Reply to "Should academics ALWAYS come first?"

Krakatoa1,000+ posts

I often wonder if by "academics", we should really be saying "academic reputation", because there are bad profs everywhere. Being at a great "academic" school doesn't automatically mean that the student will have a slate free of bad profs (smart as hell, but difficulty with communicating, huge work loads, playing favorites, sometimes even English is a challenge, would rather be doing research, huge classes taught/graded by TA's, etc etc).

Another reason why ALL things (listed nicely by obs44) really need to be factored in...."academic reputation" being just one of those factors.

8/29/103:04 PM

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