Should colleges accept students with high test scores or students with strong extracurricular backgrounds? how can this thesis statement be improved? the college admission process reveals a challenge facing counselors: accepting students with high test scores or students with strong extracurricular backgrounds. as a future employer, would you value test scores over real-life experience? most colleges should consider test scores when determining whom to accept. most colleges should consider extracurricular activities when determining whom to accept.

A. The college admission process reveals a challenge facing counselors: accepting students with high test scores or students with strong extracurricular backgrounds.

When constructing a thesis statement, one important thing to keep in mind is that a thesis should be a statement (thus the name, “thesis statement”) not a question. The reason for this is because the best a question for a thesis could do (even if it is rhetorical) is allude to your position on the matter.

And, in writing, things should never really be left up to interpretation by readers. Be sure the thesis makes a statement of your position on a matter. As such, the first response is the best revision because it makes a clear statement regarding the author’s feelings on the two subjects to be discussed; the second response is a question, and the third and fourth responses omit one of the original items to be discussed.