:07.039
yourself at that point in time you’re
0:25:05.520,0:25:08.880
not putting on a sales pitch
0:25:07.039,0:25:10.880
yeah so it makes interviews so much
0:25:08.880,0:25:13.039
easier
0:25:10.880,0:25:15.360
the other downside that you have is a
0:25:13.039,0:25:18.559
bad image
0:25:15.360,0:25:20.880
earning good grades means having to find
0:25:18.559,0:25:22.880
compromises and push through difficult
0:25:20.880,0:25:25.440
tasks and assignments
0:25:22.880,0:25:27.520
a low gpa shows that you were unable to
0:25:25.440,0:25:29.360
face these tasks
0:25:27.520,0:25:31.279
even though it was the goal you needed
0:25:29.360,0:25:33.600
to achieve
0:25:31.279,0:25:35.440
even if you’ll claim that you have good
0:25:33.600,0:25:38.480
and diverse personality
0:25:35.440,0:25:41.600
your gpa score may contradict that
0:25:38.480,0:25:42.080
it’s very hard this is a first
0:25:41.600,0:25:43.360
impression
0:25:42.080,0:25:45.679
type thing and they tell you that first
0:25:43.360,0:25:47.679
impressions are the most important
0:25:45.679,0:25:49.600
when you walk in and someone sees that
0:25:47.679,0:25:52.559
you have a low gpa
0:25:49.600,0:25:53.840
it immediately sets a negative tone to
0:25:52.559,0:25:55.279
the interview
0:25:53.840,0:25:57.840
and then you have to spend the rest of
0:25:55.279,0:25:59.919
the interview overcoming that
0:25:57.840,0:26:03.200
so that’s one of the pitfalls that you
0:25:59.919,0:26:04.640
have going into just a job interview but
0:26:03.200,0:26:06.720
you know there are times you won’t even
0:26:04.640,0:26:07.600
get your foot in the door or get a job
0:26:06.720,0:26:10.240
interview
0:26:07.600,0:26:12.480
when you come in with too low a gpa or
0:26:10.240,0:26:15.679
certainly for a college admissions board
0:26:12.480,0:26:17.919
well what’s the next one we have
0:26:15.679,0:26:18.960
so the next one is lacking skills and
0:26:17.919,0:26:20.960
knowledge
0:26:18.960,0:26:22.559
even if you paid full attention in the
0:26:20.960,0:26:23.840
subjects that interested you and
0:26:22.559,0:26:26.880
neglected others
0:26:23.840,0:26:28.400
it’s still bad news your low gpa only
0:26:26.880,0:26:29.760
means that you’ve missed out on
0:26:28.400,0:26:31.919
developing your logic
0:26:29.760,0:26:34.000
critical thinking and were unable to
0:26:31.919,0:26:36.640
shift your attitude toward working
0:26:34.000,0:26:39.120
on a higher overall score instead of
0:26:36.640,0:26:41.120
focusing on a single subject
0:26:39.120,0:26:43.360
even if you’re an outstanding expert in
0:26:41.120,0:26:45.039
your field there is still some basic
0:26:43.360,0:26:46.559
knowledge you need to have
0:26:45.039,0:26:48.400
if you’re in a situation where that
0:26:46.559,0:26:50.840
knowledge is required you risk
0:26:48.400,0:26:54.480
embarrassing yourself or cop
0:26:50.840,0:26:57.120
or compromising or compromising a
0:26:54.480,0:26:58.640
project you may be participating in
0:26:57.120,0:27:00.799
yeah and that kind of goes back to what
0:26:58.640,0:27:03.360
we’re talking about
0:27:00.799,0:27:04.320
before where if you’re not competent for
0:27:03.360,0:27:06.080
a job but you do
0:27:04.320,0:27:08.960
manage to sell yourself and get hired
0:27:06.080,0:27:11.039
for it then what do you do
0:27:08.960,0:27:12.159
you know if you don’t have the skills if
0:27:11.039,0:27:13.840
you didn’t have the skills to get the
0:27:12.159,0:27:15.200
gpa in the first place and didn’t put
0:27:13.840,0:27:16.799
the effort in
0:27:15.200,0:27:19.200
and didn’t develop the time management
0:27:16.799,0:27:20.720
skills and you find yourself in a
0:27:19.200,0:27:21.520
position where you have to manage a
0:27:20.720,0:27:24.159
project or
0:27:21.520,0:27:26.559
or produce something and you don’t
0:27:24.159,0:27:29.600
really have those skills
0:27:26.559,0:27:31.520
what do you do then yeah i mean that’s a
0:27:29.600,0:27:32.960
very difficult position to be in at that
0:27:31.520,0:27:34.480
point
0:27:32.960,0:27:37.120
and the last thing you want to do is let
0:27:34.480,0:27:39.039
down your employer or lean on
0:27:37.120,0:27:40.799
your co-workers and have them carry you
0:27:39.039,0:27:42.559
because you can’t do that through your
0:27:40.799,0:27:44.559
whole life you might be able to skirt by
0:27:42.559,0:27:46.840
one or two projects
0:27:44.559,0:27:48.080
you know this it kind of makes me think
0:27:46.840,0:27:50.480
of
0:27:48.080,0:27:51.600
when you have group projects at school
0:27:50.480,0:27:54.000
and
0:27:51.600,0:27:55.840
the other members in your group don’t
0:27:54.000,0:27:57.919
participate as much as they should and
0:27:55.840,0:28:01.360
you carry the whole group
0:27:57.919,0:28:02.880
you make them look good because of how
0:28:01.360,0:28:04.480
good you are
0:28:02.880,0:28:06.799
but the next project that they’re on
0:28:04.480,0:28:08.480
they might not have you as a partner
0:28:06.799,0:28:10.080
and they might have someone like them as
0:28:08.480,0:28:11.679
a partner
0:28:10.080,0:28:13.200
and then what do they do they don’t
0:28:11.679,0:28:16.240
learn anything at that point
0:28:13.200,0:28:16.880
yeah and if you continue to do do that
0:28:16.240,0:28:18.640
through your
0:28:16.880,0:28:20.320
scholastic career and you let other
0:28:18.640,0:28:21.679
people carry you
0:28:20.320,0:28:23.279
there comes a point where they’re going
0:28:21.679,0:28:25.279
to stop someone’s going to stop carrying
0:28:23.279,0:28:26.880
you you have to deliver at some point in
0:28:25.279,0:28:30.880
time
0:28:26.880,0:28:32.640
and if you’ve been doing that for years
0:28:30.880,0:28:35.440
you’re kind of left in alerts there you
0:28:32.640,0:28:38.720
can’t do anything about it
0:28:35.440,0:28:41.679
so we did talk about time management
0:28:38.720,0:28:43.600
so inconsistencies in your grades that
0:28:41.679,0:28:45.200
led to a low gpa
0:28:43.600,0:28:47.440
can show you couldn’t manage your
0:28:45.200,0:28:49.200
priorities and leave enough time for all
0:28:47.440,0:28:50.720
classes
0:28:49.200,0:28:53.120
this isn’t a good sign when you’re
0:28:50.720,0:28:53.520
applying for a job or when you try to
0:28:53.120,0:28:56.720
enter
0:28:53.520,0:28:58.799
university if that’s not enough some
0:28:56.720,0:29:00.480
might even interpret it as a lack of
0:28:58.799,0:29:02.480
self-discipline
0:29:00.480,0:29:04.720
because you couldn’t push yourself to
0:29:02.480,0:29:08.159
earn the desired score
0:29:04.720,0:29:10.399
so again it’s a reflection of yourself
0:29:08.159,0:29:11.360
so what’s the last one that we have here
0:29:10.399,0:29:14.320
the last one
0:29:11.360,0:29:15.760
is other people’s judgment gpa is not
0:29:14.320,0:29:19.279
only an extremely important
0:29:15.760,0:29:21.440
important metric in modern education
0:29:19.279,0:29:23.279
but it’s also important that other but
0:29:21.440,0:29:24.640
it’s also important that other people
0:29:23.279,0:29:26.559
may build their whole
0:29:24.640,0:29:28.320
judgment about you as a person around
0:29:26.559,0:29:31.760
your gpa only
0:29:28.320,0:29:33.440
which kind of sound which i’m not sure
0:29:31.760,0:29:36.159
if you want to do that entirely
0:29:33.440,0:29:38.720
but sure i guess i don’t know yeah it’s
0:29:36.159,0:29:40.480
probably not a good thing but
0:29:38.720,0:29:41.840
like they say some people do that
0:29:40.480,0:29:45.039
because that’s
0:29:41.840,0:29:46.399
if you don’t come up with a good gpa
0:29:45.039,0:29:48.640
you’re not even going to get people’s
0:29:46.399,0:29:51.279
attention
0:29:48.640,0:29:52.320
a higher gpa can be correlated to higher
0:29:51.279,0:29:54.799
intelligence
0:29:52.320,0:29:55.760
better dedication and commitment willing
0:29:54.799,0:29:58.399
to work hard
0:29:55.760,0:30:00.880
and meet up and meet your obligations
0:29:58.399,0:30:02.399
but a low gba can be interpreted as the
0:30:00.880,0:30:04.480
exact opposite
0:30:02.399,0:30:06.080
right you know with a low gpa people
0:30:04.480,0:30:08.480
look at that and they think well
0:30:06.080,0:30:09.760
you didn’t really apply yourself or
0:30:08.480,0:30:12.960
maybe you’re lazy
0:30:09.760,0:30:14.799
or maybe you aren’t that intelligent
0:30:12.960,0:30:16.880
maybe you don’t have the qualities that
0:30:14.799,0:30:19.919
we’re looking for in our students
0:30:16.880,0:30:22.000
at this college maybe you don’t have the
0:30:19.919,0:30:25.440
ability to do the job that we’re looking
0:30:22.000,0:30:27.600
to hire you for when you come in with
0:30:25.440,0:30:30.720
those negative
0:30:27.600,0:30:33.279
impressions with a low gpa it’s an
0:30:30.720,0:30:35.360
uphill battle at that point in time
0:30:33.279,0:30:37.360
you may be able to do the job maybe you
0:30:35.360,0:30:39.760
coast it through high school
0:30:37.360,0:30:41.520
people do that you know maybe you’re a
0:30:39.760,0:30:43.919
lot smarter than what the piece of paper
0:30:41.520,0:30:47.120
in front of you says
0:30:43.919,0:30:48.559
but you have to prove that yeah you know
0:30:47.120,0:30:51.039
instead of walking in with a piece of
0:30:48.559,0:30:54.080
paper that says i’m that smart it’s
0:30:51.039,0:30:56.080
it does the job for you at that point
0:30:54.080,0:30:57.919
so there’s definitely detriments to low
0:30:56.080,0:30:59.200
gpas
0:30:57.919,0:31:00.320
so we’re going to take our last break
0:30:59.200,0:31:01.919
here and then we’re going to come back
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and we’re going to talk about some ideas
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on how to improve
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your gpa
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welcome back to insights into teens
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so how do you improve your gpa and i
0:32:19.919,0:32:22.799
think the first thing we should talk
0:32:21.200,0:32:24.799
about is the fact that you need to know
0:32:22.799,0:32:26.720
what your gpa is
0:32:24.799,0:32:28.640
and if you see that your gpa isn’t that
0:32:26.720,0:32:31.360
high don’t leave it that way
0:32:28.640,0:32:32.720
do something about it there’s a couple
0:32:31.360,0:32:34.080
of ways you know we’ll talk about a
0:32:32.720,0:32:35.279
couple of ways you can improve your
0:32:34.080,0:32:36.720
score but
0:32:35.279,0:32:39.039
you need to make sure you’re looking at
0:32:36.720,0:32:40.000
what your your grades are on a regular
0:32:39.039,0:32:43.360
basis because
0:32:40.000,0:32:44.640
as you move along you’ll find it’s a lot
0:32:43.360,0:32:46.960
easier to keep them
0:32:44.640,0:32:48.240
up if you see a dip anywhere along the
0:32:46.960,0:32:50.960
lines
0:32:48.240,0:32:52.320
what’s our first tip on how to improve
0:32:50.960,0:32:54.559
your gpa
0:32:52.320,0:32:56.080
so the first tip is date is take
0:32:54.559,0:32:58.320
difficult classes
0:32:56.080,0:32:59.919
this might seem counterintuitive but
0:32:58.320,0:33:00.960
more challenged can bring more
0:32:59.919,0:33:02.880
improvement
0:33:00.960,0:33:05.279
with more challenges you’ll progress
0:33:02.880,0:33:07.200
faster and earn grades that you deserve
0:33:05.279,0:33:08.399
this mainly applies to people with a
0:33:07.200,0:33:11.039
good enough gpa
0:33:08.399,0:33:12.640
but who want to improve it i think this
0:33:11.039,0:33:13.440
is a great example of what you’re doing
0:33:12.640,0:33:15.120
right now
0:33:13.440,0:33:17.039
you’re in how many advanced classes
0:33:15.120,0:33:19.519
right now three
0:33:17.039,0:33:20.240
so you’re in three now you’re moving
0:33:19.519,0:33:24.080
into
0:33:20.240,0:33:25.679
the college prep courses that you’re
0:33:24.080,0:33:28.080
going to be starting at the
0:33:25.679,0:33:31.039
on the academy level when you go into
0:33:28.080,0:33:35.120
high school next year
0:33:31.039,0:33:37.279
how did you take the difficulty
0:33:35.120,0:33:38.880
as you move from one advanced class to
0:33:37.279,0:33:41.519
three advanced classes from
0:33:38.880,0:33:42.080
last year to this year how did that
0:33:41.519,0:33:45.039
impact
0:33:42.080,0:33:46.799
you from a workload and difficulty
0:33:45.039,0:33:50.320
standpoint
0:33:46.799,0:33:53.679
well i will say i
0:33:50.320,0:33:56.399
was definitely expected of more
0:33:53.679,0:33:57.679
like i would have live classes with my
0:33:56.399,0:34:00.000
advanced science
0:33:57.679,0:34:01.360
and um history teachers which were the
0:34:00.000,0:34:04.559
extra classes i was
0:34:01.360,0:34:06.799
uh taking for advanced
0:34:04.559,0:34:08.879
and there were a lot of times where they
0:34:06.799,0:34:10.079
said like since you’re in advance i
0:34:08.879,0:34:12.159
expect you to do
0:34:10.079,0:34:14.879
this and a lot of time it was referring
0:34:12.159,0:34:15.520
to how much work we were doing and how
0:34:14.879,0:34:19.040
our work
0:34:15.520,0:34:22.639
should look like and um
0:34:19.040,0:34:25.440
i will say the tech um the tests
0:34:22.639,0:34:28.000
were a little more difficult i kind of
0:34:25.440,0:34:31.280
had to learn the flow of each of them
0:34:28.000,0:34:33.599
so um yeah
0:34:31.280,0:34:34.879
it was kind of difficult and i was
0:34:33.599,0:34:36.879
expected of more
0:34:34.879,0:34:39.440
um but i did end up getting kind of used
0:34:36.879,0:34:42.480
to it yeah the expectations go up
0:34:39.440,0:34:43.440
there’s there’s less hand-holding uh
0:34:42.480,0:34:46.639
there’s more
0:34:43.440,0:34:48.240
expectation for independent work and
0:34:46.639,0:34:50.639
independent thinking
0:34:48.240,0:34:51.359
and all of that drives you towards you
0:34:50.639,0:34:54.560
know
0:34:51.359,0:34:56.960
going to college because you’re not
0:34:54.560,0:34:59.839
going to get handheld in college
0:34:56.960,0:35:01.359
what’s the next hint that we have uh the
0:34:59.839,0:35:04.079
next one we have
0:35:01.359,0:35:06.079
is ask for help there’s nothing wrong
0:35:04.079,0:35:06.480
with asking for assistance when you need
0:35:06.079,0:35:07.839
it
0:35:06.480,0:35:10.880
many students who experience
0:35:07.839,0:35:13.520
difficulties make the same mistake
0:35:10.880,0:35:15.440
they keep silent about it asking for
0:35:13.520,0:35:16.079
help is a smarter decision than trying
0:35:15.440,0:35:17.920
to figure
0:35:16.079,0:35:20.640
out the solution to the problem on your
0:35:17.920,0:35:22.079
own that’s probably really important at
0:35:20.640,0:35:22.880
the high school level because the
0:35:22.079,0:35:26.720
teachers are
0:35:22.880,0:35:30.720
there to educate you it’s their job
0:35:26.720,0:35:32.560
to make you succeed with that in mind
0:35:30.720,0:35:34.800
how are you about asking for help when
0:35:32.560,0:35:36.480
you don’t understand something
0:35:34.800,0:35:38.720
i definitely think i’m better than i was
0:35:36.480,0:35:41.839
before when i was in seventh
0:35:38.720,0:35:44.320
and sixth mainly seventh grade
0:35:41.839,0:35:46.079
i was always kind of scared to raise my
0:35:44.320,0:35:50.640
hand to either answer a question
0:35:46.079,0:35:53.359
or ask a question because i think
0:35:50.640,0:35:55.280
id is a thing well my answer is stupid
0:35:53.359,0:35:57.280
or my question’s stupid or maybe i’m
0:35:55.280,0:35:58.480
disrupting them or maybe she can’t help
0:35:57.280,0:36:00.160
me or
0:35:58.480,0:36:02.079
i just kind of went through all those
0:36:00.160,0:36:05.119
problems in my head
0:36:02.079,0:36:08.720
um and i guess since i’ve
0:36:05.119,0:36:09.359
been online for school now um asking for
0:36:08.720,0:36:11.680
questions
0:36:09.359,0:36:13.599
asking questions has kind of been easier
0:36:11.680,0:36:14.320
for me and i kind of know that asking
0:36:13.599,0:36:17.359
questions
0:36:14.320,0:36:18.000
is better and i have gotten extra help
0:36:17.359,0:36:21.599
with them
0:36:18.000,0:36:23.839
so yeah i’m better than
0:36:21.599,0:36:25.440
where i was that’s good yeah i guess i
0:36:23.839,0:36:28.160
guess working online because you can
0:36:25.440,0:36:30.320
directly message the teacher you’re not
0:36:28.160,0:36:32.400
you know the focus of the class isn’t on
0:36:30.320,0:36:34.000
you when you’re asking a question
0:36:32.400,0:36:35.520
i could certainly see that and and the
0:36:34.000,0:36:37.760
fact that you’re seeing good results
0:36:35.520,0:36:39.599
from that’s important
0:36:37.760,0:36:42.000
my philosophy has always been the only
0:36:39.599,0:36:43.680
stupid question is the one you don’t ask
0:36:42.000,0:36:45.119
there’s never any question you shouldn’t
0:36:43.680,0:36:46.640
ask you should always feel comfortable
0:36:45.119,0:36:50.000
doing that
0:36:46.640,0:36:52.000
what’s our next hint um our next hint is
0:36:50.000,0:36:53.119
focus on your studies and follow the
0:36:52.000,0:36:54.400
schedule
0:36:53.119,0:36:56.160
you need to fight the urge to
0:36:54.400,0:36:58.240
procrastinate
0:36:56.160,0:37:00.560
creating an individual schedule can help
0:36:58.240,0:37:03.119
you focus on achieving your goals
0:37:00.560,0:37:04.960
have a session of critical thinking and
0:37:03.119,0:37:06.880
work on your study habits
0:37:04.960,0:37:08.320
this usually shows areas that need
0:37:06.880,0:37:11.359
improvement
0:37:08.320,0:37:13.359
so how are you at
0:37:11.359,0:37:14.960
keeping your schedule especially now
0:37:13.359,0:37:16.320
that you’re you’re working
0:37:14.960,0:37:18.320
you know you’re schooling from home it’s
0:37:16.320,0:37:20.640
got to be difficult to keep a schedule
0:37:18.320,0:37:22.400
i mean especially when we first started
0:37:20.640,0:37:24.000
because it was
0:37:22.400,0:37:26.640
really kind of crazy when we first
0:37:24.000,0:37:29.280
started we didn’t really have a schedule
0:37:26.640,0:37:30.240
it was just okay all your classes gave
0:37:29.280,0:37:32.320
you work
0:37:30.240,0:37:34.160
just do it by the end of the day or do
0:37:32.320,0:37:37.520
it when we think it’s due
0:37:34.160,0:37:40.880
now we do actually have periods for it
0:37:37.520,0:37:42.240
and i am able to better keep my schedule
0:37:40.880,0:37:45.280
for that
0:37:42.240,0:37:48.000
um and for after school if i do
0:37:45.280,0:37:50.000
have work i need to do i focus on one
0:37:48.000,0:37:52.240
thing get that done then focus on
0:37:50.000,0:37:54.240
another thing get that done and i kind
0:37:52.240,0:37:56.800
of have a set schedule in a way
0:37:54.240,0:37:59.520
yeah there’s a there’s a an overall lack
0:37:56.800,0:38:01.440
of appreciation i think for routine
0:37:59.520,0:38:02.720
you know the routines that we get into
0:38:01.440,0:38:05.599
on a day-to-day basis
0:38:02.720,0:38:06.960
really help us to keep our focus to keep
0:38:05.599,0:38:08.960
us organized
0:38:06.960,0:38:10.480
and to a certain extent to motivate us
0:38:08.960,0:38:12.480
you know if i know that i’m going to get
0:38:10.480,0:38:14.640
out of school at a certain time
0:38:12.480,0:38:16.160
then i’m going to work to that goal if i
0:38:14.640,0:38:18.320
know that lunch is right around the
0:38:16.160,0:38:19.920
corner and my stomach’s growling
0:38:18.320,0:38:23.440
then i’m going to work to get my stuff
0:38:19.920,0:38:25.599
done so it’s these little milestones
0:38:23.440,0:38:26.880
that help and when you when you get out
0:38:25.599,0:38:30.000
into the real world and you’re
0:38:26.880,0:38:32.079
you’re working a job you sort of set
0:38:30.000,0:38:33.280
those for yourself as well usually they
0:38:32.079,0:38:35.359
tend to revolve around
0:38:33.280,0:38:36.960
time off or holidays or something like
0:38:35.359,0:38:38.960
that
0:38:36.960,0:38:41.280
or projects you know if i know i have a
0:38:38.960,0:38:43.280
project that i’m working on now
0:38:41.280,0:38:44.800
that project usually is planned out to
0:38:43.280,0:38:47.200
the point where
0:38:44.800,0:38:48.160
i know when it’s going to end roughly
0:38:47.200,0:38:51.119
and you
0:38:48.160,0:38:52.800
work at a pace to get to that point so
0:38:51.119,0:38:54.400
that when you get to that point you
0:38:52.800,0:38:55.680
have a chance you sprint up to that
0:38:54.400,0:38:56.960
point and you have a chance to take a
0:38:55.680,0:38:59.440
breather
0:38:56.960,0:39:00.880
so scheduling and routine are very
0:38:59.440,0:39:04.000
helpful
0:39:00.880,0:39:05.119
what’s next next up is find the right
0:39:04.000,0:39:07.200
balance
0:39:05.119,0:39:08.400
finding balance is a challenge many
0:39:07.200,0:39:12.079
students fail
0:39:08.400,0:39:15.520
it seems that they aren’t it seems they
0:39:12.079,0:39:17.119
um it seems that they can’t figure out
0:39:15.520,0:39:20.240
where to draw the line between
0:39:17.119,0:39:22.079
so between studies and social life which
0:39:20.240,0:39:23.200
normally results in poor academic
0:39:22.079,0:39:25.920
performance
0:39:23.200,0:39:27.520
spend a couple days monitoring how how
0:39:25.920,0:39:28.560
much time you spend on different
0:39:27.520,0:39:31.280
activities
0:39:28.560,0:39:32.880
then make the necessary adjustments and
0:39:31.280,0:39:34.160
one of the advantages i think we have
0:39:32.880,0:39:37.200
right now is
0:39:34.160,0:39:40.000
there really isn’t much social life
0:39:37.200,0:39:41.520
but before the pandemic happened how did
0:39:40.000,0:39:43.599
you find that balance
0:39:41.520,0:39:45.839
because obviously it didn’t your grades
0:39:43.599,0:39:47.599
have been very good for
0:39:45.839,0:39:49.200
quite some time now so you must have
0:39:47.599,0:39:51.119
struck a balance there somewhere how did
0:39:49.200,0:39:54.000
you do that
0:39:51.119,0:39:54.000
well um
0:39:54.480,0:39:58.240
i’ll start off where um when i was in
0:39:57.280,0:40:01.440
sixth grade
0:39:58.240,0:40:02.320
which uh still was an interesting time
0:40:01.440,0:40:04.400
in my life
0:40:02.320,0:40:05.359
um it was kind of where i tried to find
0:40:04.400,0:40:08.880
the balance
0:40:05.359,0:40:10.400
at that point um and when i was doing my
0:40:08.880,0:40:13.599
schoolwork um
0:40:10.400,0:40:15.200
in aftercare um i guess i would kind of
0:40:13.599,0:40:17.040
balance my social life
0:40:15.200,0:40:18.560
at the same time like i’d get my work
0:40:17.040,0:40:20.960
done
0:40:18.560,0:40:22.000
and then i’d go and do something else my
0:40:20.960,0:40:25.280
work always came
0:40:22.000,0:40:26.960
first and then when i was done i would
0:40:25.280,0:40:29.119
go and be social
0:40:26.960,0:40:31.200
and even when i was doing my work i was
0:40:29.119,0:40:32.400
kind of able to be social because my one
0:40:31.200,0:40:34.480
friend was
0:40:32.400,0:40:36.640
younger than me and would usually
0:40:34.480,0:40:38.480
sometimes need help with her work and i
0:40:36.640,0:40:41.040
would always be there to assist
0:40:38.480,0:40:44.160
and it was never too hard to the it was
0:40:41.040,0:40:45.920
she never really asked to
0:40:44.160,0:40:47.280
she never really distracted me like
0:40:45.920,0:40:50.319
everything else did
0:40:47.280,0:40:52.560
um me and her were just working on our
0:40:50.319,0:40:54.480
schoolwork and it was kind of regular
0:40:52.560,0:40:56.160
by the time i was in seventh grade and i
0:40:54.480,0:40:58.560
didn’t have aftercare
0:40:56.160,0:40:59.440
i was able to focus more on my studies
0:40:58.560,0:41:02.240
and
0:40:59.440,0:41:04.800
since i really didn’t have any clubs at
0:41:02.240,0:41:07.839
the time i didn’t really
0:41:04.800,0:41:09.839
um have a social life outside of school
0:41:07.839,0:41:10.880
besides of course texting my friends and
0:41:09.839,0:41:13.359
stuff
0:41:10.880,0:41:14.160
um but in school i would have my one
0:41:13.359,0:41:16.400
friend at
0:41:14.160,0:41:17.280
i would talk with my one friend at lunch
0:41:16.400,0:41:20.560
and
0:41:17.280,0:41:23.680
my friend my friend mariah and i would
0:41:20.560,0:41:24.960
go to our buses together um once i was
0:41:23.680,0:41:27.520
done in my locker
0:41:24.960,0:41:28.240
so we had a bit of extra time to talk so
0:41:27.520,0:41:30.560
it sounded like
0:41:28.240,0:41:32.880
prioritization really is what gave you
0:41:30.560,0:41:35.200
that that balance
0:41:32.880,0:41:36.079
you always prioritize your your
0:41:35.200,0:41:38.960
academics
0:41:36.079,0:41:40.560
over your social life that might get
0:41:38.960,0:41:42.240
harder as you get older and you get
0:41:40.560,0:41:44.800
further into high school where social
0:41:42.240,0:41:46.960
you’re going to have much more uh
0:41:44.800,0:41:48.800
demands from the social side of
0:41:46.960,0:41:50.640
of things are going to be tugging at you
0:41:48.800,0:41:53.440
a little bit more than you were used to
0:41:50.640,0:41:55.359
so yeah you just kind of have to keep
0:41:53.440,0:41:58.640
that in mind
0:41:55.359,0:41:59.440
what the what’s our next one the next
0:41:58.640,0:42:02.560
stop
0:41:59.440,0:42:03.920
next we have uh know your strengths and
0:42:02.560,0:42:05.680
weaknesses
0:42:03.920,0:42:07.760
pick the subjects you’re interested in
0:42:05.680,0:42:08.960
the most and keep in mind that the more
0:42:07.760,0:42:11.359
classes you take
0:42:08.960,0:42:13.440
the less influence each class is going
0:42:11.359,0:42:15.440
to have on your gpa
0:42:13.440,0:42:16.640
it doesn’t mean that you need to cram
0:42:15.440,0:42:19.119
your schedule full
0:42:16.640,0:42:20.079
just pick what you think will keep you
0:42:19.119,0:42:22.480
interested
0:42:20.079,0:42:24.880
how do you think you are at determining
0:42:22.480,0:42:27.920
what your strengths and weaknesses are
0:42:24.880,0:42:30.000
well i definitely know that i’m very
0:42:27.920,0:42:33.440
strong in my academics
0:42:30.000,0:42:33.680
and i also know which hobbies i’m strong
0:42:33.440,0:42:36.480
in
0:42:33.680,0:42:38.160
and what i’m weak in and when it comes
0:42:36.480,0:42:39.920
to my academic subjects
0:42:38.160,0:42:41.920
i know which ones i’m better and then i
0:42:39.920,0:42:44.960
know which ones i’m worse in
0:42:41.920,0:42:48.000
so i kind of i definitely
0:42:44.960,0:42:50.480
don’t shy away from my weaknesses and i
0:42:48.000,0:42:52.720
try to highlight my strengths as well
0:42:50.480,0:42:54.720
so are there any academic habits you
0:42:52.720,0:42:58.720
have do you think
0:42:54.720,0:43:00.800
need to be improved um i guess more or
0:42:58.720,0:43:04.079
less understanding that my s
0:43:00.800,0:43:04.800
that i do have strengths uh like i said
0:43:04.079,0:43:07.760
i’m not
0:43:04.800,0:43:09.599
afraid to show my week to know my
0:43:07.760,0:43:12.319
weaknesses
0:43:09.599,0:43:14.319
but i do sometime but i do sometimes
0:43:12.319,0:43:17.520
overshadow my strengths
0:43:14.319,0:43:20.319
although i i am aware of a lot of them
0:43:17.520,0:43:21.200
sometimes they do get overshadowed um
0:43:20.319,0:43:23.520
just because
0:43:21.200,0:43:24.960
i kinda i guess just focus on accepting
0:43:23.520,0:43:27.920
my weaknesses more
0:43:24.960,0:43:29.280
right that makes sense what’s the last
0:43:27.920,0:43:31.599
one that we have
0:43:29.280,0:43:33.359
last one we have is set small goals and
0:43:31.599,0:43:35.920
give yourself rewards
0:43:33.359,0:43:37.440
instead of having one big goal of
0:43:35.920,0:43:39.520
improving your gpa
0:43:37.440,0:43:40.880
have a set of smaller more realistic
0:43:39.520,0:43:43.280
goals that you can
0:43:40.880,0:43:44.319
achieve in a shorter amount of time
0:43:43.280,0:43:45.839
satisfy
0:43:44.319,0:43:48.000
satisfying rewards will keep you
0:43:45.839,0:43:49.680
motivated so you’ll lower the chance of
0:43:48.000,0:43:50.319
losing interest and dropping the whole
0:43:49.680,0:43:52.079
idea
0:43:50.319,0:43:54.640
yeah this kind of goes along the
0:43:52.079,0:43:56.560
problem-solving philosophy that we’ve
0:43:54.640,0:43:58.160
we’ve talked about a number of times on
0:43:56.560,0:44:00.160
the podcast
0:43:58.160,0:44:01.839
and that is take those bigger challenges
0:44:00.160,0:44:04.160
that you have and find a way to
0:44:01.839,0:44:06.560
divide them up into smaller goals
0:44:04.160,0:44:06.560
smaller
0:44:06.800,0:44:11.440
smaller pieces and then you attack those
0:44:09.040,0:44:13.280
pieces individually and eventually
0:44:11.440,0:44:14.480
you start seeing the progress that
0:44:13.280,0:44:17.440
you’re making and those
0:44:14.480,0:44:19.599
pieces that you’ve conquered and solved
0:44:17.440,0:44:21.200
start to assemble like a puzzle
0:44:19.599,0:44:23.200
until eventually you’ve got the whole
0:44:21.200,0:44:26.560
thing solved yep
0:44:23.200,0:44:28.720
because you’ll find from a inspiration
0:44:26.560,0:44:31.119
and motivation standpoint
0:44:28.720,0:44:33.359
and even from a morale standpoint it’s a
0:44:31.119,0:44:34.319
lot easier to break things into smaller
0:44:33.359,0:44:36.160
chunks
0:44:34.319,0:44:37.760
and start getting some of those early
0:44:36.160,0:44:40.400
victories what we we like to
0:44:37.760,0:44:42.319
call you know the low-hanging fruit
0:44:40.400,0:44:44.720
let’s establish some
0:44:42.319,0:44:46.480
uh triumphs right off the bat here let’s
0:44:44.720,0:44:48.240
get a couple of wins under our belt then
0:44:46.480,0:44:49.920
we’re going to feel good about it
0:44:48.240,0:44:51.680
we’re going to be motivated to continue
0:44:49.920,0:44:54.240
on and then we’ll start getting the more
0:44:51.680,0:44:55.680
progressively difficult things done and
0:44:54.240,0:44:58.400
before you know it you’re 90
0:44:55.680,0:45:00.720
of the way there you’re almost done so
0:44:58.400,0:45:03.760
dividing things into smaller
0:45:00.720,0:45:04.880
batches is very important and giving
0:45:03.760,0:45:07.760
yourself rewards
0:45:04.880,0:45:09.440
you know the reward could be finishing
0:45:07.760,0:45:10.640
one of those projects and solving one of
0:45:09.440,0:45:12.319
those things
0:45:10.640,0:45:14.079
the other thing could just be all right
0:45:12.319,0:45:18.640
i’m gonna work
0:45:14.079,0:45:21.599
on this term paper until
0:45:18.640,0:45:22.960
such and such time and the reward that i
0:45:21.599,0:45:24.400
get you know i’m gonna go get something
0:45:22.960,0:45:25.760
to drink or i want to get up and stretch
0:45:24.400,0:45:28.079
or something like that
0:45:25.760,0:45:28.800
and you work in in little shifts like
0:45:28.079,0:45:30.960
that
0:45:28.800,0:45:32.480
so that you you keep yourself motivated
0:45:30.960,0:45:33.839
so that you’re not sitting there getting
0:45:32.480,0:45:35.599
bored or
0:45:33.839,0:45:37.200
distracted you don’t want your mind
0:45:35.599,0:45:38.880
wandering you need to take those little
0:45:37.200,0:45:41.040
breaks those little rewards go play
0:45:38.880,0:45:43.359
video games for a little bit and veg out
0:45:41.040,0:45:44.720
clear your head come back and start a
0:45:43.359,0:45:47.119
new
0:45:44.720,0:45:47.760
you know one of the things that i always
0:45:47.119,0:45:48.960
say is
0:45:47.760,0:45:50.400
if you’re working on a problem and
0:45:48.960,0:45:51.599
you’re too close to it you need to step
0:45:50.400,0:45:54.240
away for a little bit
0:45:51.599,0:45:55.760
and you need to clear your head then you
0:45:54.240,0:45:57.920
step back into it you can look at it
0:45:55.760,0:46:00.000
from a different perspective
0:45:57.920,0:46:02.960
so these are all really good uh
0:46:00.000,0:46:05.200
suggestions on how to improve your gpa
0:46:02.960,0:46:06.640
obviously right now they’re not things
0:46:05.200,0:46:09.520
that you need to worry about because
0:46:06.640,0:46:10.800
your gpa is high enough but
0:46:09.520,0:46:12.160
there’s a lot of people out there that
0:46:10.800,0:46:13.599
could probably use a little bit of help
0:46:12.160,0:46:17.760
in that area
0:46:13.599,0:46:21.040
i hope we’ve kind of done the article
0:46:17.760,0:46:23.440
and i’ve uh have you pandered
0:46:21.040,0:46:24.319
justice here and emphasize the
0:46:23.440,0:46:28.480
importance
0:46:24.319,0:46:31.359
of how your gpa can affect you
0:46:28.480,0:46:31.760
academically professionally personally
0:46:31.359,0:46:33.760
and
0:46:31.760,0:46:34.880
talked about some of the high points
0:46:33.760,0:46:36.240
there
0:46:34.880,0:46:43.200
we’ll be right back and we’ll get your
0:46:36.240,0:46:45.920
closing remarks all right
0:46:43.200,0:46:46.240
go for your closing remarks all right so
0:46:45.920,0:46:48.319
to
0:46:46.240,0:46:49.839
anyone out there who is looking to
0:46:48.319,0:46:52.960
improve their gpa
0:46:49.839,0:46:56.000
for if if it is low or
0:46:52.960,0:46:58.240
for just of the sake of improving it i
0:46:56.000,0:46:59.440
would recommend that you would try out
0:46:58.240,0:47:02.079
some of these
0:46:59.440,0:47:03.040
um some of the things we mentioned here
0:47:02.079,0:47:07.200
and
0:47:03.040,0:47:10.079
if these are not enough for you
0:47:07.200,0:47:11.760
go ahead and try and find other ways get
0:47:10.079,0:47:15.520
inside from others who have
0:47:11.760,0:47:18.560
had the same experience as you um
0:47:15.520,0:47:22.960
and stay in school
0:47:18.560,0:47:25.920
stay in school yeah okay sage advice as
0:47:22.960,0:47:27.280
usual thank you um don’t you don’t have
0:47:25.920,0:47:28.880
to hit the microphone there’s no need to
0:47:27.280,0:47:32.559
get back i didn’t mean to hit
0:47:28.880,0:47:33.280
it uh before we go i would also i would
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