Nerd Points: Academic Achievement

Article V: Academic Achievement

To maintain fairness in comparing two nerds, points should only be counted for the lowest level of education that both candidates had the opportunity to achieve. For instance, a PhD student cannot count points accrued in college or graduate school when comparing themself to a high school student. However, the PhD student may count graduate school when comparing himself to an individual who opted to get a real job after getting their bachelor's degree.

A) High School

1. +10 pts per year you were in chess club, +5 pts.
2. +1 point per year of foreign languages, x2 for non-European languages, x5 for dead languages (ancient Greek, Latin, etc.)
3. +15 pts per year for any math/science based club (Math club, physics club, etc), +5 pts for being an officer
   
4. +10 pts per year for membership in any other organizations with a GPA minimum, +2 pts for being an officer
5. +5 pts per year for being in band, +2 pts for choir (+1 extra point for any solos)
   
6. To convert your GPA into points (per year), subtract 3 from it and multiply by 25, rounding up. If you have a negative number, you have to subtract those points. Thus, 4.0 = 25 points, 2.5 = -13 points, etc.
7. +2 pts per Honors class, +4 pts per AP class, +5 pts per class taken at a College or University while still in high school
8. Standardized Test scoring: For AP tests, multiply your score by 3; for CLEPP, multiply score by 2; for ACT, subtract 25 then, if positive, multiply by 5; for SAT, divide by 20, subtract 50, then, if positive, double.
   
9. Subtract your rank-in-class percentile from 101. Subtract 75. If positive, multiply by 4.
   
10. +5 pts for each non-sport, non-musical competitions you were in or on a team for. If you placed, divide 5 by your placing and multiply by 3.

My High School score: 381

B) College (Bachelor's degree)

1. If your major(s) are a pure science, +15 points for each one; if engineering, +10 each. Half points for each minor.
2. If you have already graduated, convert your undergraduate hours into points by subtracting 130 from your total number of hours.
3. If you were on an academic scholarship, convert the award into points by calculating what percentage of your tuition was paid for, and divide by 2, (may be calculated per year).
4. +25 pts for each full-time semester under 8 it took you to graduate.
   
5. -75 points if you were ever on academic probation for your department or scholarship
6. +5 points for every full-time semester over 8 it took you to graduate.
7. +50 pts. for each published or presented a paper at an academic journal or conference before graduation.
8. +10 pts. for each 500-level course or higher taken while working on your bachelor's degree, double for 600-level, triple for 700-level
   
9. + 3 pnts for each year spent at a private university, +2 pnts for each year spent at a vocation/technical college
10. -15 points for each year spent in a fraternity/sorority with a GPA requirement less than 3.5
    

My points for college: 315