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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work at a government research lab and all the resumes I’ve seen from places like Virginia Tech, UMD and Clemson list GPAs over 3.0. We wouldn’t even consider someone with below a 2.5. There are just too many more with higher stats.[/quote]

That sounds right.[/quote]

But that doesn’t mean the kid in question has no future. Clearly engineering is t coming easy to him, and research may not be his thing, but there are jobs for engineers in the bottom half of their classes.

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There are plenty of jobs just not government. Think start ups or Enterprise Rental or Marriott. Think out of th box for a change.

Bigger concern is matriculation to major. Some schools will not let an engineering student move on into the major with a low gpa.  NC State doesn’t have that issue for students because many come into the school already accepted to the program no matriculation required. Same goes for Business school programs. University of MD, JMU  both have limited enrollment programs UMD is like a 3.7 to get in a after freshman year . Many kids don’t get in and either have to leave college park or change majors. JMU nursing is another program that is limited enrollment based on GPA so students at JMU now can not get into major of choice do they stay or do they transfer colleges. Many end up at community colleges fix the gpa and go back to a four year school.

Knowledge about matriculation before a student goes to college is important. Many parents only look at what it takes to get in they forget to look at the end goal which is to get out. [/quote]

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