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rationally, i know that college degrees should be gotten for one reason and one reason only: to help you achieve the job that you want.
But i always get this urge to want to major in something really impressive and get a really impressive gpa in that, even though if the career path isn't necessarily the one i want. I want it make myself feel good enough. I see some people with computer science or engineering with gpa 3.87, and i just feel so bad about myself (in engineering , this is much more rare, but it is quite common in CS, even though CS is quite a hardcore major too, esp at selective schools). If i could get a good gpa in these hardcore,innovative majors, i would feel good enough...or at least that is the mentality/motivation behind it
Is this normal/common to want to get a degree with super high gpa just for to stroke your ego, even if you know it is irrational?
Trust me on this. If you get bored or frustrated easily and are too slack to sit for the CPA exam, you are not going to ace Diff EQ.
diff EQ is no longer required at most CS programs.
Diff eq is also less boring than the most boring subject in the world (accounting).
But that's the point: if i knew i could hack it in CS, i would have done it long ago. I just have this undying desire to want to get something impressive.
also, i feel like accounting is so meaningless. it is really just closing the books
I work with a LOT of bigwigs, and none of us know the other's GPAs, and only a few of us know each other's majors.
11-27-2015, 10:44 AM
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Is this normal/common to want to get a degree with super high gpa just for to stroke your ego, even if you know it is irrational?
Sure.
I got a PhD in Physics (with a very high GPA, and finished it in four years instead of the usual 5-6). It was interesting but I'd be lying if I said the ego stroke didn't provide some motivation.
If you can use stroking your own ego as a motivation to push through it and do well, use that to your advantage and go for it.
diff EQ is no longer required at most CS programs.
Diff eq is also less boring than the most boring subject in the world (accounting).
But that's the point: if i knew i could hack it in CS, i would have done it long ago. I just have this undying desire to want to get something impressive.
also, i feel like accounting is so meaningless. it is really just closing the books
Just curious bashing a field he doesn't understand in another thread.
rationally, i know that college degrees should be gotten for one reason and one reason only: to help you achieve the job that you want.
For one, there's no reason you have to get a degree solely for getting a job. There's nothing wrong with learning for the sake of learning. Second, in my experience getting a high GPA isn't about making yourself feel good it's more of an internal motivation and expectation that you have about yourself. Generally, high GPA people already feel pretty good about themselves.
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