Would you let your child remain away at university if they were only earning a 2.0-2.5 gpa?

[Anonymous]

Why would their GPA matter? When was the last time that it mattered for you, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would their GPA matter? When was the last time that it mattered for you, OP?

All of you imbeciles that say grades don’t matter clearly haven’t gone through the on-campus interview process with any competitive firms. Not only will MBB and the like ask for your GPA but they’ll also ask for your standardized test scores. In all fairness your experience may have been limited to applying to McDonalds where I’m sure your 2.0 didn’t matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would their GPA matter? When was the last time that it mattered for you, OP?

All of you imbeciles that say grades don’t matter clearly haven’t gone through the on-campus interview process with any competitive firms. Not only will MBB and the like ask for your GPA but they’ll also ask for your standardized test scores. In all fairness your experience may have been limited to applying to McDonalds where I’m sure your 2.0 didn’t matter.

I’ve never worked in any fast food environment.

I had a job while in college (a good, paying office position in my field). They never asked for grades, even though I had a very high GPA. None of my other positions required a GPA either. My master’s program application is the only time I’ve ever had to provide transcripts and grades. I’ve done just fine in my career.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would their GPA matter? When was the last time that it mattered for you, OP?

All of you imbeciles that say grades don’t matter clearly haven’t gone through the on-campus interview process with any competitive firms. Not only will MBB and the like ask for your GPA but they’ll also ask for your standardized test scores. In all fairness your experience may have been limited to applying to McDonalds where I’m sure your 2.0 didn’t matter.

I am the father of the 2.1 GPA kid who played sport at UVA. What you said is absolutely true about campus interview. At the same time, that's is not the only way to get jobs at competitive firms. Plenty of D1 athletes with 2.x GPAs get hired at competitive firms because being a student-athletes at a power 5 schools is like having two fulltime jobs. Firms know that those guys are not afraid to fail. How many people with 4.0 GPAs @UVA that you know also have a 40 hours fulltime job? Probably none.

You have to look at 2.0-2.5 GPA in that context. I am not downplaying the importance of GPA. GPA does matter but hard work, charisma and networking matter 100 times more than GPA.

[Anonymous]

If it was a financial strain, I’d bring them home to a cheaper school. But otherwise, I’d leave them be. I started as a C student due to a lot of issues, some my fault, but ended up on Dean’s list and won undergrad research grants as well as a full ride to grad school.

[Anonymous]

In this era of absurd grade inflation, you have to be abusing narcotics and/or blowing off weeks of classes to get under a 3.0, let alone a pathetic 2.0-2.5. You really have to try to do that poorly. What a slap in the face to hard working parents who pay for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would their GPA matter? When was the last time that it mattered for you, OP?

All of you imbeciles that say grades don’t matter clearly haven’t gone through the on-campus interview process with any competitive firms. Not only will MBB and the like ask for your GPA but they’ll also ask for your standardized test scores. In all fairness your experience may have been limited to applying to McDonalds where I’m sure your 2.0 didn’t matter.

It’s far from just elite MBB and Wall Street who want grades. It’s really the only way to quickly assess a college kid’s character and capacity. Delusional fantasy land to think firms waste their time interviewing every nitwit with a sub-3.0 (or even sub 3.5). There are more than enough smart kids who busted their butts fighting for the top jobs.

[Anonymous]

You may have had a high GPA and impressive on campus interviews...but something went wrong along the way for you to feel the need to characterize other people's kids as "imbeciles" and "nitwits."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it was a financial strain, I’d bring them home to a cheaper school. But otherwise, I’d leave them be. I started as a C student due to a lot of issues, some my fault, but ended up on Dean’s list and won undergrad research grants as well as a full ride to grad school.

As the mom of a kid who survived his freshman engineering year, but not with flying colors, posts like this make me smile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would their GPA matter? When was the last time that it mattered for you, OP?

All of you imbeciles that say grades don’t matter clearly haven’t gone through the on-campus interview process with any competitive firms. Not only will MBB and the like ask for your GPA but they’ll also ask for your standardized test scores. In all fairness your experience may have been limited to applying to McDonalds where I’m sure your 2.0 didn’t matter.

It’s far from just elite MBB and Wall Street who want grades. It’s really the only way to quickly assess a college kid’s character and capacity. Delusional fantasy land to think firms waste their time interviewing every nitwit with a sub-3.0 (or even sub 3.5). There are more than enough smart kids who busted their butts fighting for the top jobs.

+1 And the Federal Reserve was in the press for their movement away from grades as a criteria, because they found grades didn't identify successful RAs.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I would.

[Anonymous]

How much are you shelling out OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it was a financial strain, I’d bring them home to a cheaper school. But otherwise, I’d leave them be. I started as a C student due to a lot of issues, some my fault, but ended up on Dean’s list and won undergrad research grants as well as a full ride to grad school.

As the mom of a kid who survived his freshman engineering year, but not with flying colors, posts like this make me smile.

Engineering (inc. computer science) and accounting are unique, highly-marketable credentials no matter the GPA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would their GPA matter? When was the last time that it mattered for you, OP?

All of you imbeciles that say grades don’t matter clearly haven’t gone through the on-campus interview process with any competitive firms. Not only will MBB and the like ask for your GPA but they’ll also ask for your standardized test scores. In all fairness your experience may have been limited to applying to McDonalds where I’m sure your 2.0 didn’t matter.

I am the father of the 2.1 GPA kid who played sport at UVA. What you said is absolutely true about campus interview. At the same time, that's is not the only way to get jobs at competitive firms. Plenty of D1 athletes with 2.x GPAs get hired at competitive firms because being a student-athletes at a power 5 schools is like having two fulltime jobs. Firms know that those guys are not afraid to fail. How many people with 4.0 GPAs @UVA that you know also have a 40 hours fulltime job? Probably none.

You have to look at 2.0-2.5 GPA in that context. I am not downplaying the importance of GPA. GPA does matter but hard work, charisma and networking matter 100 times more than GPA.

There are plenty of kids who get 3.0+ and work, some closer to 30hrs/week. I was one of those. A low GPA doesn't signify "hard word". I stated up thread.. charisma is important for things like sales jobs, so yea, if you want a sales job, GPA doesn't matter. As for networking, I guess that's the good ol' boys network and applies to white males, and we know that's why so many people want that greek life in college. Hey, you can party, make connections, and not study and easily get a job after you graduate. That's a great way to look at a college education.. /s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it was a financial strain, I’d bring them home to a cheaper school. But otherwise, I’d leave them be. I started as a C student due to a lot of issues, some my fault, but ended up on Dean’s list and won undergrad research grants as well as a full ride to grad school.

As the mom of a kid who survived his freshman engineering year, but not with flying colors, posts like this make me smile.

Engineering (inc. computer science) and accounting are unique, highly-marketable credentials no matter the GPA.

Yes google, FB and amazon are clamoring to hire sub 3.0 GPA grads.