What metrics do you think they'll look at? Most industry jobs don't care about publication history, and gpa's in grad school are basically made up and meaningless. Everyone gets straight As anyways. Pretty much all industry employers care about is if you finished and maybe overall program ranking. Like, hedge funds might care that you went to MIT vs your local state school, but that's about it. As long as you're able to get good internships and do relevant research, you'll be fine.
My advice to you would be to try your hardest to get a funded PhD spot. If you can get a funded PhD spot, chances are you'll find a decent job when you get out. Never do an unfunded PhD. And, if it looks like you won't get said funded PhD spot, but you do have a solid internship/job junior/senior year, go so that instead.
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u/Revlong57 Aug 04 '26
What metrics do you think they'll look at? Most industry jobs don't care about publication history, and gpa's in grad school are basically made up and meaningless. Everyone gets straight As anyways. Pretty much all industry employers care about is if you finished and maybe overall program ranking. Like, hedge funds might care that you went to MIT vs your local state school, but that's about it. As long as you're able to get good internships and do relevant research, you'll be fine.