Am i a bad student?

Question

I do well on tests and i understand lectures and the material well in class but i dont do my home work often. my GPA right now kinda sux. i got some A's but an F in spanish because i feel my spanish teacher is very bad at teaching. I play 3 diffrent sports for each season in high school though. but i'm missing assignments, but do fine on quizes etc. am i going to be able to get into a colledge with a bad GPA but good test scores and sports? Whats a bad student like? what should i do to make it to colledge? i want to do somthing medical from sports injuries trainer to a nurse or even a surgeon. ANY TIPS ON MAKING IT IN HIGH SCHOOL?

Answer 1

try doing your homework and bribe your teachers with kindness.ur a ok student,with the activities u have you'll make it.but with a bad gpa.try harder,and you'll be right were you want to be!have a great day!

Answer 2

Of course your not a bad student, what you are doing is actually called "working below capacity". I only know this because I am the same way. I am very intelligent but I don't ever do my homework. The homework I receive is always too easy and I feel that I shouldn't have to do something that I already know how to do. I'm not saying that what you are doing isn't bad I'm just trying to make it clear that that doesn't make you a bad student. Now the next question is, is your GPA at the average you want it to be at? Colleges accept students with a GPA of 2.5 and up but students with a GPA of 3.7 and up are the ones who get the scholarships. If you feel that you can make it with the path then your choosing then that's fine just remember don't just throw your intelligence away like you don't care because at some point in time you won't be able to change your path. Take a from a person who is in high school and still had a chance to change her path.

Answer 3

Drop one of your sports and work really hard in Spanish. If you honestly can't learn from that teacher, try asking if you can switch into another class. However, you need to be honest with yourself: are you just making excuses for your low grade? Either way, you need to seriously focus on your studies. Perhaps going in for help after school will show the teacher that you're willing to work. If you show improvement in your Spanish grade, you should still get into college. Maybe not an Ivy League, but I'm sure good schools will still accept you.

Just keep in mind that medical school is *tough* and you absolutely cannot slack in it. It's best to develope good study skills now, because it sure as heck won't get any easier for you.

Answer 4

may be hard but drop the school sports for now.

if you're not doing any outside school sports, then drop the school ones. if the school sports are your only sports, and you feel it is too much pressure for you, Drop it.

There are other solutions to be healthy like work out, and excersize in other ways. If you just worked out and dropped your sports, maybe your grades would go up ?

Also, study for everything, DON'T procrastinate on things, and finish extra credit -- for me, extra credit is practically endangered here, that's why better to do it at ANY chance you get. By doing required stuff, getting good test/ quiz/ exam scores, your grades will go Up, and so will your GPA.

if you want to do something medical, you gotta work for it. so is sports injuries trainer to nurse or surgeon.

extra curricular activities are fine for now, just keep the ones you really want.

your main focus now is to get into a good college, after that, do Whatever you want :)

but for Now...
Study, do homework, no pressure on extra stuff, and pay attention!

Answer 5

Well, yes, if you want to get into college and do something medical, you're a bad student. Colleges expect you to get good grades. Part of the reason for that is because they can tell how well you apply yourself. If you're not doing homework and you're missing assignments, you're not applying yourself.

Colleges and other programs get funding based on their graduation rates. They also get "graded" on the success of their students. They aren't going to take the chance on a student who is getting F's and who isn't completing assigned work. You can tell them all about your sports, and make all kinds of promises about how great you'll do and how hard you'll try. But they see your grades, and you will have had to prove to them that you can do well. Your GPA is what they will see first. They don't know you. They have no reason to believe you'll change once you get into college.

If you truly want to get into college (and at this time and at your rate, forget about med school), you need to start taking school and learning and your assignments seriously. Sorry to be so harsh, but I've been through the college experience myself and with my kids. Very few good colleges are interested in slackers.

Answer 6

yeah, i guess you`ll be able to get into a high school since you're good in sports and test scores. but bear in mind, your results are as important!a nurse is probably easier to become/ get in compared a surgeon!make sure you clear your doubts every lectures and spend some time to read through them when you get home so you will roughly recall what you have studied for that day (: all the best!

Answer 7

Colleges look for well rounded students. You may have to drop one of your sports and focus more on the academics. Many colleges will "forgive" one area you do poorly in as long as you excel in other areas. If you want to go to college and be successful focus on doing your homework and getting turned in on time. In college you get your syllabus for the semester on the first day of class. It is your responsibility to get all of the required reading and assignments done before class. College professors rarely remind their class when upcoming assignments are due or when the exams are. They usually don't allow students to make up exams or turn assignments in late.

Answer 8

Maybe you need to quit the sports if you're having that hard a time doing your homework. Sports is an extracurricular activity, homework is not. Unless you're outstanding in sports and could possible get a scholarship, colleges aren't going to care that you played sports, esp. when you're failing classes due to not turning in work.

Answer 9

you need to free yourself from 1 or 2 of the sports and buckle down to your studies because this plans your future to get into a college this is tempory until your grades and assignments are up

Answer 10

well you first have to get rid of that f, try changing the course. pull up that gpa. depends what subjects you got a's on. instead of focusing all of your time on sopts, try to balance your school work with your sports hope that helps