Some people think that social skills are as important as academic qualifications To what extent do you agree or disagree

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Some people think that social skills are as important as academic qualifications. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Nowadays, it is a heated debate on whether social skills play a pivotal role as academic qualifications do in one’s success. In my opinion, I strongly agree with the idea that both mentioned factors are of an equal importance.

To begin with, it is essential to have some sort of academic qualification which is the evidence of the possession of one’s knowledge and experience. To be more specific, those certificates cannot be obtained without many years of diligent study and continuous practice. For example, in order to achieve a stellar credential from a prestigious university, one needs to study hard from an early age to pass the university entrance examination, then spend four more years working on a variety of knowledge relating to their majors. In addition, having a diploma in a particular field offers people greater responsibility and higher pay when it comes to seeking employment. Indeed, many big firms usually recruit employees by arranging several selection rounds such as preliminary selection where the applicant’s academic certificate is always the first thing they look at. For example, it is estimated that 87% of people who earned bachelor degrees successfully reached a well-paid job while only 21% of others with lower educational background do.

Apart from academic prowess, people have become increasingly aware of the importance of social skills. Indeed, life skills are definitely an influential factor for students to be enrolled in well-regarded undergraduate school. It can be recognized through many extra-curricular activities students took part in, which make their applications more competitive. Moreover, in terms of work, a person with sophisticated social skills also finds it easier to have a good relationship with their colleagues, and be conscious enough to avoid the misunderstandings in the workplace. As a result, people are given more sense of satisfaction out of their jobs instead of suffering from extra stress in their work.

In conclusion, academic qualifications and social skills both play a vital role in helping people succeed. It is difficult to say which one has more emphasis and neither of them outweighs one another.

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Average: 8.3 (6 votes)

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, if, look, moreover, so, then, well, while, apart from, for example, in addition, in conclusion, sort of, such as, as a result, in my opinion, to begin with

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 13.1623246493 106% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 7.85571142285 25% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 10.4138276553 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 24.0651302605 79% => OK
Preposition: 54.0 41.998997996 129% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 8.3376753507 144% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1855.0 1615.20841683 115% => OK
No of words: 344.0 315.596192385 109% => OK
Chars per words: 5.39244186047 5.12529762239 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.30665032142 4.20363070211 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.19448969316 2.80592935109 114% => OK
Unique words: 212.0 176.041082164 120% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.616279069767 0.561755894193 110% => OK
syllable_count: 586.8 506.74238477 116% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 5.43587174349 129% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.76152304609 168% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.8718020381 49.4020404114 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 123.666666667 106.682146367 116% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.9333333333 20.7667163134 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.2 7.06120827912 159% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.196900995332 0.244688304435 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0704631920427 0.084324248473 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0790316930031 0.0667982634062 118% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.136005725448 0.151304729494 90% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0406046100891 0.056905535591 71% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.4 13.0946893788 118% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 50.2224549098 81% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 11.3001002004 116% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.28 12.4159519038 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.64 8.58950901804 112% => OK
difficult_words: 107.0 78.4519038076 136% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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