[FlyingSideKick]

My Grandfather was employee #3 at his company and over 35 years of hard work eventually became CEO and helped grow the company until it was listed on the NYSE. He preferred to hire people whom attended state schools and with B averages. Moreover, he thought private colleges and out of state schools were a huge waste of money (even as CEO and worth tens of millions lived in a modest 3 bedroom house and drove a 20 year old car).

He would repeatedly say to me: "I'd rather hire people whom got B's in school and had a social life than automatons who got A's." and "College is like driving cross-country. You can get there in a pinto or a Mercedes, what you see and learn along the way is up to you!"

[rb808]

> "College is like driving cross-country. You can get there in a pinto or a Mercedes, what you see and learn along the way is up to you!"

Perhaps this is a great analogy in more than he meant. Either car enables you to do great things, but if you're unlucky and get hit by a truck, the merc was the safer option.

[csa]

> I'd rather hire people whom got B's in school and had a social life than automatons who got A's.

Depending on the school and program, I would say that you don’t necessarily have to be an automaton to get As. Knowing how to do coursework strategically goes a long way in facilitating both getting As and having a social life.