Future Told by Two Numbers

Mckenzee Stephens

Numbers of the Future

• Students rely on two numbers

SAT GPA

Why Are These Numbers Important?

• College eligibility at FGCU based on these two numbers

FGCU Criteria for acceptance• a 3.0 grade point average or GPA.• a 440 in each section on the SAT.

Personal Essay

How it helps

Personal essays involve money, staff, and time that the University does not have time for.

How it Hurts

A test doesn’t show success of a student. Full representation= nonexistent

How it Hurts• Public schools and private schools: different criteria for GPA.

One school’s 4.0 could be another's 3.5.

My Proposal

An optional personal essay.

Write FGCU Admissions today for personal essay.Help university get better representation of its future Eagles.

Hmm.. Do I want to write an essay or do I feel my grades represent me enough?

Hmm.. Do I want to write an essay or do I feel my grades represent me well enough?

Sources• "Admissions Prospective." Florida Gulf Coast University. FGCU,

2010. Web. 24 Mar 2010. http://www.fgcu.edu/Admissions/Prospective/freshmancriteria

• Bridgeman, Brent, and Charles Lewis. "The Relationship of Essay and Multiple-Choice Scores With Grades in College Courses.." 31.1 (1994): 37-50. Web. 17 Feb 2010. <http://www.jstor.org/pss/1435096>

Photograph. InfoLab21. Lancaster University, 2007. Web. 14 Apr. 2010. <www.infolab21.lancs.ac.uk/business/isis/faq.php>.