Achieving Long Term Goals

Being a student is never easy, especially when having to work persistently and being told that the definition of the effort you’ve put in is one number under 5. Having a higher grade point average does not mean the student is better fit for certain elite colleges, a student with a lower GPA and higher work ethic may be able and ready for the hard work involved in college. Having a stronger work-ethic, being persistent, and studying hard is what I believe should get students into colleges. Having an end goal and achieving long term goals will benefit one’s success over time. Making goals to get an A on the test math test will obviously help with the number in the grade book, but once a student has the idea that numbers are what make them smart, the long-term goals are lost.
In today’s academic society, it is commonly stated that having a GPA of 4.0 or above indicates that a student is “smart” or …show more content…
Having the drive and dedication to become the student that you want to be is what should be the determining factor for colleges. There are so many CEOs, directors, founders, and even presidents who have started college with low, high school GPAs, and some who have not been able to even get into college because the schools didn’t think they had little academic drive as shown by their GPA. They proved the administration wrong, these students went on to become million and billionaires and have continued to work as hard as they can to become successful. Any successful person will say that their high school grades have had little to do with their financial or social position in the world, to be successful the student must harbor a unique drive and he or she has to have one main goal,1 that is to try their hardest and be able to prosper in their academic and social