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The day your GPA matters most is during school and the day of graduation when you get some recognition for it. You get some ropes to wear with your gown, your name is on the Dean's list, you get a star by your name on the graduation ceremony program for academic honors.
I had a couple scholarships associated with maintaining a high GPA which did come in handy.
After you take your graduation gown off it no longer matters.
After that day, no one has ever asked or taken note of what my gpa in college was when I applied for any job - not when I applied for jobs after undergrad and neither after I went to grad school. Ever. And get this - now I am a professor. People just assume my gpa was high.
Well, it was dammit, but no one ever asks, so they don't really know. Buried somewhere in my personnel file are my transcripts. I suppose some HR person sometime looked at it. I tell my students this when they come freaking out that a B will ruin their life.
I agree. My professor always said A students work at companies ran by B students and C students own it. Maybe because B/C students can apply real world experience and work while going to school instead of studying all the time for A's.
GPA is good for scholarships and getting into graduate/post graduate schools. Most companies do not ask for it unless for an internship or if it is a specific job such as an educator where it matters.
05-22-2015, 07:34 AM
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Cs get degrees (actually that's not strictly true - Cs in my core classes wouldn't have gotten me a degree and a bunch of Cs in graduate school wouldn't gotten me tossed out), but they don't get to work at any of the companies I've been at.
Spend college partying and making friends. Network, Network, network right? Graduate with 2.0 GPA and get your degree. Don't be a bum. Keep in touch with old friends as everyone starts their careers. When a friend has an opening at their company, you jump to the head of the line and get in for an interview and land the job just based off who you know, vs what you know. After 3 years or so of working hard, your GPA will no longer be a factor and you can interview and network and move up the ladder based on experience.
Seems far fetched, but I've seen this happen plenty of times. Sometimes it's not what you know, but who you know.
I agree. My professor always said A students work at companies ran by B students and C students own it. Maybe because B/C students can apply real world experience and work while going to school instead of studying all the time for A's.
GPA is good for scholarships and getting into graduate/post graduate schools. Most companies do not ask for it unless for an internship or if it is a specific job such as an educator where it matters.
I've always thought the idea that smart people lacked common sense was pretty hilarious. Like those who can, do; those who can't, teach. Just a way to give those with lower GPA's the warm-fuzzies. I guys I know who shot for C's in undergrad I wouldn't trust to park my car.
Beyond that grades absolutely matter if you want to get more than the new high school diploma. As mentioned earlier name recognition is a good thing, so getting into a good grad school matters, and grad schools use GPA as a factor.
Spend college partying and making friends. Network, Network, network right? Graduate with 2.0 GPA and get your degree. Don't be a bum. Keep in touch with old friends as everyone starts their careers. When a friend has an opening at their company, you jump to the head of the line and get in for an interview and land the job just based off who you know, vs what you know. After 3 years or so of working hard, your GPA will no longer be a factor and you can interview and network and move up the ladder based on experience.
Seems far fetched, but I've seen this happen plenty of times. Sometimes it's not what you know, but who you know.
There is another view too:
People who get As are perfectionists. In the real world too. Which can lead to missed deadlines, bad attitude, etc. Sometimes you win awards for your work. Sometime you fail miserably (but rarely, just more than in school).
People who get Cs do just enough to pass. Always meeting deadline and never failing is a good thing. Sure, you might never hit a home run, i.e. award winning projects, but you are always profitable.
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