I suspect (without any real evidence) that the publication track record is more important than the grades, if graduate school or a doctorate is the goal. A C average undergrad with last authorship on a couple of great papers seems to me to look better than a straight-A student without any authorship, although I’ve no idea if it works that way in practice.
Also true.
I suspect (without any real evidence) that the publication track record is more important than the grades, if graduate school or a doctorate is the goal. A C average undergrad with last authorship on a couple of great papers seems to me to look better than a straight-A student without any authorship, although I’ve no idea if it works that way in practice.