overweight? Good luck getting into grad school

[Dave_Berry]

<p>“Overweight graduate school applicants receive fewer admission offers compared with their thinner counterparts, according to a study published in May in the journal ‘Obesity.’” …</p>

<p>" … For women, the negative correlation between weight and the chance of getting accepted was even higher. ‘We have yet another example of weight bias at work,’ says Ted Kyle, chair of the advocacy committee for the Obesity Society." …</p>

<p>[Overweight</a>? Good luck getting into grad school - MarketWatch](<a href=“Overweight and denied college admission - MarketWatch”>Overweight and denied college admission - MarketWatch)</p>

[snarlatron]

<p>The study is unfortunately probably correct. Research over the years pretty conclusively shows that people considered attractive are advantaged in being hired as well as salary.</p>

<p>[Do</a> Attractive People Make More Money? - WSJ.com](<a href=“Do Attractive People Make More Money? - WSJ”>Do Attractive People Make More Money? - WSJ)</p>

[TeamPunishment]

<p>Sweet. Hopefully this applies at the big 4 as well.</p>

[Pavlovian]

<p>misposted tenchar</p>

[RacinReaver]

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Jacob Burmeister, a Ph.D. student in clinical psychology at Bowling Green State University, and his fellow researchers analyzed the grad school applications of 97 applicants, and found that candidates with a higher body-mass index who were asked to do a face-to-face interview had lower admission rates than thinner applicants and overweight applicants who didn’t have to do in-person interviews.

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<p>So this isn’t necessarily an article about only graduate school acceptances, as most programs out there don’t do interviews prior to admissions.</p>

[BennyCN]

<p>omg, how to make a post here? plz help! im new.</p>