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Depends on the college or university. Usually they keep their method secret. Some throw out all non-academic classes and get rid of bonus points for AP or honors, then recalculate the GPA. Some just accept the high school's GPA. The reason they look at GPA at all is to compare students and...

Try these: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen The Kite Runner or A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hossieni Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte A Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye Happy reading!

Have you read The Traveling Pants books? They are great. If you are a good reader, I highly recommend dipping into the classics - Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Pride & Prejudice, Madame Bovary, Anna Karenina, A Member of the Wedding, To Kill A Mockingbird, A Thousand Splendid Suns - to name a...

If you like vampire books, try Dracula by Bram Stoker, and the Vampire books by Anne Rice (Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned, etc.). If you like magic, try A Thousand Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. If you like angels and fantasy worlds, try His...

If you really want to get a good idea of your IQ, go to the MENSA site and see what they have to offer. Their tests are longer, more difficult, and more valid. The IQ tests that pop up on facebook are more like a round of Jeopardy - they are testing for specific random knowledge.

Go to class every day. Sit in the front row. Make eye contact with the teacher. Pay attention in class and take notes. Participate in discussion. Do the reading. Study. You should have no trouble passing if you will do all this.