'People with mediocre grades should not be allowed to go to university'

[Wig44.]

Minimum should be AAB, absolute minimum

[Neversoft]

I have mediocre grades overall (my BTEC is equivalent to just below BBB I think) but am studying something in uni which I completely aced in college. The whole argument is flawed since university can be very specialist and overall grades really shouldn't matter as much as they do in certain subjects.

[GommeInc]

The argument is a bit flawed for both sides. If University work was reserved for people with amazing intellect calculated through A-levels, then the people FOR kicking out underachivers would have an argument. However, they're not taking into account external factors, like the importance a mediocre University degree (2:2, 2:3 etc) would have for future job prospects. Unfortunately goig to University to get a half-decent job is seen as important. It's a coporate, socio-economic stigma that not having a degree must mean you fail at life, when sheer determination and practical work probably makes you more capable at the job than someone who can remember lines from a book and regurgitate them in an exam or an essay, something which is actually suprisingly easy but completely useless in a practical, corporate environment

Bring back apprenticeship and internships, experience is worth a thousand times more than a lump of tree with your name and degree on it - and many corporates agree with this, law students get kicked in the teeth if they lack any practical experience.

[AgnesIO]

I think BBB is a high standard to set, and universities wouldn't have enough people to keep them running if that was brought in.

People are haven't done/not doing A Levels yet probably don't realise the huge step up from GCSE's (GCSE's are piss lol), and BBB is a big aim - most my sisters friends who have just gone to university got BBC to get let in.

BCC, maybe BBC should be the highest it goes in my opinion.

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Minimum should be AAB, absolute minimum

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[Wig44.]

I think BBB is a high standard to set, and universities wouldn't have enough people to keep them running if that was brought in.

People are haven't done/not doing A Levels yet probably don't realise the huge step up from GCSE's (GCSE's are piss lol), and BBB is a big aim - most my sisters friends who have just gone to university got BBC to get let in.

BCC, maybe BBC should be the highest it goes in my opinion.

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Let me get this straight: You think I'm stupid, because I believe entry requirements to university should be ABB (it's meant to be ABB in that post) and you think they should be lower because of the step-up to A-levels? That makes no sense. Because I believe that the current calibre of student going in to university is too low and that only smarter people should go to university I'M stupid?

Given your usual post content, use of grammar and the cliche quotes in your signature, I'd say you're just another average person who wants to be smart - a mindset that breeds jealousy. Water off a duck's back.

[AgnesIO]

Let me get this straight: You think I'm stupid, because I believe entry requirements to university should be ABB (it's meant to be ABB in that post) and you think they should be lower because of the step-up to A-levels? That makes no sense. Because I believe that the current calibre of student going in to university is too low and that only smarter people should go to university I'M stupid?

Given your usual post content, use of grammar and the cliche quotes in your signature, I'd say you're just another average person who wants to be smart - a mindset that breeds jealousy. Water off a duck's back.

With all due respect, how I post on this forum does not give a decent representation of my use of English. I am studying English, and manage to do well (despite what some fool on this forum thinks).

I don't want to be smart, I am an intelligent guy - not just academically. Also, both those quotes mean something to me for a reason, so why not scurry back to your little life. Oh and lastly, the only people I am jealous of are those who are hugely successful when it comes to the Consumer Electronics industry.

[Wig44.]

With all due respect, how I post on this forum does not give a decent representation of my use of English. I am studying English, and manage to do well (despite what some fool on this forum thinks).

I don't want to be smart, I am an intelligent guy - not just academically. Also, both those quotes mean something to me for a reason, so why not scurry back to your little life. Oh and lastly, the only people I am jealous of are those who are hugely successful when it comes to the Consumer Electronics industry.

If each and every post is not an accurate representation of your use of English (I would content that many posts do, however) then how exactly can one post sum me up? Our difference in opinion does not mean one of us is smarter than the other - you clearly think I'm stupid because our opinions differ, a common belief in close-minded people - how you reached this conclusion is an n/0 to me.
I'm going to be honest and confess that I believe I am smarter than you.ove:

[Mathew]

Stop acting like children; it's a fansite for Habbo Hotel and you're arguing about who is "smarter". Good grades mean nothing unless you're a polite, good natured individual. Sort it out.

Here's a "cliché quote" just to be annoying. Taken from Inseriousity.'s personal message: "Intelligence isn't what you know, but how you use it"

[AgnesIO]

Stop acting like children; it's a fansite for Habbo Hotel and you're arguing about who is "smarter". Good grades mean nothing unless you're a polite, good natured individual. Sort it out.

Here's a "cliché quote" just to be annoying. Taken from Inseriousity.'s personal message: "Intelligence isn't what you know, but how you use it"

Oh Matt,

Please quote me where I said "I am smarter than you."

I never questioned his intelligence.