illiland University Admissions Concern

ome time ago Baron Von Lodge was the head of a small country near Switzerland known as Lilliland.

All schools in Lilliland were free to the citizens. There was no charge for tuition and students lived at home because Lilliland was so small a country that everyone could easily reach the campus.

The problem was that the free university system was so attractive that too many people wished to apply and become a student. The university could no longer guarantee seats for everyone who wanted to be a student. Therefore an admission policy had to be established to admit only certain candidates.

The Baron and Professor Hamblin listened to many suggestions as to who should be admitted. “How about a quota system for admission?” one group suggested. They wanted a balance between young and old, men and women, people of different skin tones, people with blue or brown eyes, left-handed people and right-handed people, tall and short, heavy set people and very thin people, etc., etc.

Those ideas, while coming from meaningful people on the whole, seemed ridiculous.

Professor Hamblin said that since the purpose of admissions was to reward those who were the most qualified, it meant those applicants with the best school grades, and nothing else, would determine who would become a student.

A professor in class awards better grades to the students who get the best scores on tests. The professor does not grade on race, gender or age, but only on the ability to learn and pass tests.

That same criterion should also be applied to admissions. Those candidates with the best grades are admitted first.

Therefore it is important for the student to get good grades in high school if he expects to be admitted to the university. There is no substitute for study, hard work and good grades.

“Success begets success,” said Professor Hamblin. “Those who achieve success in high school have a very good chance of becoming a success at the university.”