Comments on: Can Bad Grades and Graduate School Go Together? http://www.ethnography.com/2007/10/can-bad-grades-and-graduate-school-go-together/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-bad-grades-and-graduate-school-go-together A group blog on a wide variety of topics realted to anthropology Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:46:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tony Waters http://www.ethnography.com/2007/10/can-bad-grades-and-graduate-school-go-together/comment-page-1/#comment-1606 Tony Waters Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:38:25 +0000 http://www.ethnography.com/2007/10/can-bad-grades-and-graduate-school-go-together/#comment-1606 Grades are really only a snapshot of what you do at one point, one place, and with one person in life. Thankfully, there is much more to life that that! Tony Grades are really only a snapshot of what you do at one point, one place, and with one person in life. Thankfully, there is much more to life that that!

Tony

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.ethnography.com/2007/10/can-bad-grades-and-graduate-school-go-together/comment-page-1/#comment-1604 Stephanie Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:13:32 +0000 http://www.ethnography.com/2007/10/can-bad-grades-and-graduate-school-go-together/#comment-1604 14 years post humbilitorian, and I'm gaining the courage to apply against all odds as a graduate student. I really appreciate your insight and the human element of grades in life. 14 years post humbilitorian, and I’m gaining the courage to apply against all odds as a graduate student. I really appreciate your insight and the human element of grades in life.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.ethnography.com/2007/10/can-bad-grades-and-graduate-school-go-together/comment-page-1/#comment-382 Sarah Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:05:52 +0000 http://www.ethnography.com/2007/10/can-bad-grades-and-graduate-school-go-together/#comment-382 I have been looking more carefully at what is required for grad school. I thought great grades and GRE's were enough. They aren't at the most selective schools and which one's aren't in Anthro anyway. I did field schools. The most prestigous ones I could find. I go to conferences and talk to people with whom I think I might want to work. I have a thesis/doctoral topic which is exciting to me. I feel like I am doing now what I will always be doing so admission to a great grad school doesn't matter as much as it did when I graduated. I have been looking more carefully at what is required for grad school. I thought great grades and GRE’s were enough. They aren’t at the most selective schools and which one’s aren’t in Anthro anyway. I did field schools. The most prestigous ones I could find. I go to conferences and talk to people with whom I think I might want to work. I have a thesis/doctoral topic which is exciting to me. I feel like I am doing now what I will always be doing so admission to a great grad school doesn’t matter as much as it did when I graduated.

]]> By: Kerri http://www.ethnography.com/2007/10/can-bad-grades-and-graduate-school-go-together/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Kerri Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:20:29 +0000 http://www.ethnography.com/2007/10/can-bad-grades-and-graduate-school-go-together/#comment-186 Hi Tony, I just finished applying to anthropology PhD programs, and I'm currently biting my nails waiting for responses. I loved your article, "The Trouble with Valedictorians," as it made me feel proud of my accomplishments--even though I don't have perfect grades. All through school I worked at various jobs, participated in clubs and activities, took many academic risks, and experienced life in a way that I'm not sure some of my higher scoring schoolmates did. Those GPA affecting life experiences shaped me into who I am, and I can not regret them. Hi Tony,

I just finished applying to anthropology PhD programs, and I’m currently biting my nails waiting for responses. I loved your article, “The Trouble with Valedictorians,” as it made me feel proud of my accomplishments–even though I don’t have perfect grades.
All through school I worked at various jobs, participated in clubs and activities, took many academic risks, and experienced life in a way that I’m not sure some of my higher scoring schoolmates did. Those GPA affecting life experiences shaped me into who I am, and I can not regret them.

]]> By: Mary W http://www.ethnography.com/2007/10/can-bad-grades-and-graduate-school-go-together/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Mary W Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:39:35 +0000 http://www.ethnography.com/2007/10/can-bad-grades-and-graduate-school-go-together/#comment-75 Hi Tony -- new reader (I met Mark D at EPIC and he pointed me to this blog). Heh...I very much agree with your essay, including "The Trouble with Valedictorians." Lived thru it myself. I was a kid with a natural talent for traditional academics. My younger sister, while a solid student (and frankly more disciplined and diligent than I ever was) always struggled harder for her grades. But as a result -- my sister learned a type of psychological independence early on. She figured out early not to tie her self-esteem or definition of personal success to a specific grade or to the approval of a teacher/authority figure. Meanwhile my academically-talented peer group and I ended up struggling with this issue later in our lives. Hi Tony — new reader (I met Mark D at EPIC and he pointed me to this blog).

Heh…I very much agree with your essay, including “The Trouble with Valedictorians.” Lived thru it myself. I was a kid with a natural talent for traditional academics. My younger sister, while a solid student (and frankly more disciplined and diligent than I ever was) always struggled harder for her grades.

But as a result — my sister learned a type of psychological independence early on. She figured out early not to tie her self-esteem or definition of personal success to a specific grade or to the approval of a teacher/authority figure. Meanwhile my academically-talented peer group and I ended up struggling with this issue later in our lives.

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