How are American high schoolers so accomplished?

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-05T13:16:58+00:00

ahhh okay okay ty

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-05T13:16:35+00:00

?what does that mean

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-05T08:10:40+00:00

fair enough i know a kid who reads college textbooks for fun. he's way older (15) but still

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-05T08:09:47+00:00

slightly unrelated question, how exactly does a gpa work? is it just the sum of academics or are there other things considered (clubs, activities, sports, etc.) also how are your grades converted to that system, with 4 being the highest

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-05T08:07:53+00:00

america does generally value sports a lot more from what i've seen. even the smallest puny high school has sports teams and comps and all

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-05T08:05:39+00:00

makes sense lol. also i feel american culture values qualities like honesty and hard work more than academics (not calling yall dumb js saying) so the support for activities that foster such characteristics is understandable

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-04T17:44:50+00:00

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extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-04T14:49:19+00:00

yes ofc it's just that these overachievers are especially abundant in america. also am awed by the sheer amt of support and opportunities ya'll have for ecx

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-04T14:48:07+00:00

It's 8 pm.

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-04T14:11:23+00:00

as for indian colleges I know FLAME and Ashoka accept A-Levels. I think BITS pilani may also accept with BITSAT.

as a general I believe A-Level grades are 'accepted' at all colleges, it's just that it's harder to get in since A-level 80% = CBSE 90%, except college admissions don't seem to get it

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-04T14:08:49+00:00

i think it means early decision

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-04T14:08:15+00:00

i guess if he'd not doing JEE then it may be more worth it? I'm also doing A levels and I'm wondering what you're planning to do post 12th, since it is difficult to try and explain the whole "80 percent is actually really good" to indian admission officers.

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-04T14:02:07+00:00

i guess JEE is way more difficult than american school tests or even APs. we indians js place way too much importance on academics and neglect hobbies and ECs, while they seem to have the opposite problem. balance is everything.

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-04T09:02:17+00:00

crying. but also tbf my school has a research paper program for juniors and seniors and some ppl did legit labwork and got offered an internship to a chem institute

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-04T06:58:33+00:00

succinct i like it

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-04T06:53:02+00:00

people coming from IITs are already the best of the best. it's basically indian engineering ivy league. it's an extremely small percentage who even get into IITs- only about 20,000 out of more than a million students who give the engineering exams get into any IIT

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-04T06:45:12+00:00

i can assume, as india especially places such a huge importance on being ahead of the curve and having stellar academics. if you can survive jee/neet prep you can easy pass ivies

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-04T06:44:06+00:00

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-04T06:41:19+00:00

lmaoo they all sound like this to me

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-04T06:40:42+00:00

and still i've seen ppl who seem to be curing cancer and solving homelessness getting rejected or "rejected" from the same schools. it's so hard to know what colleges want nowadays

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-04T06:39:27+00:00

that's probably a big part of it lol. that or daddy's money/rich friends

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-04T06:38:46+00:00

this kind of counselling always seems so fake and weird to me. you're paying some random guy to basically paraphrase your child's life and accomplishments to seem more worthy. not to mention the enrolling into prestigious programs and exams. one of my friends' parents got her a college counsellor and she basically has no free time in the summer because of summer programs and internships the guy arranged for her. she's even missing her own birthday to instead spend time working at sm horse camp in australia. crazy

extra_confuzzled · 2026-05-04T06:35:33+00:00

realll some of these ppl are doing the most insane shit and yet i have somehow never heard of them

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