GPA Requiements
Universities GPA requirements are extremely high and should be lowered in order to recruit hard working, well rounded students. Universities definition of a perfect student is one that receives a ninety or higher grade point average. The reality is that every high school teacher marks a different way and gives different tests. This is unfair and means your GPA is partially luck. Every student learns a different way, some are kinaesthetic learners, some audio learners, and others are visual learners. As much as teachers think they attend to every learning style, it is nearly impossible to please every students way of learning. This is why it is unfair that my future depends on what teacher I get. If universities only accept the highest graded students they are recruiting students that have dedicated themselves to school and getting the best possible mark. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but often these students do not have the well rounded skills to succeed in the world. Students stuck in their room studying everyday don’t have the chance to have a valuable work or volunteer experience. The students also most often do not have the social skills to create connections once they leave university. If the universities goal is to produce men and women that will excel in the working world, they should definitely be looking at more then a 90% GPA. Students getting the highest grades in high school are ones that learning and education comes easier too. When these students reach university and realize how much harder it is they will not know how to put in the extra work. Students that have spent high school working hard to understand and succeed in their coarse know what it means to work hard and find motivation. These motivated, hard working people that may have received a 80% average verse a 90% average already have the foundations to succeed in university courses and life. Lowering the GPA of universities will open up new opportunities for students that are well rounded and have a better chance at succeeding.