Re: How important is school reputation for MS in Biostatistics?


Straydog wrote:

> 4. Grades can make a big difference. I have heard from several people who
> know how it works in IT. The guys who get the top grades will get
> the more interesting and higher paying jobs. Guys who get C
> average get clerk jobs and call center jobs and they pay less, and
> these days, those jobs are going to India and China.

Some people will consider this as troll. We all know that nerds and
geeks who slaved away for A and B grades end up as powerless
Dilbert-like engineers and programmers. Their peers who partied through
the college and get on with C grades, are now their managers. They have
powerful "emotional intelligence", this is why they are the managers.

I am recalling that I busted my ass for A and B grades at undergraduate
university. Now over a decade later, I can tell that my grades had no
effect whatsoever on my successive career. I had better concentrated on
doing what I liked -- maybe something worthy would come out of me.

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