Anyone know a current or recent Ivy League student with a low college GPA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I graduated from Dartmouth 20 years ago with less than a 3.0. No one has ever asked me for my GPA, literally zero questions in 20 years and when people see my school on my resume or it comes up in conversation they just say wow. I'm now an executive and I do a lot with the Dartmouth alum group in DC, that name gets you in a lot of doors.

What was your starting career?

[Anonymous]

Bottom decile at any college = human resources and public sector (feds) and the college itself hiring you to work in a low rung office like admissions or financial aid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bottom decile at any college = human resources and public sector (feds) and the college itself hiring you to work in a low rung office like admissions or financial aid

Colleges are not hiring their bottom people for front-facing Admissions roles.
HR is a good place to look for jobs. There are usually clear progression plans and far more chief people officers are becoming CEOs than ever before.

[Anonymous]

The Feds care more about grades and transcripts than they should. The poster above is out of touch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I graduated from Dartmouth 20 years ago with less than a 3.0. No one has ever asked me for my GPA, literally zero questions in 20 years and when people see my school on my resume or it comes up in conversation they just say wow. I'm now an executive and I do a lot with the Dartmouth alum group in DC, that name gets you in a lot of doors.

What was your starting career?

Marketing / PR.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Feds care more about grades and transcripts than they should. The poster above is out of touch.

Being a government employee != working at State or intel