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u for any particular occupation. Rather its purpose is to make you a thoughtful person with skills in critical reading, thinking, or writing. In short, you will end up educated. Many employers want people who have a proven ability to learn, and they will teach you what they want you to know. It is our opinion that education, by definition, is valuable, and you should make the most of it. The Importance of Grades Grades are not the measure of a person, nor are they the sole measure of academic acplishment. They are only one rather imperfect reflection of how much you have learned in your various courses. People can learn a great deal and acquire a good education without making high grades, and some students who make straight As may concentrate so much on getting them that they miss their education. Whether we like it or not, grades are one of things that society uses to judge what you are likely to acplish in the imperfect they may be, they do work. If you want to go on to graduate or professional school, grades are even more important than you think. The petition among applicants for law school, medical school, veterinary school, graduate business school, and most programs in graduate arts and sciences is formidable. Your college grades will probably be the most important factor in determining whether you are admitted or not (although letters of remendation sometimes count even more— we have more to say about this later). Experienced admissions officers know that grades predict success in advanced work better than do test scores. Of course, a few people with the right connections or with a great record of achievement in extracurricular affairs will be admitted despite mediocre grades. But that happens less often than you think. The best graduate and professional schools have two to ten times as many applicants as they have spaces. They can afford to take only the best. In many fields, no one with lower than a B average is even considered, and some schools seldom admit anyone with less than an A? average. So, if you plan to go on to advanced studies, you can’t afford to dismiss grades as unimportant, even if you have reservation