Researchers Lief Nelson and Joseph Simmons looked at several different studies on names. They found that while all students want As, students whose names begin with letters associated with poorer performance (C and D) achieve lower grade point averages (GPAs) than do students whose names begin with A and B.
This was especially if true if the students liked their initials.The researchers also looked at 15 years of grade point averages for MBA students at a large private U.S. university. Students whose names began with C or D earned lower averages than those whose names began with A or B, they found. This led them to believe that there is something subconscious about our attraction to our names and initials. It’s not that students with C and D initials don’t work as hard; it’s just that they may find a grade of C or D not as bad if their name begins with that letter.But, what about the rest of us whose initials rank even further down the alphabet? What does an L or V mean? I can't believe this guy got paid for "research".
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