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

[Anonymous]

My DS graduated last year with a 2.7 GPA in accounting and got a very good paying job, 97K salary, and the company is paying for his grad school. He was a D1 athlete, not sure if that matters. He was told by his boss that he was picked over three candidates with 4.0 GPA, one from UCLA and two from UVA.

[Anonymous]

For an engineering student with a 2.9, do they put the GPA on the resume or leave it off? Can one assume that an employer with a GPA cutoff will simply not look at a student without a GPA on the resume, meaning the student isn't missing out on opportunities by leaving it off, or is the opposite the case (they might get an interview despite the low GPA if they report it on the resume, because it isn't even lower)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS graduated last year with a 2.7 GPA in accounting and got a very good paying job, 97K salary, and the company is paying for his grad school. He was a D1 athlete, not sure if that matters. He was told by his boss that he was picked over three candidates with 4.0 GPA, one from UCLA and two from UVA.

He was lied to.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DS graduated last year with a 2.7 GPA in accounting and got a very good paying job, 97K salary, and the company is paying for his grad school. He was a D1 athlete, not sure if that matters. He was told by his boss that he was picked over three candidates with 4.0 GPA, one from UCLA and two from UVA.

He was lied to.

Or his boss (or boss's kid) plays the same sport.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DS graduated last year with a 2.7 GPA in accounting and got a very good paying job, 97K salary, and the company is paying for his grad school. He was a D1 athlete, not sure if that matters. He was told by his boss that he was picked over three candidates with 4.0 GPA, one from UCLA and two from UVA.

He was lied to.

Or his boss (or boss's kid) plays the same sport.

I was going to say something like this. The D1 athlete part impresses the heck out of many people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DS graduated last year with a 2.7 GPA in accounting and got a very good paying job, 97K salary, and the company is paying for his grad school. He was a D1 athlete, not sure if that matters. He was told by his boss that he was picked over three candidates with 4.0 GPA, one from UCLA and two from UVA.

He was lied to.

+1

Higher GPA accounting majors get the better jobs, 99% of the time.

[Anonymous]

I had a 3.5 gpa and went to Duke law school. Of course, that was twenty five years ago. Maybe there has been grade inflation since then. A 3.5 was not considered bad then, at least not at my college. I was in the top twenty five percent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Not necessarily for law school. Was awhile ago but I had a slightly worse GPA and still got into top law schools. Scoring 179 on the LSAT didn't hurt.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DS graduated last year with a 2.7 GPA in accounting and got a very good paying job, 97K salary, and the company is paying for his grad school. He was a D1 athlete, not sure if that matters. He was told by his boss that he was picked over three candidates with 4.0 GPA, one from UCLA and two from UVA.

He was lied to.

Or his boss (or boss's kid) plays the same sport.

I was going to say something like this. The D1 athlete part impresses the heck out of many people.

Takes a lot of discipline to play any D1 sport alongside full time academics. D1 athletes also typically are better at working in a team environment. For jobs that involve sales, having played D1 athletics is a great story that can resonate with prospects.

[Anonymous]

Some can still find amazing jobs, and go on to get admitted into a great grad school. That was me- graduated with a 3.0, got a fabulous first job, no one even asked me about college grades. Got into NYU for grad school, have had a really great career experience.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS graduated last year with a 2.7 GPA in accounting and got a very good paying job, 97K salary, and the company is paying for his grad school. He was a D1 athlete, not sure if that matters. He was told by his boss that he was picked over three candidates with 4.0 GPA, one from UCLA and two from UVA.

He was lied to.

+1

Higher GPA accounting majors get the better jobs, 99% of the time.

Yep. It’s accounting. No one is hiring a 2.7 over a 4.0 from either UVA or UCLA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a 3.5 gpa and went to Duke law school. Of course, that was twenty five years ago. Maybe there has been grade inflation since then. A 3.5 was not considered bad then, at least not at my college. I was in the top twenty five percent.

Times have changed. Nearly all the T20 law schools now have median undergrad GPAs in the high 3.8 range or low 3.9 range.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DS graduated last year with a 2.7 GPA in accounting and got a very good paying job, 97K salary, and the company is paying for his grad school. He was a D1 athlete, not sure if that matters. He was told by his boss that he was picked over three candidates with 4.0 GPA, one from UCLA and two from UVA.

He was lied to.

Or his boss (or boss's kid) plays the same sport.

I was going to say something like this. The D1 athlete part impresses the heck out of many people.

Graduating from college while playing a Division I sport is more impressive than having a good GPA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For an engineering student with a 2.9, do they put the GPA on the resume or leave it off? Can one assume that an employer with a GPA cutoff will simply not look at a student without a GPA on the resume, meaning the student isn't missing out on opportunities by leaving it off, or is the opposite the case (they might get an interview despite the low GPA if they report it on the resume, because it isn't even lower)?

DS graduated with a 2.7 in ME. He does not have his GPA on his resume. He said most people never asked. He did not have a job at graduation...but now is well employed! Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know many men in the military as officers with very low GPAs all got into and did well at grad school (also paid for by the military).

Vets get preference - in almost everything.