Blizzard employees work at Princetown University
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Quote: Unless they are an absolute genius, I don't see any way to achieve a perfect 4.0 in a stringent, competitive humanities field.
True enough. Although, I saw alot of grade focused people choosing courses based on the difficulty of getting an "A" and how the professor graded.

I was being biased to the non-subjective world of the so-called "hard" sciences and mathematics where essays on the uses of Eigen values are not required. Although, after awhile it became very easy for me to get good grades in almost any course. Partly because I was mature enough to set aside my ego and recognize the game of stroking the professors and just giving them the answer they wanted to hear. Through practice I think a persons short term memory improves such that it is easier to regurgitate all the facts and theories and their implications -- according to what the professor thinks those implications are. At least for undergraduates, I think the Bachelors degree from what I saw was an exercise in teaching humility and conformity. I had the advantage of being slightly older when I started, with 5 years of professional experience before I started at the University. I was used to a daily hard work ethic and being told what to do by then. I had a 4.0 in all my computer science courses, but not quite that in my other course work. I think if I recall my GPA was like 3.6. I started working professionally on writing software when I was 16, and I've never stopped. So, my schooling was a neccesary check box for me to remain competitive in my field but was never a factor in any job application. Also, I guess since I was paying all my own bills, I wanted to get the most out of every dollar I spent.
”There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio.

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Blizzard employees work at Princetown University - by kandrathe - 04-30-2004, 02:49 AM

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