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"Some places might ask for grad school grades - Google, I'm guessing, they're strange about that sort of thing - but in my experience this is pretty damn rare, especially when the grades are of questionable relevancy. "

It's not so much the possibility of getting low grades that troubles me as the fact that my grades may be EXTREMELY bad (ie, FAILing)

So you think getting an MA as opposed to just dropping out now is very valuable?

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Which school are you enrolled in? The value of the MSc is two-fold:

1. What you learn on it and the quality of the contacts you make, and

2. The prestige and contacts that come with it.

It sounds as if you don't value (1), and (2) is only worth much with an elite university.

UT-Austin. I completed my undergrad at UCLA, so their reputations are similar. I'd like to move back home near my family, but Austin is a much better place for startups than LA

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