tiffanyqi

Context: I'm the creator of https://hackernoon.com/a-college-students-individual-analysi... , and I did the same with my Github PR Data for the past year.

Mixpanel version: https://engineering.mixpanel.com/2019/07/10/a-study-in-a-mix...

Extended version with time analysis: http://tiffanyqi.github.io/my-projects/engineering-progress....

Author here -- thanks for the comment! I also would agree that GPA isn't necessarily the right metric here. The reason I chose all these factors to compare to grades is because I feel that's the stereotype those in academia (students and professors alike) have, that somehow a lot of sleeping and no fun and studying a lot leads to good grades. I was curious whether that was true.

Even though there's a huge negative correlation between activities and grades in my data, doesn't mean that I would sacrifice the time I spent on activities just so that I could get the "better grade". My jobs and student orgs made my experience, and I would still spend time on it again even if my grades suffer.

That sounds like a really good project! Would love to compare notes and read about your results if you make it public somewhere!

Hi -- author here! Thanks for commenting and sharing your thoughts!

In terms of test scores, there definitely were a couple of classes in which my tests were dropped--but only 1-2 of them. I embarrassingly exercised 27.5 hours in college...not something I'm proud of, and I decided not to include it in this analysis since the numbers weren't high enough and I didn't do this as consistently enough to warrant any sort of meaningful correlation. I did live in Berkeley and it was pretty hilly so I definitely found ways to keep myself active! I also did track my weight and used a Fitbit for two semesters, so perhaps I could add something about that in the future :)