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Intresting thread.
How many people here went straight into college University out of high school? How many people went to Jr. college before university? How many people started college and dropped out? How many people commenting actually finished college? Curious...
I have met some very genius and successful people that never went to college and or dropped out. College by no means garentees Life success or lack of going to college guarantees Life failure.
Personally I went to Jr. college, then I transferred into state university. My grades and GPA sucked ass after high school.
One key thing I noticed was when I finished Jr. college, with a 2.85 GPA, I had a greater selection of colleges than people with 3.8 GPAs coming out of high school.
Coming out of Jr. College, shows bigger universities, that I can do the work and that I can already handle college life and its academic courses.
I didn't do marching band, I never took the SAT, I didn't do community service and all of the lame shit that highs school students needed to do, to look good for school administrators.
When I was in University, I can't tell you how many people with high SAT scores, 4.0 high school GPAs, etc, fail out because they just couldn't deal with the new freedom away from mommy and daddy's household. So many people failed out or just quit.
College has a 80% drop out rate. And school administers know this. Thats why they are looking for things other than SAT scores and GPAs in account to choosing their future students.
Im wasn't the sharpest high school graduate and I knew I had a shit track record on what the college administrators were looking for. But when I finally got into university, I finished with 2 degrees and 2 minors and went on to Law School. You just never know who is who and who is going to do what by academic standards alone.
Just Dave
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