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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The irony is in college, grades hardly matter at all. C’s get degrees.[/quote]

This is such a dumb outdated statement. First, at the vast majority of colleges even historically "deflated" william and mary and cornell, 3.5+ is the median graduating class GPA and 2.5-2.9 "Cs get degrees" is bottom of the barrel. At ivy/T10 it is more like 3.8 median. A college gpa under 3.0 or even under 3.3 these days puts you on academic probation and in some cases bans you from progressing in the major. An occasional C is 100% fine especially known tough classes. Mostly Cs is however is very poor, bottom 10%, and will not lead to good job offers, if one is even able to get to the degree due to some colleges having minimum gpa needed to progress in the major. 
Even mostly Bs (3.0-3.3) is bottom 15% at many schools and eliminates law, med, phD and the majority of jobs that want 3.3+. In tough job markets the GPA and the actual courses on the transcript matter more than ever. 
Even most masters programs that could be considered pay to play want to see 3.3+ at a minimum from US schools. Masters have 25-55% admission these days depending on program, and they have plenty of "average" applicants (3.5+) willing to pay. [/quote]

after your first job, no one asks for a GPA. Are you working in a white-collar job? You sound unfamiliar with how the real world works.[/quote]

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