True. But if you ever decide to go for a PhD, you’ll need good grades to get in. If you’ll want to do research (you mentioned alignment research there?), you’ll need a publication track record. For some career paths, pushing through depression is no better than dropping out.
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.
True. But if you ever decide to go for a PhD, you’ll need good grades to get in. If you’ll want to do research (you mentioned alignment research there?), you’ll need a publication track record. For some career paths, pushing through depression is no better than dropping out.
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.