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[quote=Anonymous]My nieces and nephews in an EU country have really been disserviced by the standardized system in their country. They all complain that they essentially lose a year when their entire school is to prepare for the leaving cert. Essentially they’re only evaluated on 3 years of gpa and standardized tests. There’s no weight for harder classes, taking classes a year ahead, etc. You have better odds if you do badly the year before the equivalent of hs to be placed in lower level classes. It’s truly an idiotic system. 
There’s also no weight for what kind of writer you are, social skills, time management, etc. You essentially find out what career you’re going to have at age 17, and there’s little flexibility or movement allowed. One niece had dreamed of being a Dr. She had amazing internships, summer courses, research, volunteer stuff, etc. Her gpa wasn’t in the strata required the year she applied so she was placed in a pt course at a low tier university. No option to reapply. Meanwhile her twin who has a whole host of social and executive function and anger issues had a high gpa bc he basically did nothing outside of school. He received a medicine placement at a top Uni. Fast forward, and she ended up paying out of pocket (her parents) to get a masters in the US and one in the UK and is working in medicine in the UK. Had she not had family money, she would have had no choice but to follow through with pt, even though she has zero interest in it. Her twin has had to take leave multiple times bc he’s in over his head. 
A lot more than gpa or standardized test scores should factor into things. It’s also awful to expect 16/17 year olds to decide on the rest of their lives. [/quote]

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