Does college GPA matter for future employment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, and those who say otherwise are perpetuating a massive lie. Especially if you want a good internship to set you up for an elite career, you will need a high gpa. People will always say you need "experience." Well, that experience requires a good gpa to actually get the dang position.

Trump has had an elite career and he had an appalling gpa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, and those who say otherwise are perpetuating a massive lie. Especially if you want a good internship to set you up for an elite career, you will need a high gpa. People will always say you need "experience." Well, that experience requires a good gpa to actually get the dang position.

Trump has had an elite career and he had an appalling gpa.

Trump also graduated in 1968.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I interview a lot of college seniors every year and they all put their GPA on their resumes. I also look for it.

But let me ask you this: would you say a 3.6 from say an Elon grad was better prepared to work for you than a 2.9 from say Georgetown? I just think there's a big difference in rigor and expectations across universities, so GPA can be hard to distinguish what a person can really do. When I look at candidates, I might consider GPA if it's there, but I look at where they graduated from and when. From there, can they write, can they communicate, are they weirdos?

I hire a lot of college grads (mostly Econ/math/compsci) and definitely look at GPA. I would prefer a 3.6 from Elon to a 2.9 at Georgetown. The candidate would need a lot of other positives or a good explanation to overcome a 2.9.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Undergraduate 3.67 Religion.
Graduate Community Planning 4.0

Can't find a job to save my life.

Where did you go

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Freshman DC feels they are likely "average" in their class. Expecting a B+ ish grade in most courses. Big drop from GPA DC was used to HS -- but not surprising as the student body in college (Ivy) is generally high quality and competitive. Question for this group: Does this type fo GPA hold you back from strong job opportunities?

Most Ivy grads don’t include gpa

[Anonymous]

You need a good gpa to be competitive for most internship opportunities. Once you have the internship, the gpa can sink. High-profile companies want impressive students as interns. Wall Street won't even look at your resume sub 3.5, unless you have some serious connections.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Freshman DC feels they are likely "average" in their class. Expecting a B+ ish grade in most courses. Big drop from GPA DC was used to HS -- but not surprising as the student body in college (Ivy) is generally high quality and competitive. Question for this group: Does this type fo GPA hold you back from strong job opportunities?

Not really, but a 3.0 or higher won't hurt.

[Anonymous]

You want above a 3.5 to qualify for most places. People are severely underrating how difficult it is to gain experience.

[Anonymous]

You will lose many internship opportunities keeping your gpa low when there are 3.7+ students everywhere. Does GPA matter for a job? No. Does it impact your ability to get an internship? Yes. You do the math.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the major and the industry you’re going into. For top consulting and I banking jobs, GPA is important say 3.5 plus. For engineering 3.0 is a solid GPA while for sociology you should be closer to a 4.0. Is hard to generalize.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends on the major and the industry you’re going into. For top consulting and I banking jobs, GPA is important say 3.5 plus. For engineering 3.0 is a solid GPA while for sociology you should be closer to a 4.0. Is hard to generalize.

For sociology, 4.0? No, not really. Most social science majors outside of Econ aren't going for careers in super elite/prestigious firms. There's a lot of jobs out there that sociology majors fulfill and almost none need a gpa higher than 3.0, if even.

[Anonymous]

Matters most for first job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Undergraduate 3.67 Religion.
Graduate Community Planning 4.0

Can't find a job to save my life.

I mean, are you surprised?

What do you want to do with these majors?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Undergraduate 3.67 Religion.
Graduate Community Planning 4.0

Can't find a job to save my life.

I mean, are you surprised?

What do you want to do with these majors?

Urban planning can get you a ton of jobs. Every city has a massive bureaucracy for a reason.

[Anonymous]

I might matter if you are a recent graduate with not a lot of experience but after that, no. I am a hiring manager and experience matters more than GPA.