2022 graduation without any jobs offered

[Anonymous]

School need teachers - pay is pretty good and then she can go to grad school at night -

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:wow thread is hot.
I thought colleges are not trade schools, and jobs are not important lol

OP
What's the GPA?

OP here.  Just got back from UVA graduation.  DD graduated with 3.2 GPA and is not a typical DCUM "smart" kid but that's ok.  DD did not have any internships during sophomore or junior year.

DH is helping DD to get a job as a IT project manager contract for a federal government agency.  DD passed the PMP cert three months ago.  It Looks like a great field to be in with starting pay over 100k and that women have an advantage in this field, according to DH.

She had all the required experience to sit for the PMP during college?

Ha, you beat me to it! Yes, please reply, OP.

do you realize that a lot of those requirements can be made up and be purchased right? I did this for my former employees all the time. They don't check or verify.

Key words - 'former employees'

So they were at least working in the field kind of related I guess.

This case, it's just fresh out of college with no experience at all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow thread is hot.
I thought colleges are not trade schools, and jobs are not important lol

OP
What's the GPA?

OP here.  Just got back from UVA graduation.  DD graduated with 3.2 GPA and is not a typical DCUM "smart" kid but that's ok.  DD did not have any internships during sophomore or junior year.

DH is helping DD to get a job as a IT project manager contract for a federal government agency.  DD passed the PMP cert three months ago.  It Looks like a great field to be in with starting pay over 100k and that women have an advantage in this field, according to DH.

That GPA kills all good law schools

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow thread is hot.
I thought colleges are not trade schools, and jobs are not important lol

OP
What's the GPA?

OP here.  Just got back from UVA graduation.  DD graduated with 3.2 GPA and is not a typical DCUM "smart" kid but that's ok.  DD did not have any internships during sophomore or junior year.

DH is helping DD to get a job as a IT project manager contract for a federal government agency.  DD passed the PMP cert three months ago.  It Looks like a great field to be in with starting pay over 100k and that women have an advantage in this field, according to DH.

That GPA kills all good law schools

Professional bagpiper is also off the table. In fact, it’s going to be really hard to move into a career playing any enclosed reed woodwind instrument. Very sorry OP, I’m sure it must be crushing to know that these highly desirable careers are off the table.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow thread is hot.
I thought colleges are not trade schools, and jobs are not important lol

OP
What's the GPA?

OP here.  Just got back from UVA graduation.  DD graduated with 3.2 GPA and is not a typical DCUM "smart" kid but that's ok.  DD did not have any internships during sophomore or junior year.

DH is helping DD to get a job as a IT project manager contract for a federal government agency.  DD passed the PMP cert three months ago.  It Looks like a great field to be in with starting pay over 100k and that women have an advantage in this field, according to DH.

She had all the required experience to sit for the PMP during college?

Ha, you beat me to it! Yes, please reply, OP.

do you realize that a lot of those requirements can be made up and be purchased right? I did this for my former employees all the time. They don't check or verify.

so you are going to say to your interviewer for your first real job that you are just out of college and have PMP wich requires work experience??

Yeah, I’d like a response to this question, too. So many fraudsters and unethical people have been seen right through by hiring managers, why would this
youngster make it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I’d like a response to this question, too. So many fraudsters and unethical people have been seen right through by hiring managers, why would this
youngster make it?

Because the government.contractors don't care.  They need someone to be billable to the contract and they can charge more with PMP.  I see more and more recent college grad with PMP certification.

[Anonymous]

How much do paralegals in DC area earn? DP but wondering if I can get my daughter interested in this as a possible job after a liberal arts degree. I know it's not necessarily the most rewarding job, but it would be doable for her I think, and it could be a stepping stone to something else. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow thread is hot.
I thought colleges are not trade schools, and jobs are not important lol

OP
What's the GPA?

OP here.  Just got back from UVA graduation.  DD graduated with 3.2 GPA and is not a typical DCUM "smart" kid but that's ok.  DD did not have any internships during sophomore or junior year.

DH is helping DD to get a job as a IT project manager contract for a federal government agency.  DD passed the PMP cert three months ago.  It Looks like a great field to be in with starting pay over 100k and that women have an advantage in this field, according to DH.

That GPA kills all good law schools

Did OP say her DD wanted to go to law school? She could still get a decent LSAT score and get in somewhere, if she wants to go to law school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow thread is hot.
I thought colleges are not trade schools, and jobs are not important lol

OP
What's the GPA?

OP here.  Just got back from UVA graduation.  DD graduated with 3.2 GPA and is not a typical DCUM "smart" kid but that's ok.  DD did not have any internships during sophomore or junior year.

DH is helping DD to get a job as a IT project manager contract for a federal government agency.  DD passed the PMP cert three months ago.  It Looks like a great field to be in with starting pay over 100k and that women have an advantage in this field, according to DH.

That GPA kills all good law schools

Did OP say her DD wanted to go to law school? She could still get a decent LSAT score and get in somewhere, if she wants to go to law school.

Delusional. Nobody in 2022 with a garbage GPA in the humanities aces the LSAT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow thread is hot.
I thought colleges are not trade schools, and jobs are not important lol

OP
What's the GPA?

OP here.  Just got back from UVA graduation.  DD graduated with 3.2 GPA and is not a typical DCUM "smart" kid but that's ok.  DD did not have any internships during sophomore or junior year.

DH is helping DD to get a job as a IT project manager contract for a federal government agency.  DD passed the PMP cert three months ago.  It Looks like a great field to be in with starting pay over 100k and that women have an advantage in this field, according to DH.

That GPA kills all good law schools

Did OP say her DD wanted to go to law school? She could still get a decent LSAT score and get in somewhere, if she wants to go to law school.

I disagree. My brother is smart but he literally never studied or does homework. His grades suffer. But SAT, LSATs and GMATs are more IQ tests.

So smart I recall NYU grad school required Calculus. He took Calc, 1 and 2 HS and Calc 3 college. He showed that to waive him out. Instead they made him take Calc 4 a while 8 years after his last Calc class. He got 100 on midterm and final without studying.

But courses with homework, term papers or group projects in college between work, frats, parties and dating just did not happen.

Me I had a 2.7 GPA and I can read 800 wpm with comprehension and scored the highest on an IQ test in school that 800 people took. I party hard. Hurt my gpa

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow thread is hot.
I thought colleges are not trade schools, and jobs are not important lol

OP
What's the GPA?

OP here.  Just got back from UVA graduation.  DD graduated with 3.2 GPA and is not a typical DCUM "smart" kid but that's ok.  DD did not have any internships during sophomore or junior year.

DH is helping DD to get a job as a IT project manager contract for a federal government agency.  DD passed the PMP cert three months ago.  It Looks like a great field to be in with starting pay over 100k and that women have an advantage in this field, according to DH.

That GPA kills all good law schools

Did OP say her DD wanted to go to law school? She could still get a decent LSAT score and get in somewhere, if she wants to go to law school.

Delusional. Nobody in 2022 with a garbage GPA in the humanities aces the LSAT.

I had a 3.2 and a got a 180. I had no trouble getting into good law schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow thread is hot.
I thought colleges are not trade schools, and jobs are not important lol

OP
What's the GPA?

OP here.  Just got back from UVA graduation.  DD graduated with 3.2 GPA and is not a typical DCUM "smart" kid but that's ok.  DD did not have any internships during sophomore or junior year.

DH is helping DD to get a job as a IT project manager contract for a federal government agency.  DD passed the PMP cert three months ago.  It Looks like a great field to be in with starting pay over 100k and that women have an advantage in this field, according to DH.

That GPA kills all good law schools

Did OP say her DD wanted to go to law school? She could still get a decent LSAT score and get in somewhere, if she wants to go to law school.

Delusional. Nobody in 2022 with a garbage GPA in the humanities aces the LSAT.

I had a 3.2 and a got a 180. I had no trouble getting into good law schools.

I had a crap GPA in an extremely soft major- so long ago I don't remember exactly but I got 99th percentile on the LSATs, which was on a different scale. I think the max was 48 and I got 47. In any event, one point lower than the max you could get.

There is a whole crowd of people that don't understand that grades do not always reflect intelligence or ability. I went on to graduate a top 14 law school order of the coif. I did not start out at a top 14, I started at lower ranked school and was number 2 in the class there and transferred.

Many commenters are a bunch of jerks.

OP - if your daughter likes it, there is a huge need for competent projects managers within the federal government. HUGE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow thread is hot.
I thought colleges are not trade schools, and jobs are not important lol

OP
What's the GPA?

OP here.  Just got back from UVA graduation.  DD graduated with 3.2 GPA and is not a typical DCUM "smart" kid but that's ok.  DD did not have any internships during sophomore or junior year.

DH is helping DD to get a job as a IT project manager contract for a federal government agency.  DD passed the PMP cert three months ago.  It Looks like a great field to be in with starting pay over 100k and that women have an advantage in this field, according to DH.

That GPA kills all good law schools

Did OP say her DD wanted to go to law school? She could still get a decent LSAT score and get in somewhere, if she wants to go to law school.

Delusional. Nobody in 2022 with a garbage GPA in the humanities aces the LSAT.

I too went to UVa, and I can tell you GPAs are VERY subjective there. Rampant grading based on names, sabotaging other students, giving white student full marks when they had super-objective physics problem sets with one answer wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow thread is hot.
I thought colleges are not trade schools, and jobs are not important lol

OP
What's the GPA?

OP here.  Just got back from UVA graduation.  DD graduated with 3.2 GPA and is not a typical DCUM "smart" kid but that's ok.  DD did not have any internships during sophomore or junior year.

DH is helping DD to get a job as a IT project manager contract for a federal government agency.  DD passed the PMP cert three months ago.  It Looks like a great field to be in with starting pay over 100k and that women have an advantage in this field, according to DH.

That GPA kills all good law schools

Did OP say her DD wanted to go to law school? She could still get a decent LSAT score and get in somewhere, if she wants to go to law school.

Delusional. Nobody in 2022 with a garbage GPA in the humanities aces the LSAT.

I had a 3.2 and a got a 180. I had no trouble getting into good law schools.

Okay troll.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing wrong with taking the summer to recover, relax, travel, and socialize while looking for work. My DD is a bit burned out after college (which was significantly impacted by Covid restrictions) and will not be starting her job until the fall. My understanding is that career services will still work with graduates over the summer. Agree to cast a wide net.

Career services *should* work with graduates until they have a job!! Cannot imagine paying $150k+ and not having a job lined up. Bad for the college’s brand, for sure.

Career services offices are usually quite happy to assist new graduates and other alumni; they retain robust networks of recent and not-so-recent grads so that they can continue to make matches and demonstrate the lasting value and relevance of the school and its programs. Any recent grad without a job should absolutely stay plugged in.