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Straight A’s won’t matter in real life — Goforth Solutions, LLC

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When I was in college, I obsessed over getting straight A’s, said Adam Grant. Now that I’m a professor, “I watch in dismay” when I see students joining the same “cult of perfectionism.” They think straight A’s will provide entrée to elite graduate schools and prestigious careers. The evidence, however, says otherwise. Research across industries shows that while there’s a modest correlation between grades and job performance the first year out of…
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Becoming broke the news in on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.
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