Names and Grades – are they connected?

It’s interesting to consider the effect that one’s name, or label as it were, has on day to day life. Names can certainly cause people to stand out, blend in, appear masculine, feminine, intelligent, sporty or even nerdy.

The question is, do names have a more profound effect on one of the most fundamental of human pursuits – that of education? Research published last month suggests they just might.

“Using 15 years (1990–2004) of grade point averages for business school grads, they found that students whose names began with C or D earned lower GPAs than those whose names began with A or B. The Carters and Dorns performed worse than average (based on students with grade-neutral initials such as M and N); the Ashes and Bakers didn’t do significantly better than the norm. The former had such “an unconscious fondness for these letters, [they] were slightly less successful at achieving their conscious academic goals than were students with other initials.”

So according to that logic, Astara would be a great choice for those looking to seed their child’s academic prowess.

I do not agree with this story. my first name and last name start with an A and I have been lucky to pass any of my classes. I got jipped!

Baby boy born ob 6 th november 2010

baby boy born on 6th november 2010

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