According to research, it certainly appears that way. Studies show that good looking people are perceived as nicer, brighter, and more friendly. What's more, better looking people: Edge out less attractive candidates for jobs Earn more money and receive more opportunities to move up within the company Have more suitors in the dating world (no surprise there) Get away with transgressions and little white lies more than their less-physically-appealing counterparts So, let's get this straight. A person can be dumb as rocks, but if the hiring manager at the company she want to work for or the graduate school she wishes to enroll in digs her, then she's home free?  I have to question the validity of some of those studies. What's more, attractiveness is largely subjective. Just because the media and Hollywood shove down our throats that looking like a stick figure is attractive doesn't mean that all men go for that. In fact, I happen to be drawn to women ...