Jacqueline Gets Her Geek On

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Gambling on your grades? I think Neal and I just found some +EV academic motivation

http://www.ultrinsic.com/

"Ultrinsic is a web-based platform for college students to wager on
their grades. Ultrinsic offers a selection of wagers that are
customized according to each student's current schedule and academic
history."

Via Marginal Revolution:
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2009/10/markets-in-everything.html

I wonder how they calculate their lines and how heavily they weight
recent performance vs. overall cumulative GPA? I've been getting very
good grades in graduate school, but my undergraduate GPA was poor
(2.9).

Update: Only available to undergraduates at NYU and U of Pennsylvania. Poop.

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