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Being popular in high school has been linked to earning higher wages as an adult.Thirty-five years ago, as part of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, high-school students were asked to nominate up to three best friends from their class. Using this data, a new group of researchers ranked the students by popularity.
The researchers then tracked the Longitudinal Study participant's adult salaries and found that every friend nomination three-and-a-half decades ago was worth 2 percent more in current earnings. Merely claiming a lot of best friends had no effect on income.
Last year, a study with similar methodology linked high IQ as a youth to becoming a drunk as a grown-up. It seemed a confusing result at the time, but perhaps the correlation arises from the depressing realization that the popular kids always win.
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Thursday 12 March
By Jaelyn
This is a load of crap. There is nothing substancial behind the study that was conducted. They gathered information from, what, one high school?!? Ridiculous.
Know what you're writing about before you write it. This article looks like it was thrown together in five minutes.
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Thursday 12 March
By bestleeha
Apparently these scientists didn't visit my high school, where "popular" was highly correlated with dropping out, getting knocked up with a drug dealer's illegitimate child, getting into random bar fights on a regular basis well into your late 20s, treating every day as Dress Like a Hooker Day, and having a long career at the mini mart. "Unpopular" generally equated to grad school.
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Thursday 12 March
By random joe
I'd figure on AVERAGE it's the math/science geeks that end up making the most.. They are the ones that become doctors, engineers and lawyers...
Hate to burst your bubble buddy.
And the super star math whizes are the ones that became investment bankers.. Got into Upenn undergrad, aced the GMAT got into harvard business school.. and then made a fortune for the past two decades in ibanking.
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