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I've been filling out a lot of applications lately, and half of them ask for the GPA of college. I respond to it, but I don't think it matters in the larger scheme of things. I got a 4.0 in grad school, but that wouldn't necessarily make me the better candidate for a job.
An application is designed to expose as many flaws in an applicant as possible so HR or a computer can screen you out. Low GPA, ever been fired ever, salary history too high, gaps, etc... GPA is another easy/lazy way to screen applicants.
An application is designed to expose as many flaws in an applicant as possible so HR or a computer can screen you out. Low GPA, ever been fired ever, salary history too high, gaps, etc... GPA is another easy/lazy way to screen applicants.
Interesting, I never thought of it that way. Good thing I rocked it in Grad school, I'll defer to that GPA as it was higher than my undergrad. Thanks!
I've been filling out a lot of applications lately, and half of them ask for the GPA of college. I respond to it, but I don't think it matters in the larger scheme of things. I got a 4.0 in grad school, but that wouldn't necessarily make me the better candidate for a job.
Or, does it?
GPA is highly correlated with cognitive ability, so you could use it as a proxy. Cognitive ability is the single best predictor of job performance.
I agree, GPA shouldn't matter. I have a horrid GPA right now especially in my accounting/business classes and they were due to health problems. I had anemic-like symptoms earlier this year which affected my thinking and my memory skills. I'd be studying for days and for hours, sometimes two weeks before a major test, and I still bombed it because I couldn't retain information that well anymore.
I finally had to withdraw from some of my classes. A few months back, I decided that something needed to be done so I changed my lifestyle. Now I'm regular, I have no problems with memory, or thinking. I am getting high grades this semester in school and I can actually go through a full time work week without collapsing like a zombie.
If I didn't have that problem, my GPA would've been higher. As an employer, would you honestly judge my capability to do my job based solely on my GPA? Low GPA doesn't always mean that you're a lazy bum that didn't do the work or tests, and that you don't know the material. I am taking a break from school because working trumps school for now, but I am retaking some classes to improve my grades. I'm just upset that it costs extra money whereas in my previous (now defunct though) school, retaking a class cost nothing.
Your applications asked for your GPA? I never experienced that at all! But, I've experienced disability questions and license questions. I think I'd rather be asked for my GPA (3.2 as an undergrad).
People ask for GPA all the time. What gets me is when HR people ask me for my SAT scores. One time they said "what were your SAT scores?" but their GPA question was "do you happen to remember your college GPA?" As if SAT scores are more important than GPA.
The notion that SAT scores are important at all is pretty sickening. It seems to imply that people have no chance to grow during college.
Never seen it myself. Personally I think if you graduated it shouldn't be brought up beyond a few years out. Now if you made a project certainly you can talk about it. Otherwise it gets mundane. About 80 or so institutions of higher end in Mass don't even ask for SAT scores. It's gradually becoming an invalid test.
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