Thanks to everyone who made it possible: all my mentors, colleagues, acquaintences, labmates, trainees, and strangers willing to donate time
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And of course thanks to my family, especially my wife, who moved from sunny California to the tundra to support my goal
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A wise man (My UG research advisor once told me that “ if you have a good GPA it’s b/c you haven’t put enough time in doing research.” GPA doesn’t define one’s abilities, strengths nor should it limit anyone’s career and future. Congratulations professor on your achievement.
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Thank you! I wish I had found research earlier and could say that was why my GPA suffered. In my case I didn't know I wanted to go into research until the last yr, and I never put much effort into my classes along the way
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Did you feel as off your lower GPA made it more difficult to get there? Do you feel like you had less opportunities among your peers to continue research, despite having the obvious skills?
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It only mattered for the getting into grad school step. Fortunately networking at my first poster presentation (terrifying) at a conference as an undergrad made up for that, probably rec letters and solid GRE scores made the GPA an outlier?
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* and get lucky. Seriously. I know lots of qualified, dedicated, hard working people who just never had things break right for them. Do not forget this. You are not better. You are lucky. I am lucky.
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Congrats!!

As an undergrad, I’d like to say thank you for posting this and reminding everybody, especially students like myself, that GPA doesn’t define you. Thanks again, I needed to hear this right about now -
GPA doesn't define you. But I did need to find ways to make up for it other ways to get into the next stage of my career. Rec letters, research, and mostly networking all balanced it out to get me to a PhD program
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