TheWaves

Hello everyone! I have always been a lingerer on this forum (even through the application process!), but I now have a question I want to explicitly ask. I'm curious about how much you all think grades matter during a PhD program/once one is on the job market. Obviously, it is ideal to have a transcript that has mainly A grades (or perhaps some A- grades), but does it make a difference at all if a person has, e.g., one B+. In other words, if a person has a transcript made up of A grades, but has one B+, does this matter at all? I was always under the impression that grades do not matter that much once in a PhD program (They matter for scholarship applications and maintaining good standing in the department, but more important are one's dissertation, conference presentations, publications, etc). However, I was speaking with a colleague about this topic the other day, and he was under the impression that grades in your PhD program DO matter on the job market, and grades below an A- can raise red flags. Thanks in advance for your thoughts!