Colleges today have stepped up their requirements of those who are able to attend in their campus, and this is because of the demand of the society and the budget cuts from the state. Higher requirements and standards mean that students in high school have to also step up their game. Colleges, sadly, can take away acceptance of those who applied when suddenly, for some reason, starts to fail to meet the college's standard. Seniors, in their last year of high school, feels the pressure of going to college and, sometimes, could encounter challenges and failures along the way. Colleges can decline students who they think are unfit, but it is unnecessary for colleges to pull out acceptance of seniors, who have worked hard throughout of their high school years, but failed to meet the standards campuses required, when they encounter mistakes and miscalculations of their abilities.
If a senior is originally accepted from a campus, it means that he or she is able to meet their standards and requirements. A senior would not be accepted in the first place, if they don’t meet the demands of the colleges. It is justified that he or she can attend the college if he or she gets accepted, and that the college cannot pull out the acceptance, since they know she has the qualities to be in the college. Therefore, it is unfair for colleges to take back their words of acceptance to a student who worked hard to deserve the acceptance letter in the first place. However, colleges has their right to not give acceptance to a student to their campus, if they judge the student unfit for their college and could cause a negative reputation for their campus. Seniors who works hard can, however, also have their own downfall or mistakes.
Seniors often tries to challenge themselves or relax for their last year of school, and either way, it can cause to a miscalculation of their abilities or show lack of growth. Some students decide to take challenging classes, but ends up not achieving the grade the college is expecting from them. While other students decide to take the easy way out of their last year, but ends up not showing the growth as an individual and can be judged as someone who does not challenge themselves or not takes risks. Those who does not work hard at their last year of high school may not deserve an acceptance for their college, however for those who worked hard throughout, has to be accepted because of their quality of taking risks and giving full effort, which are the qualities most colleges look for. Colleges have their own expectation for their students and have a reputation they want to preserve.
Many students apply for colleges by
showing the qualities the colleges want and by impressing them with what they
have achieved. Seniors have to work hard in order to impress a college fit of
their interest and be accepted to that college. For example, if a senior is
trying to go to a UC, he or she has to take the SAT test or and the ACT test.
The SAT test is time limited and the questions have different levels of difficulties,
but can show a student’s average knowledge.
If the senior trying to go to the UC, does not take any of the test and his or
her experience and transcript in high school does not show effort and growth,
then a college has their own right to refuse the senior who applied. Those are
just some requirements most colleges require and it takes a senior who works
hard to meet those requirements. Like what said earlier, if they get accepted,
they surely do deserve it and is unfair for the college to take back the
acceptance.
Colleges often reject students who do not meet their
requirements and they can do that, however they cannot reject a student that is
accepted initially, but in the end, rejected after few stumbles in their last year
of high school. Students have to prove themselves to colleges that they can attend
at their campus and the level of difficulty in applying can vary, but in the
end, each and single student has to work hard for the position in that college.
If students cannot show certain requirements to college, then it’ll be difficult
for them to show much more difficult requirements a workplace would require
them by the time they start working.
