blog # 33

Blog 33

My story and topic is very relevant.  Every student at the Ohio State University has been placed under tremendous amounts of stress in order to get into this great college.  No doubt, every student had to buckle down in high school and perform really well in order to achieve a high GPA and perform well on the ACT  or SAT.  Whether the pressure was placed on the student via the parents, grandparents, family members, teachers, principals, or advisors, the student had to have been encouraged from some type of adult figure.  Every student today has felt that, compared to their parent’s generation, the standards have risen.  When my father was in college, going to Ohio State wasn’t a very high achievement.  Now, however, getting into Ohio State and graduating from Ohio State is an accomplishment and achievement.  Using that example exclusively, the standards have risen drastically.  When my father went to Ohio State, the required minimum GPA was a 2.0.  Now however, the average accepted GPA is a 3.8 or higher.  Ohio State is working hard to raise their standards, and they’re not the only ones.  Nationwide, colleges and universities are working to make their university better than the rest.  As a result, the standard for everything has risen.  This causes competition to increase.  Even today, college graduates have no leg up against the competition because a majority of the people applying for the job are in the same boat.  As a result, the world is becoming more and more competitive.