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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
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References: <3138@utah-cs.UUCP> <521@sdcsvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: susie@uwmacc.UUCP (sue brunkow)
Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center
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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

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