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I have only been reading this forum a few months, and have to say that I have been bothered by the continued theme that people believe high school and specific college do not matter.
In my humble opinion, this is very disturbing.
I read a post about a high schooler who has a near C average and who has started getting grades even lower on their most recent report card and SDNers are telling this person that they shouldn't worry about it. This is outrageous! of course they should worry about it. These grades signify a problem in this student's study habits, knowledge base, and commitment. If they actually have the knowledge and are still getting these grades, I would question their ability to achieve their potential. Are there doctors who have struggled like this in the past? Of course! They would never dream of dismissing these grades as unimportant but rather persevered to find success! They revamped their study techniques, constantly asked teachers for ways to improve, studied harder and longer.
High school is one part of a solid academic foundation that allows for success in college. Anyone who says they achieved success in college without their high school knowledge is selling themselves short because that same person could have achieved even more in college if they had built a foundation of excellence in high school. It all pays forward.
If I were reading this as an underperforming high school student, I would want people to tell me its okay and that I didnt scar my future at all. I would want people to tell me that getting into a, "good," college makes no difference or has no bearing on my future. But the truth is these are completely false. Completely false.
Does this mean that I as a reader should cower and feel inadequate and be crushed? NO, not at all! What I hope you will take away from this is that you should acknowledge the shortcomings and push yourself to find ways to achieve success in the next phase of your life. Push yourself harder and longer to achieve your career goals and don't accept mediocrity or worse yet failure as your legacy in high school. Do not become fat on your achievement of average, be hungry and lean for greatness at every level!
The second idea, that colleges are equal, is ludicrous! Of course they are not. Do you think any money savvy CEO is going to pay an IVY league grad more for no reason when every other college grad is their equal? Of course not! There is a higher chance of excellence at the next level when you graduate from a traditionally better school. This doesn't mean that students from the state and community colleges cannot succeed ( I am a graduate of a third tier state school), but it means the chances are lower and the road is more arduous. Don't put yourself through this under the delusion that a medical school is going to weigh your application from the community college as high as they do the one from the IVY leagues....fight to be in the best school you can both academically and financially.
Fight in high school and fight for the best college, come on!
TL
In my humble opinion, this is very disturbing.
I read a post about a high schooler who has a near C average and who has started getting grades even lower on their most recent report card and SDNers are telling this person that they shouldn't worry about it. This is outrageous! of course they should worry about it. These grades signify a problem in this student's study habits, knowledge base, and commitment. If they actually have the knowledge and are still getting these grades, I would question their ability to achieve their potential. Are there doctors who have struggled like this in the past? Of course! They would never dream of dismissing these grades as unimportant but rather persevered to find success! They revamped their study techniques, constantly asked teachers for ways to improve, studied harder and longer.
High school is one part of a solid academic foundation that allows for success in college. Anyone who says they achieved success in college without their high school knowledge is selling themselves short because that same person could have achieved even more in college if they had built a foundation of excellence in high school. It all pays forward.
If I were reading this as an underperforming high school student, I would want people to tell me its okay and that I didnt scar my future at all. I would want people to tell me that getting into a, "good," college makes no difference or has no bearing on my future. But the truth is these are completely false. Completely false.
Does this mean that I as a reader should cower and feel inadequate and be crushed? NO, not at all! What I hope you will take away from this is that you should acknowledge the shortcomings and push yourself to find ways to achieve success in the next phase of your life. Push yourself harder and longer to achieve your career goals and don't accept mediocrity or worse yet failure as your legacy in high school. Do not become fat on your achievement of average, be hungry and lean for greatness at every level!
The second idea, that colleges are equal, is ludicrous! Of course they are not. Do you think any money savvy CEO is going to pay an IVY league grad more for no reason when every other college grad is their equal? Of course not! There is a higher chance of excellence at the next level when you graduate from a traditionally better school. This doesn't mean that students from the state and community colleges cannot succeed ( I am a graduate of a third tier state school), but it means the chances are lower and the road is more arduous. Don't put yourself through this under the delusion that a medical school is going to weigh your application from the community college as high as they do the one from the IVY leagues....fight to be in the best school you can both academically and financially.
Fight in high school and fight for the best college, come on!
TL