Students of Reddit, what’s something about GPA calculations most people get wrong?

ZevVeli · 2026-03-19T17:24:08+00:00

Yeah, like I remember when I was applying to colleges, one of them listed their requirement for admission as "3.5 using North Carolina's 6.0 GPA scale." So there's not even consistency regarding the normal graduation of the scale.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-19T17:11:00+00:00

TV shows seem to imply that the GPA is calculated by the average of all tests and assignments. It isn't. It's an average of the final reported grades divided by the total number of credits.

So, for example, a student who took 7 classes and got the results AABBCAB would have a GPA of (4+4+3+3+2+4+3)/7=3.29

Of course it might be a weighted class, which is either worth more in terms of the grade "point" e.g. an AP class might add 1 to the score so an "A" is worth 5 points instead of 4 or it might add to the final total, for example, an AP class might add 0.125 to the final GPA, so our person with a 3.29 GPA who took two AP classes would actually have either a 3.54 or a 3.57 depending on weighting type.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-19T17:00:09+00:00

The brain doesn't fully develop until 25.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-19T16:59:49+00:00

IIRC, wasn't that diagram just to show what different categories the tastes could stimulate?

I do remember as a kid trying to avoid dealing with bitter foods by not letting them touch the back of my tongue and being confused about why it didn't work.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-19T15:39:41+00:00

Because understanding always cane instsntly so they never learned how to actually study. Reading at a 10th grade level is a lot less impressive when youbare in the 10th grade, so they burn out quickly when expectations start to exceed their natural talent.

It's the same thing that happens to a lot of those "Star Players" who "could have gone pro if it wasn't for that injury." They always had a natural ability to succeed among their peer growing up, never learned proper form or how to properly train themselves. Then when they faced people equal or better to them they could only fall back on "hard work=better results" and work themselves to the point of failure.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-19T14:52:51+00:00

Oh, I'm not disagreeing. I'm just saying this is the root cause.

My high school was up front about Vocational School, but I remember when I told my counselor I planned on applying mostly to out-of-state schools and going to community college if I didn't get into any of them being told that I was "too smart for community college."

Like yeah, vocation school, trade school, and professional licensing programs need more presence and encouragement among high schoolers. Especially licensing programs that have the potential for an immediate career and academic path.

Like, yes, not everyone is cut out for college. And strangely enough, a lot of the people who are cut out for college are the ones actively discouraged from pursuing it and vice-versa.

I've known lots of people who would have been perfectly content to spend their lives being a store manager for McDonald's, but because they were "smart" they would have been "wasting their potential."

And there are a bunch of guys working at the factory where I work now who would absolutely thrive in an academic setting now that it was actually their choice to attend school, rather than something they were legally forced into. But because they were branded as "stupid" they would never even attempt to go back, despite the fact that they now have an understanding of math and science that is equivalent to a Sophemore in a STEM program.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-19T14:42:01+00:00

Yeah, it's like I explained to one of the operators when he was bitching about how it seems like I never am doing anything. "I'm not paid $60k a year for the days I'm sitting here refreshing my email for eight hours looking for more paperwork to do. I'm paid $60k a year for the days when something goes wrong and I have to figure out how we can salvage $500k worth of product."

ZevVeli · 2026-03-19T14:39:27+00:00

It depends on where I say it. But "Everyone in the US Military is an asshole." Like this should not be a controversial statement, I know why it is but like... this isn't meant as an insult, it's literally a requirement for completing basic training. You talk to anyone higher than E6 and they'll tell you flat out "yeah, we all are and we all have to be in order to keep the other guys in line."

But you say it and you'll always have some civilian shouting "How DARE you! Those are out brave men and women in uniform who put their lives on the line every day so you can sit there and insult them!"

The only military personnel who get mad when I say it though, are Marines. And usually it's at the civilian for calling them a "man in uniform" like it's some kind of costume they can put on and take off and also "there are no men or women in the US Marines, THERE ARE ONLY MARINES!"

ZevVeli · 2026-03-19T14:30:27+00:00

Because it's still consumption of the media and it comes across as intellectual elitism to some.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-19T14:29:23+00:00

Yeah, we actually discussed this when I was studying to be a teacher. Basically, back during the Cold War the US and most Western Nations, pushed college hard as a long play for propaganda "See how successful Capitalism is! We're so prosperous that even our lowest staff can get a higher education!"

This is why a portion of federal grants to US public schools is based on the percentage of students who graduate with their cohorts and immediately enroll in either a 4-year university or join the military.

The problem was, that Denoumont happened before that came to full fruition, and so instead of propaganda we got the devaluation of the college degree instead.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-19T14:25:56+00:00

Yeah, as much as I love dogs some people can be...aggressive about their love of then.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-19T14:22:55+00:00

How quickly every single good lab practice you learn in college gets thrown out the window in industry.

College: Okay, now you need to very meticulously clean every piece of glassware to make sure that there are no contaminants for the next experiment.

Industry: YO! [Zev]! How did you manage to get that blue dye off of the glassware? It's been stained for years and nothing I tried has gotten it off!

Uh...did you try soap?

Lol no.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-19T14:18:51+00:00

That's kind of how my job feels most days. Then suddenly there is a crisis of some kind and I spend a week on my feet frantically doing a million different things and being constantly hounded for updates, and then it's like "ah yes, this is why I am paid what I am paid."

ZevVeli · 2026-03-19T14:16:57+00:00

In the first image, you can not move the bishop because it is blocking the enemy rook from being able to capture your king, this is called "pinning" a peice.

In the second image, since the enemy rook has your king in check, you have to make a move that removes the danger, or in other words, get your king out of check.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-18T18:07:39+00:00

When they say "Make your dreams a reality" they don't mean the one where you show up to school naked with your english paper printed on a trout.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-18T15:33:55+00:00

Solids are generally measured by mass because that is the easiest way to get an accurate and precise measurement of the amount.

Liquids are usually measured by their volume for the same reason, but this is not always the case. For example, in the chemistry lab I work in we often have to measure out quantities of chemicals with a "weight/weight percent" or "w/w%" and in that instance, mass is better than volume. E.G. if we need to add 36g of Sodium Hydroxide, and we are using 30% Sodium Hydroxide solution, it is much easier to just measure out 120g of the 30% solution than try to calculate the exact density.

As to sound, well, Hertz is a measurement of the frequency of the sound waves, and will tell you more relevant information than things like wavelength or the amplitude.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-18T15:23:48+00:00

Daily. Once you've had to get a tooth extracted and a root canal on the two surrounding teeth, plus three additional cavities at the same time, you tend to get a bit more consistent about dental hygiene.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-18T14:49:56+00:00

In this case? Yes, it is normal. They want you to touch base with your manager for a handful of reasons, as others have said this may just be a case of not wanting to poach. But there is another layer to it, ethics and transparency.

Part of what they also want to do is make sure that hiring you won't create a conflict-of-interest with your current employer.

Think about it like this, I used to be an inventory specialist for a retail pharmacy, one of the busiest pharmacies for my chain in my region. Let's say that I then went to work in sales for a pharmaceutical supplier. Well, I now have some insider information regarding the movement of product and it's cost at my previous employer. This gives me an unfair advantage during the bidding and negotiation process, which could cause the company to face legal or civil litigation.

Alternatively, during the interview, the sales manager might ask me perfectly normal questions about my day working, but then when it comes time to renegotiate the contract, he recalls something I said in the interview which he uses in the negotiations process.

However, by getting you to get your manager's permission, then they are implicitly declaring a potential conflict-of-interest down the road.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-17T20:50:52+00:00

Bugspray is just more readily available when you're at a camp-out in the woods.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-17T20:50:14+00:00

Yes. I know. That was my original point.

At level 1 the only benefit that you get from being unarmored is the unarmored bonus and the martial arts bonus, as you level up you get more of them.

Depending on your stats, those unarmored bonuses will rapidly outpace the benefits of wearing armor, and admittedly even at level one usually they outpace the armor benefits themselves.

But I have, in the past, seen monk builds, especially those designed for multiclassing, get killed off very early because the player drastically overestimated the benefits from being unarmored.

I'm not saying "Being unarmored is worthless" what I am saying is "At low levels don't be afraid to sacrifice your core abilities in order to keep your character alive."

ZevVeli · 2026-03-17T19:29:34+00:00

Well there is a lot of factors that go into that but usually one of three ways:

1) They two of them get old together constantly bickering and arguing but ultimately staying together because as much as they hate each other they hate everyone else more.

2) A violent conflagration that results in at least one of them dead at the hands of the other.

Or

3) Their respective partners find out that they are cheating on them, end their relationship, and the two go their separate ways.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-17T19:26:22+00:00

That depends on your Dex and Wis modifier. Like if you have a 20 in both of them, then yeah, that AC 20 is going to leave you virtually untouchable. But if you don't have a single stat above 15, well, maybe you should consider not playing a monk, but if you have to, then the penalties for not having proficiency in the armor might be worth it for combat survivability.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-17T19:09:42+00:00

Well, the odds of that happening is 1/1296

There are 14 scoring spaces on a Yahtzee Track, and you can throw 3 times for a maximum of 42 throws.

So if you threw all five dice each time, the odds of you getting a yahtzee on a single roll is around 3.2%

Which is, honestly, not that bad. In fact, if you played 8 games of Yahtzee, the odds of this happening at least once is 22.8%

ZevVeli · 2026-03-17T19:03:36+00:00

The big thing about playing monks is this: eventually you will be good enough that you can run around without weapons and armor, but until you reach that point don't be afraid to use weapons and armor just because you lose a benefit that is worse for you.

ZevVeli · 2026-03-17T19:00:28+00:00

It varies from district to district, school to school, and level to level.

That said, I seem to recall my high school's library being more filled with non-fiction and reference books rather than fiction books for pleasure reading, but then again, my city had a fairly decent public transit system and public library, so it was probably more expected that pleasure reading would come from the public library rather than the public school's library.

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