1. The Secrets of Top Students (Edudemic.com)

1. The Secrets of Top Students (Edudemic.com)


Top students are not just born, and have the high IQ's. Top students are the one's with a thirst for knowledge are willing to do anything to get where they need to go. They have a drive to succeed. However, all these top students have similar aspects in common, according to Stefanie Weisman's survey of select few top students from various prestigious schools. The aspects all the top students had in common were: hard-work, you must have a determination, put in vast effort, and willingness to work for what you want (according to Stefanie's survey, "67% of them spent twenty or more hours a week studying and doing homework"); sacrifice, you must  be willing to cut back on the other activities such as social life events and put efforts into using your time more valuabley (Stefanie's survey showed that "nearly 80% of the surveyed top students said that they made sacrifices to get good grades....mostly cutting out their social life significantly"); and last is support, family and friends can do much good in boosting moral and drive to succeed (according to Stefanie's survey, "’ 75% of them said that their parents were supportive without being pushy, compared to 18% who reported feeling pressured by their family to get good grades"). So the misconception of top students being born and not made is false. Top students are even the ones that are average, but put in the extra effort to succeed above and beyond.

I like this article, I can relate to this article in that I did the exact same stuff. I was a top student in high school and in my junior college. I graduated at the top of my class both times, high school with honors and junior college with special honors. I was not born smart, nor did I have a high IQ; I put in extra effort to succeed. Just as the article states I did all three aspects: I worked hard through studying for hours and cross referencing; I sacrificed my social life, I never went to clubs or bars with friends, instead I just stayed home and read books when not studying; and I had momentous support from family, my mother and father both wanted me to succeed with good grades because they told me they wanted me to have the things they never did. What kid doesn't want to make their parents proud anyway?