David Hogg Got Rejected By Some Major Colleges, Now He’s Dissing Them

[Applewood]

I don't know about the 4.2 GPA.  When I was a kid, 4.0 was the highest score,  unless the GPA is calculated differently now. 

The highest SAT score is 1600.  At 1200, I guess Hogg is an A and B student or maybe more Bs than As.  I do know that his score isn't stellar and he most likely would not be accepted at an Ivy League school. 

As for other schools -- most of them are heavily into "diversity."  As a white male, he might be passed over for admission in favor of, say, a black, female LGBT with a lower score. 

"Diversity"  is probably fine with a social justice warrior like Hogg -- except when "diversity" works against him.

[LMAO]

"Diversity"  is probably fine with a social justice warrior like Hogg -- except when "diversity" works against him.

 I  once told my sons that the hardest thing in the world is to live by our own values.  It’s easy to have political positions and moral values until those are applied to ourselves.  If there was some kind of societal calamity,  and young Mr. Hogg’s life  was at stake, he’d be the first one trying to buy a gun

[Concerned]

I don't know about the 4.2 GPA.  When I was a kid, 4.0 was the highest score,  unless the GPA is calculated differently now. 

You can now get above a 4.0 GPA based on the Advanced Placement courses you take in high school.  The average GPA for high school students getting into my alma mater (University of Virginia) is reported to be 4.2.

[kevindavis007]

I think it has to do with his attitude and the attention he brings and I don't think any university wants the headache that this a**hole is going to bring, or it could be they have fill some kind of diversity quota and he did go against White privilege.

[WingNot]

You can now get above a 4.0 GPA based on the Advanced Placement courses you take in high school.  The average GPA for high school students getting into my alma mater (University of Virginia) is reported to be 4.2.

Schools grades work today like the volume knob on the Marshall amps  in "This Is Spinal Tap"
You see, most blokes will be playing at 10. You're on 10, all the way up, all the way up...Where can you go from there? Nowhere. What we do, is if we need that extra push over the cliff...Eleven. One louder. ... these go to 11 ...

[Restored]

he highest SAT score is 1600.

You are showing your age. I think my son's score was over 1600.

[WingNot]

You are showing your age. I think my son's score was over 1600.

SAT creep .

[mountaineer]

Highest SAT score when I was in HS (1970s) was 1,600, but I'm pretty sure the test is a lot different now. Back then, 1,200 was a very good score. If it's true the nearly illiterate Mr. Hogg really got a 1,200, then that's probably like a 900 in olden days. I thought most kids took the ACT now, anyway. As for GPA, it's meaningless.  "A" grades are handed out like participation medals in most public schools now.

[jmyrlefuller]

You are showing your age. I think my son's score was over 1600.

They added a third section (a writing section) that could bring a total score as high as 2400. That writing section isn't universally recognized, though. Most of the time when you cite an SAT score, it's just the verbal and math, which still maxes out at 1600.

[Restored]

1200 today is like a 950 when I went to school. UCLA is not going to admit a white male with that kind of score. He might get into USF or UCF with that score.
My guess is that some big school is going to relax their standards and admit him for the publicity, especially if he announces he plans to major in journalism or Political Science. It could even be an Ivy League school.

[Restored]

They added a third section (a writing section) that could bring a total score as high as 2400. That writing section isn't universally recognized, though. Most of the time when you cite an SAT score, it's just the verbal and math, which still maxes out at 1600.

Some schools ignore the English section because it limits the number of non-citizens. Many Chinese students just blow it off.

[jmyrlefuller]

1200 today is like a 950 when I went to school. UCLA is not going to admit a white male with that kind of score. He might get into USF or UCF with that score.
My guess is that some big school is going to relax their standards and admit him for the publicity, especially if he announces he plans to major in journalism or Political Science. It could even be an Ivy League school.

It sounds like something Harvard would do.

[Sanguine]

I don't know about the 4.2 GPA.  When I was a kid, 4.0 was the highest score,  unless the GPA is calculated differently now. 

The highest SAT score is 1600.  At 1200, I guess Hogg is an A and B student or maybe more Bs than As.  I do know that his score isn't stellar and he most likely would not be accepted at an Ivy League school. 

As for other schools -- most of them are heavily into "diversity."  As a white male, he might be passed over for admission in favor of, say, a black, female LGBT with a lower score. 

"Diversity"  is probably fine with a social justice warrior like Hogg -- except when "diversity" works against him.

I'm assuming that a 4.2 is out of 5, so an 84 or a "B".  Probably not good enough to get into a major college.  Especially if one is being hoisted on the leftist petard of "white male privilege".

[mystery-ak]

What school would really want this Camera Hogg...he can't be trusted..wrong him and he will publicly turn on you the little fascist that he is.

[jpsb]

I don't know about the 4.2 GPA.  When I was a kid, 4.0 was the highest score,  unless the GPA is calculated differently now. 

The highest SAT score is 1600.  At 1200, I guess Hogg is an A and B student or maybe more Bs than As.  I do know that his score isn't stellar and he most likely would not be accepted at an Ivy League school. 

1200 SAT isn't what it used to be. SAT were dumbed down a while back. Academia was
embarrassed by the horrible SAT scores our public school students were getting so they made
the test easier.   

How does one get a GPA of over 4.0

[jpsb]

I'm assuming that a 4.2 is out of 5, so an 84 or a "B".  Probably not good enough to get into a major college.  Especially if one is being hoisted on the leftist petard of "white male privilege".

Nope A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0

[LMAO]

What school would really want this Camera Hogg...he can't be trusted..wrong him and he will publicly turn on you the little fascist that he is.

Actually, it sounds like he would fit right in in today’s universities

[Cyber Liberty]

1200 SAT isn't what it used to be. SAT were dumbed down a while back. Academia was
embarrassed by the horrible SAT scores our public school students were getting so they made
the test easier.   

How does one get a GPA of over 4.0

Extra points for Advanced Placement.

[Concerned]

Nope A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0

AP classes affect GPA as well — regular classes usually weight an A in a class as a 4.0. But many high schools and colleges give AP classes an additional point. So it's possible to have a 5.0 GPA credit from an AP class. Or, a student could get a B in an AP class but still have a 4.0 GPA. Schools often weight honors classes higher than regular classes as well.

http://www.latimes.com/local/education/community/la-me-edu-a-parent-s-guide-to-ap-classes-20150922-story.html

[ABX]

I think he was actually in school, hiding. According to what I read, he went home, saw the shooting was getting major media coverage and raced back to school to get noticed.

Yep, I think CBS trolled people by showing part of the clip and leaving out the 'later that night' part they released yesterday. They got a lot of people chasing rabbits down imaginary holes.

[Sanguine]

Nope A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0

Nope: 

You can determine how grades effect your college 5.0 scale grade point average by understanding where GPA comes from. Colleges and universities use GPA as a quick way to describe your overall higher education performance by a single number. GPAs range from a score of 0.0 to 5.0, with 5.0 being given for all A's in applicable coursework. In the 5.0 GPA system, letter grades are given points values with "A" being 5, "B" being 4, "C" being 3, "D" being 4 and an "F" being 0....

https://sciencing.com/calculate-grade-point-average-50-8186411.html

[Sanguine]

Yep, I think CBS trolled people by showing part of the clip and leaving out the 'later that night' part they released yesterday. They got a lot of people chasing rabbits down imaginary holes.

Yep.   

[thackney]

I don't know about the 4.2 GPA.  When I was a kid, 4.0 was the highest score,  unless the GPA is calculated differently now. 

Most schools add a point now for taking an honors or gifted/talented level class.  So a B in an honors class equals an A in the average class.

I wish my high school had done this.  Our class valedictorian was a girl who avoided all the hard classes.  All of us taking college prep level classes occasionally got a B.  She didn't.

So still a 4.0 scale, but 5 points awarded for an A in honors english and the like.

[thackney]

"A" being 5, "B" being 4, "C" being 3, "D" being 4 and an "F" being 0....

I hope that D is a typo.

[Sanguine]

I hope that D is a typo.

LOL, I didn't catch that.  I'm sure it is.