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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always thought the primary purpose of going to college was to get the degree for better job opportunities. The college experience is just a byproduct. [/quote]

But standards are being lowered if 1200 SAT 3.4UW kids get into UF via a backdoor if my kid needed a 1500+ and 3.9uw. What does that say about the classes and value of that degree?? Unless the weed out is real and these kids are all communications or sports management or elementary ed majors.[/quote]
This is gross. [/quote]

Why? It’s not my post, but if kids can’t cut it academically, yet still claim to have a degree from a selective flagship, it diminishes the value of the degree. This is an absolute sham.[/quote]

I think you mean if they are not able to be admitted based on high school stats only. That is not the full picture of 'cutting it academically'. I suppose if you look at college only as some sort of merit badge or bragging right, rather than a means to an end, then it would matter. Get out of your bubble. [/quote]

Sorry you can’t seem to grasp the need to maintain academic standards. Perhaps you could pick up a newspaper to learn why a student’s test schools and transcript are relevant to college admissions and student success.

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