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Bad QPA and Rank?

This is my QPA for my freshman year...

4.0313

and my ranking of all the freshman...

152/656

is my ranking and QPA bad?

No es mal:D

Aunque dependar de que quieres (que universidad quieres asistir, etc.) - ademas, el dificultad de la clases y el systemo del clarificación son factores.

En todo caso, el superior 25% es muy bueno.:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by satchrocks (Post 39485)

No está mal:D

Aunque depende de lo que quieras (a que universidad quieres asistir, etc.) - ademas, la dificultad de la clases y el sistema del clarificación (:confused:) son factores.

En todo caso, lo superior al 25% está muy bien.:thumbsup:

Some corrections ;) (I don't understand what is "clarificación"

What does QPA mean? And does "freshman" mean "primer año"?

Thanks :)

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Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 39491)

Some corrections ;) (I don't understand what is "clarificación"

What does QPA mean? And does "freshman" mean "primer año"?

Thanks :)

Sí ¿qué es este QPA?

Sé que hay GPA (grade point average)

Tambien, creo que "freshman" significa "primer año" :D

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Originally Posted by bobjenkins (Post 39493)

Sí ¿qué es este QPA?

Sé que hay GPA (grade point average)

Tambien, creo que "freshman" significa "primer año" :D

Pues si tú no lo sabes... ¿cómo lo voy a saber yo? ;)

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Originally Posted by bobjenkins (Post 39493)

Sí ¿qué es este QPA?

Sé que hay GPA (grade point average)

Tambien, creo que "freshman" significa "primer año" :D

um, I'm not sure what the difference is, but on my report card it says QPA

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Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 39491)

Some corrections ;) (I don't understand what is "clarificación"
[...]

Creo que lo que satchrocks quiso decir fue "el sistema de calificación" (los criterios con los que se evalúa).

QPA = Quality Point Average. It's a mark that involves student's grades, credit hours and the student's performance, for what I understand. :thinking:

^^^ Right about my use of "clarificacion."

I had honestly no idea how to communicate "grading system," so i just did a literal dictionary translation, which (as I'm sure you know) tends to be awful for actually expressing idioms/ideas of more than one word.

United States high school/college year names:

Estudiante de primer año = "Freshman" (we sometimes just say "frosh")
Because:
"Fresh" = "Nuevo" (in this case)
Thus, it literally means "New Man" or "New Student"

Estudiante de secundo año = "Sophomore"
Comes from the Greek for "wise fool" (meaning that a second year student is foolish because they might think that they know more than they do).

Estudiante de tercero año = "Junior"

Estudiante de quarto año = "Senior"

QPA = a "weighted" GPA (I believe).
This means:
So if you get all "A"s (highest grade) in your classes, but your classes are not difficult, your QPA will not be as high as a student who gets all "A"s in more difficult classes.

Gracias para las correciónes, irmamar!

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Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar (Post 39552)

I think you're right