Forgive me if this topic/article has already been discussed, but I found it interesting: https://theconversation.com/straight-a-students-may-not-be-the-best-innovators-54440.
From a linked article
I have found that the best sorting criteria for leading-edge, high-tech talent is the nature of the special projects that people take on outside the classroom. That would be consistent with this finding.
What is interesting is that Google used to be known for selecting based on “academic pedigree”, but after years of collecting and analyzing data, they have now moved away from that method.
http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/20/google-executive-gpa-test-scores-worthless-for-hiring/
At the risk of mischaracterizing her position, it appears that @blossom may be in the “academic pedigree” camp. It would be interesting to have her weigh in on this subject.
Innovation intentions. Does that mean the students plan to some day do something innovative?
^Might mean they don’t see themselves as “quick to take to grain, like some old mule”. (As Ray LaMontagne would say)