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Re:Grade Inflation: Over 82% of Harvard '22 Graduating With ... by trauco on Friday May 27, 2022 @12:36PM (#31531555)
It does to go to grad school, and to get fellowships.
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Re:Grade Inflation: Over 82% of Harvard '22 Graduating With ... by dhosek on Friday May 27, 2022 @12:44PM (#31531666)
It matters for grad school and for teaching jobs (transcripts are part of the application packet for K-12 and post-secondary teaching positions), but otherwise it doesn't matter.
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Re:Grade Inflation: Over 82% of Harvard '22 Graduating With ... by trauco on Friday May 27, 2022 @01:15PM (#31532090)
Well, doctors and lawyers, as in some of the most powerful people in the country (supreme court justices, etc) have to get graduate degrees.

Maybe it doesn't matter for software engineers, but it matters a lot for the power structure of our society.

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