Are the grades in graduate school more important than the grades in college?
Apr.18, 2010 in
College Jobs
In terms of finding job and farther down, a college professor?
How important is prestige in a graduate school in terms of working at say, Yale or MIT? Or in terms of the business world, Microsoft or Yahoo! ?
April 18th, 2010 at 5:52 am
No one cares about the grades you get in graduate school.
If you want to be a professor in the IVY league you need to a PhD from any IVY league school.
It will help you get in a big company but if you are good you will get in regardless.
April 18th, 2010 at 6:35 am
absolutely they are that is the determine factor for you to go to the college of your choice with good grades that will help you to enter in a good education
thank you
April 18th, 2010 at 6:55 am
I can only answer parts of your question, but here goes:
Undergraduate grades are one of the determining factors as to whether one is admitted to a graduate program (letters of recommendation, GRE scores, and application statements/essays are other factors). However, grades also matter very much during graduate study. For example, in many graduate programs, receiving a grade of C or lower can cause a student to lose their funding, or be dismissed from the program altogether.
I cannot speak to your question about the business world, but successful attainment of a position as a college professor also rests on several factors. Each field of study has several universities or colleges which are known to have excellent graduate programs. The universities that are highly regarded will vary by field. (For example, it’s not always the Ivy League institutions that are most highly regarded for their graduate programs in every area of scholarship. Professors and researchers all know precisely which programs are considered to be top tier ones in their own field, but may be clueless when it comes to other fields.) When a committee is hiring a professor in a particular field, the prestige of each candidate’s graduate program is certainly a factor. An applicant with a Ph.D. from a mediocre program will not always be as competitive a candidate as an applicant with a Ph.D. from a top tier program. However, there are even more factors to be weighed. Has the candidate from a mediocre program published a major book, or otherwise distinguished him/herself in the field? Is the candidate from the mediocre program a better scholar or teacher, and is there evidence of this? (There are other factors, too, but I think I’ve written enough!)
I hope this helps.
April 18th, 2010 at 7:01 am
??? only in middle school,sorry.