<p>I’m not sure what your point here is ccpsux. I didn’t want to read the whole thing again. Sorry if I repeat myself. I don’t want to pm or im with you, I just wanted a pointless argument to get off the board.</p>
<p>It seems that your position is that the better grades you get, the better researcher you are. Many people are telling you that this has not shown to be the case. People hone skills when they suddenly need them…or they end up TA’ing a class they got a B in and now they attend the class and grade the papers and are an expert.</p>
<p>REU and other programs are very competitive. One cut is gpa.</p>
<p>I think you mistake that a 3.0 student in any particular class has less knowledge than a 4.0 for research purposes. Both showed that they mastered material. Doing research is another matter. The 3.0 may have taken a grad level class, either for credit, or just on his own to gain the knowledge needed for his summer research.</p>
<p>Can you remind us of what you hope to gain by this conversation?</p>