C's get degrees?

If you didn't know, I am officially a junior at Butler University.  My major has changed this past year to Spanish, from Communication Sciences and Disorders.  It's a long story.

Anyway...

Many students (it seems) go to Butler for the pharmacy program.  Because who wouldn't want to be a pharmacist, right?  And among my peers who are studying pharmacy I have gathered that it's pretty difficult work.  I gotta give it to 'em because I know for a fact I couldn't do it.

However, from them I have also learned that not only is getting a 4.0 GPA nearly impossible, it's not necessarily even striven for.  Hence the title of this post:

C's Get Degrees.

The first time I heard this catchy phrase I immediately told mom,

"Hey, why didn't I realize before that grades don't matter in college as long as you end up with a diploma?!"

I won't even delve into her response to save a few quarters from the swear jar...but suffice it to say this actually isn't the case for the average college student.  While different programs hold different levels of difficulty, if you're like me and are a part of the general "Liberal Arts" crowd, your grades definitely do matter.

Which SUCKS.

You know, for as hard as I tried in high school, and as much as I do try now, I'm over it.  I'm not trying to be the CEO of a company, cure cancer, or make a million dollars.  I want to do something that's going to make a difference, without having to worry about working my way to the top first.  I want to learn how to live simply, to earn what I have, and to start from nothing. 

I'm not saying I'm giving up on learning, or trying, but why does it have to be so darn competitive?  Why do so many people care so much about money; making it, spending it, wasting it?

I took 18 credits this semester, had a job, did the sorority life, and had the most stressful 16 weeks ever of my life.  

And you know what?

I'm proud of my 3.7 GPA.

I know I could have given up every square inch of my life to slaving away at the library and probably done better.  But, I also know myself enough to know that my sanity depends on an noncompetitive atmosphere, and I don't care that I'm not going to be the top of my class.

There's more to life than all A's.

There's more to college than a 4.0.

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There's more people with college degrees that probably got C's, and I have a feeling they're doing just fine.