2010-02-11, 05:37 AM
Spideyjvc Wrote:Didn't bother reading through this thread, but I feel like pointing out the fact that grades aren't everything. In fact, some of the most influential figures throughout history did horribly in school. Einstein didn't even finish school. I always found it quite foolish to determine how smart someone is based on our grading system. All a straight A report card tells you is that they handed in their homework and memorized what anyone else in the class could have memorized if they put the time into it.
Which is precisly why college systems have a personal statement. If it was all grades, i would have gone to a moderately okay school, since i was no valedictorian. top 5% yes, but at the low end of that scale. Extra curriculars count for a lot more than people expect them to.