Some people believe the aim of university education is to help graduates get better jobs. Others believe there are much wider benefits of university education for both individuals and society. Discuss both views and give your opinion

These days, more and more people are making the choice to go to university. While some people are of the opinion that the only purpose of a university education is to improve job prospects, others think that society and the individual benefit in much broader ways.

It is certainly true that one of the main aims of university is to secure a better job. To begin, the majority of people want to improve their future career prospects. Attending university is one of the best ways to do this as it increases your marketable skills and your attractiveness to potential employers. For example, in Europe, further education is very expensive for many people, so most would not consider it if it would not provide them with a more secure future and a higher standard of living. Also, universities have their reputation to consider. They definitely want to ensure that their students are going to get the best jobs as this will affect future funding and university applications.

However, there are other benefits for individuals and society. Firstly, the independence of living away from home is a benefit because it helps the students develop better social skills and improve as a person. Many students, for instance, will have to leave their families, live in halls of residence and meet new friends. As a result, their maturity and confidence will grow enabling them to live more fulfilling lives. Secondly, society will gain from the contribution that the graduates can make to the economy. We are living in a very competitive world, so countries, especially developing countries, need educated people in order to compete and prosper.

To conclude, I believe that although a main aim of university education is to get the best job, there are clearly further benefits. If we continue to promote and encourage university attendance, it will lead to a better future for everyone.

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Average: 7.7 (1 vote)
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, however, if, second, secondly, so, while, for example, for instance, as a result

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.5418719212 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 6.10837438424 147% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 8.36945812808 131% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 5.94088669951 101% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 20.9802955665 133% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 37.0 31.9359605911 116% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 5.75862068966 174% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1571.0 1207.87684729 130% => OK
No of words: 313.0 242.827586207 129% => OK
Chars per words: 5.01916932907 5.00649968141 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.20616286096 3.92707691288 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.79998002276 2.71678728327 103% => OK
Unique words: 166.0 139.433497537 119% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.5303514377 0.580463131201 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 521.1 379.143842365 137% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.57093596059 108% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 4.6157635468 152% => OK
Article: 2.0 1.56157635468 128% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.71428571429 175% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.931034482759 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 3.65517241379 82% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 12.6551724138 126% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.5024630542 93% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.6555654247 50.4703680194 81% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.1875 104.977214359 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.5625 20.9669160288 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.6875 7.25397266985 92% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.12807881773 97% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.33497536946 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 6.9802955665 201% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 2.75862068966 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 2.91625615764 69% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.297872448222 0.242375264174 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0944481752877 0.0925447433944 102% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0799032140112 0.071462118173 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.188020912292 0.151781067708 124% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.047981046696 0.0609392437508 79% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.0 12.6369458128 95% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 53.1260098522 82% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.54236453202 135% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 10.9458128079 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 11.5310837438 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.77 8.32886699507 105% => OK
difficult_words: 83.0 55.0591133005 151% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.94827586207 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.3980295567 92% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.5123152709 114% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 77.7777777778 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 70.0 Out of 90
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