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Originally Posted by peter12
Yes, it is absolutely crazy how much professional schools are charging, especially in fields like law, which don't guarantee decent high-paying jobs anymore.
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We're sidetracking the thread in a major way but, to add to this, as well as yours and CHL's other point regarding how post-secondary shouldn't be strictly utilitarian, I think there's also a problem that's been borne out of some of the admission requirements for things like graduate studies and law. I've known quite a few individuals who've taken the path of least resistance into these programs because they've been primarily concerned with keeping a high GPA, and I think the end result is graduates who aren't nearly as well-rounded as their peers.
I'm not saying there shouldn't be a high-standard for getting into these programs, but I do think more weight should be given to course selection and difficulty. Someone working on a difficult B.A., with an equally challenging minor, and sporting a 3.5 GPA is probably as good (if not better) of a candidate as someone who's only focused on their major and cherry-picked GPA boosters for their electives. I don't know how much it will help, but UVic recently updated their grading system so that your transcripts show your letter grade, percentile grade, and the median percentile grade for the class.