<p>Andrew Abbott, an occupational sociologist at UChicago, reports that the difference between a 2.8 and a 3.8 GPA at top schools in predicting future income is negligible. It appears there is little correlation between GPA and future earnings, so why not be a “C” student?</p>
<p>[The</a> University of Chicago Magazine: October 2003](<a href=“http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0310/features/zen.shtml]The”>The University of Chicago Magazine: October 2003)</p>