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Anonymous wrote:

raptorsxyz wrote:I graduated with a pretty low GPA, under 3.0, from a highly ranked school this year with a polisci degree. Any tips post-graduation to eventually head toward a high-earning career? Everyone is telling me law school and grad school is out of the question. I haven't had much internships, but I have had a lot of substantive summer jobs that show I have some work ethic. I'm also a really good communicator and I think a person that people enjoy being around. I have been networking etc, just looking for further advice. I also really want to move to NYC.

P.S. - PM me if anyone would like to talk about any more specific directions, but can't doxx yourself on an online forum

You attended a highly ranked school and yet have a problem with employment, you just wasted your parents' money for doing such.  The idea of attending a highly ranked school is to get connections so that you can get jobs after graduation, even with a low GPA.

My DS attended a highly ranked school, I am not going to say which one but along the line of University of Chicago.  He also studied PS and had a low 2.5 GPA, due to excessive partying but he was a frat member and one of his frat buddy parents got him a job after graduation.  That was five years ago and he recently got promoted to Senior director of Human Resource. 
 
You should have established networking during your time in college.  That's the whole idea of attending a highly ranked school.  Since you didn't or couldn't make it happen, it is on you and you have to deal with the aftermath.  it becomes much harder after you graduate.

Troll. Nobody graduates from UChicago with a 2.5.

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Anonymous wrote:Trade associations is a great tip I overlooked that, will def research. Don’t know if the admin job is really in my field of interest

Yeah, well, you have to start somewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trade associations is a great tip I overlooked that, will def research. Don’t know if the admin job is really in my field of interest

Yeah, well, you have to start somewhere.

OP you need to be open minded. The first job is the hardest to get bc they will care the most about grades. In a few yrs no one will ask. But you need to get your foot in the door and it will be into a less desirable role, unfortunately, unless you have connections.

Admin, sales etc - you don't have to do it forever. It's a first job.

Anonymous wrote:

raptorsxyz wrote:I graduated with a pretty low GPA, under 3.0, from a highly ranked school this year with a polisci degree. Any tips post-graduation to eventually head toward a high-earning career? Everyone is telling me law school and grad school is out of the question. I haven't had much internships, but I have had a lot of substantive summer jobs that show I have some work ethic. I'm also a really good communicator and I think a person that people enjoy being around. I have been networking etc, just looking for further advice. I also really want to move to NYC.

P.S. - PM me if anyone would like to talk about any more specific directions, but can't doxx yourself on an online forum

Plenty of law schools will accept you, such as Southwestern Texas School of Law, Regent University Law, etc. A degree from such an institution will open the opportunity to serve as deli assistant manager with a 50 cent raise after 6 months and a week’s vacation after a year.

Anonymous wrote:Are you good looking?

Are you male or female?

Are you a smooth talker?

I only say this as I graduated with a 2.7 GPA and with a good suit, nice watch, crisp white shirt and tie all I needed was the introduction.

If a man HR is full of young women. Not really hard to get in. If a women all the “bros” in start ups dying for a young women.

And bars by where you want to work are your friend. Just meet someone and get a referral. Even works virtual on linked in.

Being old, fat and bald with glasses it’s hard. Young good looking and from a good school easy.

I was on Hill on Thursday it was loaded with good looking women and men in nice suits looking the part.

Also you represent your boss. I say hit the gym, dress nice, hit the bars!!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trade associations is a great tip I overlooked that, will def research. Don’t know if the admin job is really in my field of interest

Yeah, well, you have to start somewhere.

OP you need to be open minded. The first job is the hardest to get bc they will care the most about grades. In a few yrs no one will ask. But you need to get your foot in the door and it will be into a less desirable role, unfortunately, unless you have connections.

Admin, sales etc - you don't have to do it forever. It's a first job.

Sales, especially technology or software, are the most lucrative jobs there is. Those guy s make a lot of money. I work as a system engineer to support the software sale team and those sale guys are bringing in around 1.2K/year in salary, more than five times my salary. It is probably one of the hardest jobs out there.

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raptorsxyz wrote:Thanks for the advice so far! I have been advised to go into sales, but honestly, I really don't want to spend my life selling things, it seems kind of soulless (no offense to salesmen, and I'm sure there are companies with a really great product where it seems worthwhile).

I'm interested in Journalism, International Development, and Politics. I've also looked into consulting, it seems really cool to be a professional problem-solver, although right now it seems my GPA precludes me from most opportunities in that sector.

Not everyone gets to do a career they're interested in. Sometimes you just need to pay the bills, so you work to live, rather than live to work. You don't have enough (any) experience in anything to consult. Why would I take advice from you? You don't know anything yet.

Not OP but I don’t think you know anything about how management consulting works. OP missed the boat on getting into that for now due to their GPA & not getting recruited for it while in college, but lots of kids do it straight out of college will no real world experience besides an internship at that particular consulting firm.

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raptorsxyz wrote:I graduated with a pretty low GPA, under 3.0, from a highly ranked school this year with a polisci degree. Any tips post-graduation to eventually head toward a high-earning career? Everyone is telling me law school and grad school is out of the question. I haven't had much internships, but I have had a lot of substantive summer jobs that show I have some work ethic. I'm also a really good communicator and I think a person that people enjoy being around. I have been networking etc, just looking for further advice. I also really want to move to NYC.

P.S. - PM me if anyone would like to talk about any more specific directions, but can't doxx yourself on an online forum

Plenty of law schools will accept you, such as Southwestern Texas School of Law, Regent University Law, etc. A degree from such an institution will open the opportunity to serve as deli assistant manager with a 50 cent raise after 6 months and a week’s vacation after a year.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

raptorsxyz wrote:I graduated with a pretty low GPA, under 3.0, from a highly ranked school this year with a polisci degree. Any tips post-graduation to eventually head toward a high-earning career? Everyone is telling me law school and grad school is out of the question. I haven't had much internships, but I have had a lot of substantive summer jobs that show I have some work ethic. I'm also a really good communicator and I think a person that people enjoy being around. I have been networking etc, just looking for further advice. I also really want to move to NYC.

P.S. - PM me if anyone would like to talk about any more specific directions, but can't doxx yourself on an online forum

Plenty of law schools will accept you, such as Southwestern Texas School of Law, Regent University Law, etc. A degree from such an institution will open the opportunity to serve as deli assistant manager with a 50 cent raise after 6 months and a week’s vacation after a year.

It actually is possible to get into a good law school with a low undergrad GPA, but you need to knock it out of the park on the LSAT to compensate, and unlike people who had a high GPA in undergrad, you’ll need excellent, long-term work & life experience.

So, OP may very well be a good candidate for a T14 law school if he applies a decade from now.

raptorsxyz wrote:Thanks for the advice so far! I have been advised to go into sales, but honestly, I really don't want to spend my life selling things, it seems kind of soulless (no offense to salesmen, and I'm sure there are companies with a really great product where it seems worthwhile).

I'm interested in Journalism, International Development, and Politics. I've also looked into consulting, it seems really cool to be a professional problem-solver, although right now it seems my GPA precludes me from most opportunities in that sector.

Anonymous wrote:Are you good looking?

Are you male or female?

Are you a smooth talker?

I only say this as I graduated with a 2.7 GPA and with a good suit, nice watch, crisp white shirt and tie all I needed was the introduction.

If a man HR is full of young women. Not really hard to get in. If a women all the “bros” in start ups dying for a young women.

And bars by where you want to work are your friend. Just meet someone and get a referral. Even works virtual on linked in.

Being old, fat and bald with glasses it’s hard. Young good looking and from a good school easy.

I was on Hill on Thursday it was loaded with good looking women and men in nice suits looking the part.

Also you represent your boss. I say hit the gym, dress nice, hit the bars!!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trade associations is a great tip I overlooked that, will def research. Don’t know if the admin job is really in my field of interest

Yeah, well, you have to start somewhere.

OP you need to be open minded. The first job is the hardest to get bc they will care the most about grades. In a few yrs no one will ask. But you need to get your foot in the door and it will be into a less desirable role, unfortunately, unless you have connections.

Admin, sales etc - you don't have to do it forever. It's a first job.

Sales, especially technology or software, are the most lucrative jobs there is. Those guy s make a lot of money. I work as a system engineer to support the software sale team and those sale guys are bringing in around 1.2K/year in salary, more than five times my salary. It is probably one of the hardest jobs out there.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trade associations is a great tip I overlooked that, will def research. Don’t know if the admin job is really in my field of interest

Yeah, well, you have to start somewhere.

OP you need to be open minded. The first job is the hardest to get bc they will care the most about grades. In a few yrs no one will ask. But you need to get your foot in the door and it will be into a less desirable role, unfortunately, unless you have connections.

Admin, sales etc - you don't have to do it forever. It's a first job.

Sales, especially technology or software, are the most lucrative jobs there is. Those guy s make a lot of money. I work as a system engineer to support the software sale team and those sale guys are bringing in around 1.2K/year in salary, more than five times my salary. It is probably one of the hardest jobs out there.