<p>I think you could also ask: why am I having such a hard time finding a job when I dropped out of college just one elective-credit shy of a bachelors degree, when my friend who took that extra class and got the degree has a great career? Why do we base such a tremendous emphasis on that very last credit?</p>
<p>Or, why if I run a race at the olympics, blow past everyone, then trip right before the finish line and get last…will I not be rewarded with some kind of trophy? </p>
<p>Its not constructive to needlessly speculate about all the millions of different ways you can shoot yourself in the foot throughout your life. Ultimately, you have to be smart and make the right decisions. </p>
<p>The engineering student who plowed into the program and could not maintain above a 2.0 for two full semesters (and subsequently got dismissed)…just made a serious of very stupid decisions. The art history major will graduate with a relatively useless major that speaks very little of his/her real accomplishments and capabilities…and employers know and will adjust for that. Art history majors with 2.1 GPA’s are not in great demand, ya know. I agree that it isn’t * totally* fair but…what is?</p>