what happens to kids who graduate from college with under a 3.5?

[Anonymous]

My DD was on a med school track until she met college chemistry and ended her second semester freshman year with a 2.5. She has crawled back to a 3.3 with almost straight As sophomore year. I’m not worried. I think she’ll get to a 3.5 and then she will work a year or two before deciding on grad school. She has has some great internships and I do not think she will be hurting for a job when the time comes. She is at a top 25 school though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It surely matters for the first job.
They definitely ask for your transcript.
You'll have harder time getting your first job if you have bad gpa

I was never asked about my undergraduate GPA until I applied to graduate school many years later.

I have been hiring for 10y and never asked for a transcript/GPA for any candidate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It surely matters for the first job.
They definitely ask for your transcript.
You'll have harder time getting your first job if you have bad gpa

I was never asked about my undergraduate GPA until I applied to graduate school many years later.

I was asked.

[Anonymous]

DD graduated with a 2.9. Couldn’t apply to jobs with a gpa cutoff but there were plenty of jobs that don’t ask. Got an administrative job that was similar to what what people with great academics were doing in her major (psychology). Studied really hard for GRE and got into 2 out of the 4 grad schools in which she applied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It surely matters for the first job.
They definitely ask for your transcript.
You'll have harder time getting your first job if you have bad gpa

Many many many jobs don't ask for your GPA or transcript.

Never had a job ask me for a transcript. I dropped gpa from resume after first job. It will matter for grad school depending on field of study. Social work will be more flexible
For example (and don’t under estimate a MSW degree - very flexible).

[Anonymous]

I don't remember it ever mattering, but I was not applying to law or med school. Nor was a trying to work in a consulting or finance job.

Most people saw where I got my diploma and said "Oh, good school" That's it. It got me in doors.

[Anonymous]

I had a GPA probably somewhere in the 3-3.5 range, and it didn't matter at all. Yes, medical school and probably law school are both out. Graduate school, probably depends on the school/discipline.

But I just... never put my GPA on my resume? It was never a problem. I have a wonderful and fulfilling career, and make low six figures.

[Anonymous]

I had a 3.3 from undergrad (top 60) went to a top 50 ish law school. Am a partner at a law firm.

[Anonymous]

The federal government requires that colleges track employment outcomes for recent graduates by major. My university also tracks by GPA and industry. I review these reports annually as department chair, and the data is clear that it doesn't matter for most jobs. However, it does matter for grad, medical, and law schools and more competitive industries such as tech and finance. In general, it's unlikely for a professor to provide a strong letter of recommendation for an individual with a GPA lower than 3.5.

[Anonymous]

curious if anyone has experience with a cumulative mid 3.0 GPA with one bad semester, which was fixed immediately by a change in major and an ADHD diagnosis/treatment when it comes to grad school. All other semesters are over 3.5, if you took that one semester out, my DC has a 3.7 or so and climbing. Has anyone had success maybe with law school or other graduate school with an explanation about the one semester?

[Anonymous]

They spontaneously combust

[Anonymous]

Straight to jail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:curious if anyone has experience with a cumulative mid 3.0 GPA with one bad semester, which was fixed immediately by a change in major and an ADHD diagnosis/treatment when it comes to grad school. All other semesters are over 3.5, if you took that one semester out, my DC has a 3.7 or so and climbing. Has anyone had success maybe with law school or other graduate school with an explanation about the one semester?

In my experience, no one really cares about the reason however unless you're talking about really competitive grad school programs such as veterinary school, no one cares about a 3.0 GPA either.

I barely scraped together a 3.0 for my engineering undergrad after I lost a parent and then my scholarships and there was really no impact job wise or attending grad school later on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Straight to jail.

Is that the new jailhouse right next to the debtors' prison ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It surely matters for the first job.
They definitely ask for your transcript.
You'll have harder time getting your first job if you have bad gpa

Huh? I hire 22 year olds all the time and never ask for transcripts. Grades have nothing to do with how they act in the workplace outside of, I don't know, medicine probably.