College GPA

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Are you an accountant? Fantastic be the best fucking accountant there is. Are you an enginerd? Fanfuckingtastict for you, be the best at that. Are you tripple majoring in women's studies, sociology, and underwater basket weaving? Good for you. Be the best barista out there.

This dick measuring between engineering and accounting is fucking stupid. The accountant will pull out some arcane legal bullshit file the scrotum under some part of the penis to get a biger number. The engineer will pull out a ruler, slap it next to the dick, make an assumption about air pressure, and round up. Both did some blackmagick fuckery and think their 4in pecker is a healthy 9inches. Meanwhile the nerd with a PhD in math is pulling a two comma paycheck in banking on both the accountant and engineer's morgages and running away with hot Ukrainian women.

The sociology major is trying to figure out why we can't all get along and if you want fries with that.
 
Yea it matters. The actual raw number only matters compared to people in your major. Everyone knows that engineering has lower GPA's than business majors. Also if your school is more challenging or harder to get a high GPA in, it is likely that employers will know this especially if you're applying for jobs that are recruited for on campus. If so employers will sort through hundreds of resumes of students at your same school so they will get an idea of what the GPA distribution is like. Many of these resume sorters, if its for a big company that recruits a lot of kids, will have likely gone to your school so they know what the easy majors are and what your GPA actually means.

GPA's are very very important when it comes to what segment you are in but it doesn't matter that much within that segment. So usually employers require some cutoff that is usually above the mean. It might be a 3.0 or a 3.2 or a 3.5 and it is possible to get through with a lower GPA but unlikely. Making the cutoff is extremely important since if you don't make the cutoff you typically won't get an interview. From there, it doesn't matter as much unless you're on the low end or the high end. For example, if the cutoff is 3.2 and you have a 3.2-3.4 you might be looked at as an applicant with a low GPA and you'll need great other credentials to get the interview while someone with a high GPA 3.7-4.0 might need less other great credentials to get the interview. That being said, screening for jobs is very holistic and often times they're looking for the full package so someone with a 4.0 and low commitment nerdy activity like chess club says something very different than a student with a 3.1 and a huge commitment like varsity soccer and at that point it depends on what the job and company is looking for (ie coding versus sales). But obviously a high GPA is always a positive thing.

Once you get the interview, GPA means almost nothing. Of course a 4.0 may change the way an interviewer assesses you but seriously it means almost nothing once you get the interview.

A high GPA opens many doors for you when it comes to things like law school, grad school, medical school, MBA school, PhD programs, honor societies, positions in clubs + societies, on campus jobs, internships, cum laude designations, etc. Even if you're getting a job through a connection, its a lot more helpful when you're resume gets passed along to a recruiter with a recommendation and a high GPA rather than a recommendation and an excuse for the low GPA. Also your GPA follows you through multiple jobs beyond your first one. It obviously becomes less important as time goes on but if you move jobs in 2-4 years after college it will be considered.
 
The job market is becoming more and more saturated, the world is getting more and more crowded. You need to stand out, and having a high GPA is pretty much essential these days to land one of those cushy jobs.
 
PS I just got a 328 on the GRE. Sorry I'm fucking stoked (and yes I know that isn't that great), but I'm going to grad school.
 
i got an internship, they are going to hire me as soon as i graduate (december). I dont think they have looked at my grades once, its more about how you carry yourself and how well you do in the internship. I've picked it up fast (like most things) and its all good!! Now i just have to get through these last couple weeks of school

oh and my GPA is 3.52 last time i checked, who knows after this last semester (senioritis x480343)
 
^ I feel you on the senioritis. It's been AWFUL for me haha. Studying like 1-2 days before every exam so far this year, and not going to half the lectures. I'm still pulling straight A's this semester, but don't know how. Getting more motivation as of late though, trying to destroy my classes instead of get by haha.

Very true. It's all relative and MANY things factor into an employers ultimate decision. But, at the same time, anytime people ask if GPA matters, I say who cares? Do the absolute BEST you can with whatever ability you have. Then you'll never be left asking "well what if I had actually taken this 1 exam seriously."

 
I'm a mechanical engineering at Penn State and applying for internshiphs I never was asked for my transcript or anything, however a resume is expected to have that and they will almost always ask you for one whether they are interested in you or not. 3.0 isn't too bad for engineering, I currently have a 3.25 and got an internship for the summer, but in engineering I do believe higher actually makes a difference because some firms I was talking to wouldn't even talk to people under a certain gpa.
 
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