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Personally, I believe that my high school transcript and test scores are not a complete accurate reflection of my potential intellectual growth. My high school transcript does show the hard work and dedication I have put into my classes in order to get good grades but overall, as a person it only portrays that part of me. The wisdom and knowledge I have gained outside of school, that cannot be taught to me in school, is not shown based on my grades. Schools are very centralized around tests and tests do not show or prove all that I know. I also do not do the best of my ability on tests, especially when they are strictly timed and multiple choice. The tests that I do my best on, are the ones that are open ended so I can show what I really know
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