Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!susie From: susie@uwmacc.UUCP (sue brunkow) Newsgroups: net.college Subject: Re: Where have all the hackers gone? Message-ID: <557@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 00:17:08 EST Article-I.D.: uwmacc.557 Posted: Wed Dec 12 00:17:08 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Dec-84 06:26:35 EST References: <3138@utah-cs.UUCP> <521@sdcsvax.UUCP> Reply-To: susie@uwmacc.UUCP (sue brunkow) Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 26 Summary: In article <521@sdcsvax.UUCP> allyn@sdcsvax.UUCP (Allyn Fratkin) writes: > >I'm an undergraduate at UC San Diego, and I have seen this exile here also. >The "fittest students" are the ones with the best grades, not the ones that >are the best programmers. In fact, there is not really a class in how to > ... Isn't this the same as what has been going on all along in Medical School admissions? The people who have the best grades get in, but they don't necessarily make the best doctors. I've know several people who really liked people and enjoyed working with them, but couldn't get the grades to get into Med school. I've also known people whose only interest in life was themself, and some of them did get in. If you've had doctors who treat you like an illness, not a person, maybe there's a reason for this. I'm not saying that anyone who wants to be a doctor should be able to, a lot of intelligence is obviously necessary. But grades aren't always a good indication of anything but the ability to get grades. Sue Brunkow Univ. of Wisconsin {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!uwvax!uwmacc!susie