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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would their GPA matter? When was the last time that it mattered for you, OP?[/quote]

All of you imbeciles that say grades don’t matter clearly haven’t gone through the [b]on-campus interview process with any competitive firms[/b]. 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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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