A, B, C, D, F Students: Where are you now in life?

[Anonymous]

You fell into one of these grade ranges in high school/college just curious as to how life panned out for you based on your grades.

[Anonymous]

C student in HS and A student in college and grad school. Made it away from the racist HS and life went much smoother after that.

[Anonymous]

A student. Got a PhD, very personally fulfilling but not so much financially. Will not be encouraging my kids to do the same, though it's a little sad tobsay that.

[Anonymous]

I am not rich but I am financially comfortable (all I need, most of what I want) and pretty well-known and respected in my field.

C student

[Anonymous]

I had a B average. A lot of As, some Bs, and a D in a phony baloney elective that sparked my first real feelings of contempt for educators.

Twenty years later, I run a satellite office of a major corporation. It pays decently well, and is very flexible (a lot of WFH). I don’t love it.

[Anonymous]

C student in high school (a total slacker)
A student in college
A student in grad school
Very successful in STEM field

[Anonymous]

A/B student in HS
A/B student in college
Went into healthcare and burned out.
Currently SAHM.

[Anonymous]

B+ overall
Top third in law school, and probably about that in undergrad. I was basically always decent but never at the very top. However, I was able to maintain this level without too much effort. Being at the top would have meant no social life and horrible mental health for me. I was a very happy and well rounded student at every level of schooling, I just wasn’t ever an A student.

I’m now a moderately successful lawyer (I’d say about a B+ level of success) and very content.

[Anonymous]

I was an A student. I immigrated to USA, got another degree and married a very smart man. Unfortunately I didn’t do much with my own career.

[Anonymous]

C/D student in high school. Completely lacked focus. Immediately went to Fed government after high school and stayed. 20 years later I am a 14 with a ton of focus and I am working towards completing my bachelors.

[Anonymous]

A student - HS
A/B+ - college

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I would say ‘successful’. I am hopefully on track to be a VP of Finance in two years.

[Anonymous]

B+ in high school
B at Big 10 college
A in MBA program.

VP at trade association. Happy with where I’m at career-wise. It’s a means to an end and gives me the time I want with my family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:C/D student in high school. Completely lacked focus. Immediately went to Fed government after high school and stayed. 20 years later I am a 14 with a ton of focus and I am working towards completing my bachelors.

That’s awesome.

[Anonymous]

C student. Chronic underachiever. To be fair, however, I was experiencing child abuse (sexual, emotional) and had PTSD, depression, and anxiety as a result. Which of course I dealt with by partying.

So I’m playing catch up. Early thirties, earning a master’s. I’m a great student now (got a 4.0 when I finished my bachelors in my late twenties).

[Anonymous]

C and D student in high school. Dyslexic in the time when it wasn’t understood. Went to college where a fantastic advisor mentored me. Became a B student. Got my masters in a topic I love. Director of a national organization and speak all over the country.