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His gpa is still good- low 3.0- but according to my friend, the profs are not supportive at all.
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<p>Well, if it makes you feel better, molliebatmit graduated with a 3.4/4 GPA and she still ran the table, getting into every single top bio PhD program, and opted for Harvard. I know other MIT grads with quite mediocre GPA's who nevertheless managed to land plum jobs. The truth of the matter is, with the exception of law and medical school, you don't really need to have a high GPA coming out of MIT to do very well for yourself. </p>
<p>Contrast that with what happens at other programs. Take a gander at the 'Graduate School' section of CC, and you will notice people at other schools with excellent grades who nonetheless get rejected from a multitude of the graduate schools that they want.</p>