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Barnes · 09-17-2009, 01:26 PM

I went to private school and feel that I was at a disadvantage because of it. Private school is fine for those that excel in math and science but for someone like me who excels in the arts, (yes fotze, art fag) I struggled and wasn't offered the opportunities to achieve in the areas that interested me. I suffered a lower academic average than I could have had and had a lot of doors slammed shut on me because of it. Universities are only interested in one number and don't take into account the fact that I took physics 30, chem 30, math 30, math 31, bio 30, english 30, social 30. My average was lower because I took all the hardest courses (all in French to boot) and I would have easily gotten in by taking a couple of slack courses. They didn't care and no one told me that. I spent years finding my own way to what I wanted.

So no, the private system isn't perfect always.

09-17-2009, 01:26 PM	#64
Barnes Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Violating Copyrights Exp:	I went to private school and feel that I was at a disadvantage because of it. Private school is fine for those that excel in math and science but for someone like me who excels in the arts, (yes fotze, art fag) I struggled and wasn't offered the opportunities to achieve in the areas that interested me. I suffered a lower academic average than I could have had and had a lot of doors slammed shut on me because of it. Universities are only interested in one number and don't take into account the fact that I took physics 30, chem 30, math 30, math 31, bio 30, english 30, social 30. My average was lower because I took all the hardest courses (all in French to boot) and I would have easily gotten in by taking a couple of slack courses. They didn't care and no one told me that. I spent years finding my own way to what I wanted. So no, the private system isn't perfect always.