<p>to those saying he won’t get in to stanford: even though stanford is top notch selective, it STILL accepts people each year. who’s to say that the OP can’t be one of them?
if you want to be valedictorian, you have to make sure not a single ugly B slips onto your transcript, it’s that simple(but not easy to put into practice LOL). but even if you are’t valedictorian, don’t lose all hope!</p>
<p>Valedictorians are over rated anyways. my school does rank (Thank God :D)</p>
<p>My school <em>doesnt</em> rank</p>
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<p>People win the lottery every year too, but it’s still improbable, just like getting admitted to Stanford. That’s why I said the OP probably won’t get in.</p>
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Wrong. High school is all about systematically destroying your rivals so that you reach the top.</p>
<p>I hope that was sarcasm.
(Btw…the top of what?)</p>
<p>Top of your class, obviously.</p>
<p>^yeah, going to school(at least high school) is NOT about learning. it’s about getting into college…</p>
<p>What is going to college about?</p>
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<p>It’s THE most selective college in the country. It beat Harvard.</p>
<p>I know it beat Harvard, but I wasn’t sure about Julliard/Curtis/stuff like that.</p>
<p>Oh I guess conservatories count as well. Never mind, retracting my statement.</p>
<p>Going to college is about getting a degree and refining a skill to make yourself marketable to employers/grad schools.</p>
<p>And that’s all? The purpose of college is to help people turn themselves into commodities? Are universities just glorified trade schools?</p>
<p>I’ll argue that’s the primary purpose of college.</p>
<p>What about people who major in a field considered “impractical” (like English or psychology, which are both insanely popular)?</p>
<p>They’re still getting a degree and refining a skill to make themselves marketable to employers/grad schools.</p>
<p>What skill would they be refining? And if being marketable was their main goal, why didn’t they pick a more marketable major?</p>
<p>“What skill would they be refining?”</p>
<p>Would you rather hire someone with a degree in English or local high school graduate?</p>
<p>“And if being marketable was their main goal, why didn’t they pick a more marketable major?”</p>
<p>Because I don’t see how being a STEM major is going to help an aspiring history teacher.</p>
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<p>It’s probably not all that great a job if the competition is comprised of people with only high school diplomas. Having such a job would probably be a disappointment for a person who defines success in terms of their career.</p>
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<p>Most history majors don’t have the explicit goal of becoming a teacher. They major in history because they like it, even though they realize the job prospects aren’t going to be as good as they might be for other majors.</p>