Scanning CNN.com’s headlines this morning, I came across an interesting article about Trina Thompson, a recent graduate of Monroe College, who is suing her alma matter for $72,000, the cost of tuition plus $2,000 dollars for stress. In the lawsuit, she claims that the Office of Career Advancement gives preferential treatment to students who have good grades. Thompson alleges that “They favor more toward students that got a 4.0. They help them more out with the job placement.”
I graduated with a 3.2, applied for dozens of jobs and it took me over a year to find my first full-time position. No sympathy here.