Name: Here's why the average millionaire's college GPA is 2.9
Uploaded: 2017-11-27T08:15:42.000Z
Duration: 1 min 29 s
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What we see is that the GPA, college GPA, of American millionaires is actually 2.9.

Past simple

So Karen Arnold did research at Boston College,

looking at the success level of valedictorians.

And, in general, high school valedictorians do well.

but they don't actually reach the highest level of success metrics.

And that's because what the research found was that

So valedictorians often go on to be the people who support the system.

They don't change the system or overthrow the system.

And so what we see is that the average GPA,

college GPA, of American millionaires is actually 2.9.

And while valedictorians generally score high in the personality trait of conscientiousness.

What you see among the millionaires with their 2.9 GPAs is they're known for grit.

Maybe they don't comply with rules that well.

but they stick with goals over the long term.

And sometimes they don't play by the rules.

So a certain amount of not playing by the rule is advantageous

once you get out of a closed system like education.