I have two opinions. First my GPA in HS was 2.8. I didn't go to college, but I went to a tech school and got certificates and a 4.0 at graduation. So to answer your question, yes. My second thought is on college in general...I heard something on the radio that made me really think and I realized there is some truth to the statement. College a four year extension on reality for kids. I'm sure any college student (maybe some HS) will back me when I say that teachers are getting "graded" at least every quarter, anonymously by the student body. Those anonymous surveys determine that teacher salary, whether they will have a teaching job, the bonus that teacher may get, etc....This program I saw backed with numbers that teachers allow students to make up exams, they grant week or more extensions on final papers, they grade on a curve, they cut students a break. Why? Because a happy student will write a positive survey and that teacher gets more money...College is a lifelong debt and a 4+ year extension on being a kid with little responsibility. College is over-rated.