Will You Graduate

Are You Going to Graduate? Let’s not kid ourselves. This quiz is a tribute to all those grade 12 Bishop Carroll students on the ropes; struggling to make the rare achievement of… graduation! Of course if you don’t go to Bishop Carroll you can still take the quiz, but it wont make as much sense. Good luck to all my fellow companions!

This quiz is only to be taken by grade 12 students during the last few months of school.

1. How many credits have you completed to date?
     a. 50 and under
     b. 75 and under
     c. Between 76 and 80
     d. Between 81 and 99
     e. 100 and over
2. How many units do you have to complete in order to graduate?
     a. 100 +
     b. 75 +
     c. 50 +
     d. 30 +
     e. 20 +
     f. Under 20
3. Out of the following mandatory courses to graduate, which ones have you complete or are within 5 or so units of completing: English 30, 30-1 or 30-2; Math 20P, 20A or 24; Social 30 or 33, Science 20 or 24 or Bio 20 or Chem 20 or Phys 20; Phys Ed 10; CALM 20; and Religion 35 (I know its only to walk the stage but what the hey!)?
     a. None
     b. 1 or 2
     c. 3 or 4
     d. 5 or 6
4. Have you checked to make sure that you will finish the year with 100 credits?
     a. Yes
     b. No
5. How many units did you complete in the last full month?
     a. 10 or less
     b. 20 or less
     c. 30 or less
     d. More than 30
6. In that month how close were you to meeting your quota?
     a. I made it
     b. I was fairly close
     c. I made half
     d. I wasn’t even close
7. Have you planned for things such as mandatory seminars, diploma cut off, and mid terms?
     a. Yes for sure
     b. I think so, to some extent
     c. I haven’t really planned
8. Your average day at school consists of:
     a. Working all day
     b. Working all day then taking a short lunch break
     c. Working about half the day
     d. Barely working, mostly skipping
     e. Not working at all
9. Let’s consider the feelings of your T.A.
     a. He/she seems a bit nervous about me graduating
     b. He/she seems confident that I will graduate
     c. He/she yells at me everyday or has just plain given up on me graduating
10. In all honesty how confident do you feel about graduating this year?
     a. I can do it for sure!
     b. If I get my act together it’s fairly possible
     c. It’s going to be very tough, but if I lock myself in my room for the next while I can do it.
     d. Who am I kidding…


Scoring

1. a = 6  b = 4  c = 2  d = 1  e = 0
2. a = 8  b = 6  c = 4  d = 2  e = 1  f = 0
3. a = 6  b = 4  c = 2  d = 0
4. a = 0  b = 2
5. a = 6  b = 4  c = 2  d = 0
6. a = 0  b = 2  c = 4  d = 6
7. a = 0  b = 2  c = 4
8. a = 0  b = 1  c = 3  d = 5  e = 7
9. a = 2  b = 0  c = 4
10. a = 0  b = 2  c = 4  d = 6


If you scored 0 – 13 points:
I’m sorry to say that your future looks grim. There is roughly no chance that you will graduate, but that doesn’t mean you should stop trying. From now on you have to lock yourself in your room, don’t sleep, don’t eat, just work!

If you scored 14 – 28 points:
You are definitely on the lower half of the spectrum. While graduation is not completely out of reach it is still fairly unlikely. You do have the ability though, you just have to buckle down and stop driving to Bragg Creek for lunch!

If you scored 29 – 43:
Okay you aren’t doing too badly. Graduation seems like its not too far beyond your reach. Or course if you start slacking now your screwed. You can do it easily if you put in a medium amount of effort. I wish you luck!

If you scored 44 – 55:
Okay so it seems to me that graduation isn’t a huge worry for you. You will definitely graduate unless you complete no units from today on. Good for you! You managed to avoid Bishop Carroll stigma.