Subj : Re: Academic grades should be USELESS
To   : comp.programming
From : gswork
Date : Wed Jul 27 2005 04:55 am



gds@best.cut.here.com wrote:
> gswork@mailcity.com wrote:
> >James wrote:
> >> I have a just an average academic
> >> grades and because of this I was not able to sit in the interviews of
> >> most of the companies, which visited my university, inspite of the fact
> >> that my technical know-how is the among the best in the
> >> university.
> >So how come you were unable to translate this skill into high grades -
> >what caused you to fall short of something that should have been taken
> >in stride by you - and it's that question which no doubt concerns
> >'these' companies.
>
> Here is an example.  Some people I know had trouble in school because
> they weren't good test takers.  They did well on the take-home
> assignments/homework (and didn't cheat), but not as well on the tests,
> which were more heavily weighted, and as a result did poorer than
> others.

i have some sympathy for that - but then in some jobs people are
expected to be able to keep going independantly, with few resources at
hand and with a time constraint, so performance at tests is a kind
blunt measure of this ability.  Not ideal, but a rough indicator for
potential employees.  That's why a good course captures performance in
both test and coursework

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