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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course it depends on future plans, but usually they get a job and go from there in advancing their career.

It's rarely the end of the world.[/quote]

3.0 here.  Went to a top 75 law school.  Top of class -- federal judge law clerk, federal prosecutor, big law partner last 20 years.

3.0 is not a bar to anything.  2.5 is not as well.  It just means less paths open and harder work required.[/quote]

I agree with this - just need to hustle more later.[/quote]

Ok but low grades in undergrad indicates lack of hustle, so what causes them to develop the hustle later?[/quote]

It depends what kind of hustle. I graduated with a 3.0 ish but I partied and worked my ass off and networked professionally while in college. That is hustle too. It was my junior year internship that propelled my career. [/quote]

Not necessarily. I am the PP with the low GPA and high work ethic. Academics didn't come naturally, but I HUSTLED in college in other aspects. I was the commissioner for student government elections, I was on the honor committee, I taught freshman classes on domestic violence/drinking/safe sex, I was the student ambassador to the provosts office, I volunteered 100s of hours with Best Buddies, I was a RA and summer orientation leader for 3 years...I learned far more from those experiences than Idid in the classroom...[/quote]

That's great, but as your parents, I'm not paying $85k a year for you to do all that optional extraneous sheeyit, I am paying $85k a year for you to study and learn.[/quote]

That "extranoues sheeyit" taught me to create a SOP, manage large teams of people, manage my time, create professional presentations to college executives, public speaking in front of large audiences, to create budgets and manage them, to interview people, and handle crisis situations. None it hypothetical scenarios in a classroom. Those skills were far more vauable than what I received in most of my classes. I was far more prepared for the real world than my classmates who went to every single class and spent their extra time drinking/partying.[/quote]

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