I think that the 70/30 ratio is a good ratio. Since I am still an undergrad student, I believe that having a solid background and a strong understanding about your field should be more of a focus, like what NJIT is providing us; without that strong understanding practice won’t mean anything. That does not lower the importance of practical classes, however, if I have a practical class where I have to operate a machine and I learned how to operate it by doing simple steps, that would be considered practice but a useless one if I don’t have the understanding of why it works that way or what the purpose of each step is (from my mechanical point of view). I agree that GPA does not prove how well a student is, which is why students tend to prefer practical classes, however, having an okay GPA with more knowledge would be more helpful than increasing the number of practical classes. In my opinion, a strong foundation is the main focus after college with the few practical classes that give the students the feel of working in the industry but in this case it would be not just a routine of performing certain steps, it would be an application of the academics.