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exboyfil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 12:22 PM
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5. Anything that endangers a high GPA for access
to jobs and med school will not be taken. Rigor is ok, but if you are getting a B for doing as well or better as someone else getting an A, you are going to avoid the course like the plague.

As much as standardized tests get criticized, they are still an important benchmark to rating students. GPA to a large degree can be meaningless.
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  -Your so-called education... groovedaddy  May-16-11 11:58 AM   #0 
  - The poor professors don't get it  izquierdista   May-16-11 12:11 PM   #1 
  - Anything that endangers a high GPA for access  exboyfil   May-16-11 12:22 PM   #5 
  - Interesting breakout by major  exboyfil   May-16-11 12:12 PM   #2 
  - Academic rigor pays off down the road.  cloudbase   May-16-11 12:18 PM   #3 
  - this:  tishaLA   May-16-11 12:19 PM   #4 
     - Well, having spent the last three years on a committee both ...  damntexdem   May-16-11 12:29 PM   #6 
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     - +100 n/t  eridani   May-16-11 09:52 PM   #9 
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