{"id":558,"date":"2007-07-20T09:24:42","date_gmt":"2007-07-20T13:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=558"},"modified":"2007-07-20T09:47:54","modified_gmt":"2007-07-20T13:47:54","slug":"from-rolling-20s-as-in-crips-to-rolling-20s-as-in-dungeons-dragons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=558","title":{"rendered":"from rolling 20&#8217;s (as in crips) to rolling 20&#8217;s (as in dungeons &#038; dragons)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> So my CGPA sucks, no joke cause I screwed up first year.  But my annual GPA for<br \/>\nthe last few years have rocked.  I&#8217;m graduating next year and I&#8217;m wondering if<br \/>\nthere are any recognitions for high GPA&#8217;s (ex. 3.5+) in the final year? I know<br \/>\nyou get that &#8220;high distinction&#8221; for CGPA, but what about if you did really well<br \/>\nin your last year when you graduate? Don&#8217;t I get something???<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>unfortunately, UofT doesn&#8217;t have &#8216;most improved&#8217; awards like they did in grade eight.  an attendance awards would be nice too, though no humanities student would probably ever get one.  as for your recently high GPA, congratulations: you got the marks when it really counted, and now you stand a much better chance at getting into grad programs and the like&#8230;what you do not qualify for though is high distinction, which isn&#8217;t going to make a lick of difference in a job interview anyways.<\/p>\n<p>why is it that you only get extra stuff on your degree if you do well academically?  aska thinks that students should get recognition on their diplomas if they<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sleep with a professor (blackmail achievement)<\/li>\n<li>get an A in a class that you never show up for (ferris bueller award)<\/li>\n<li>pull an all-nighter in every libary (traveling engineer distinction)<\/li>\n<li>etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So my CGPA sucks, no joke cause I screwed up first year. 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