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I don't think it is the unversity in terms of rank per se (undergrad rankings are non-sense...they only matter at a graduate level and even then there is bias), but where does the school rank in terms of grade inflation?
I don't think it is the unversity in terms of rank per se (undergrad rankings are non-sense...they only matter at a graduate level and even then there is bias), but where does the school rank in terms of grade inflation?
Well, if you're ambitious enough to go to graduate school, who really gives a **** where you go?
Undergraduate GPA is the most overrating thing on a resume. As long as it is anything above 3.0 it hits the ceiling of GOOD ENOUGH.
Graduate GPA doesn't matter because it's basically very good or failing and the vast vast majority are in the very good segment.
As for applying to graduate school, a good GPA from a middle-tier state school is actually often better than a lower GPA from a highly selective school. They're not going to punish you for taking an economical in-state option and it shows self-motivation.
What do employers prefer?
For example, pretend there are 2 people with similar qualities and the only distinction between them is there GPA.
One received a 2.9 from NYU-Stern (8th in the nation for business)
versus 3.9 from the South Florida University (90th in the nation)
What is "better"?
Stern. I know many successful people who went there, including my very wealthy boss. I don't know her GPA.
It's kind of a meaningless question since in reality two people are never that much the same that the only difference was school and GPA. But given the parameters of the OP, I'd pick the 3.9 from SF. Reason? Because a student who is a 2.9 student is not going to magically become a 4.0 student at a different university. Oh, they might go up a bit to a 3.2 but not that big a jump. Likewise the 3.9 is not suddenly going to become a 2.5 student elsewhere either. Because the GPA reflects the work ethic and basic ability more than the school.
IMO, GPA just gets the foot in the door for an interview. For a lot of fresh out of college jobs, one of the most efficient ways of pruning for candidates is GPA. They simply have too many applicants to interview them all. Given that I knew certain employers had a 3.0 GPA screen, I would take the 3.9 from SF.
However, I wouldn't base any decision on going to a particular school on the assumption that since it's easy I'll get a 3.9, or since it's hard that I'll get a 2.9.
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