[OT] graduate school

[Alex Esplin]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Levi Pearson <levi at cold.org> wrote:
>
> Von Fugal <von at fugal.net> writes:
>
> > I try to care, I really do, but I just can't get that level of
> > caring high enough to concern myself with trite assignments. As you
> > can imagine this has bitten me something aweful, but I still don't
> > care! I can't help it. I see classes as windows into vast
> > extroardinary worlds of fascinating new concepts, but I'm chained
> > down to a few specifics the class expects out of me. Thus excelling
> > in class is reduced to tunnel vision, while true excellence and an
> > explorative mind into what you would be truly great at are
> > carelessly stifled.
>
> >From what I've read about how to apply to grad school, they don't
> particularly care about your grades, either, at least as long as you
> didn't flunk out.  What they care about is the explorative mind, and
> whatever evidence you can give them of that.  If you got Cs, but did a
> lot of great undergrad research and have glowing reviews of your
> research ability from respected professors, you're in good shape.
>

That's what I'm hoping for, as I have the same problem, and I would
very much like to go to grad school.

-- 
Alex Esplin