Anonymous
12/05/2024 19:30
Subject: Does college GPA matter for future employment?
I might matter if you are a recent graduate with not a lot of experience but after that, no. I am a hiring manager and experience matters more than GPA.
Anonymous
12/05/2024 19:29
Subject: Does college GPA matter for future employment?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Undergraduate 3.67 Religion.
Graduate Community Planning 4.0
Can't find a job to save my life.
I mean, are you surprised?
What do you want to do with these majors?
Urban planning can get you a ton of jobs. Every city has a massive bureaucracy for a reason.
Anonymous
12/05/2024 19:28
Subject: Does college GPA matter for future employment?
Anonymous wrote:Undergraduate 3.67 Religion.
Graduate Community Planning 4.0
Can't find a job to save my life.
I mean, are you surprised?
What do you want to do with these majors?
Anonymous
12/05/2024 19:27
Subject: Does college GPA matter for future employment?
Matters most for first job.
Anonymous
12/05/2024 19:25
Subject: Does college GPA matter for future employment?
Anonymous wrote:Depends on the major and the industry you’re going into. For top consulting and I banking jobs, GPA is important say 3.5 plus. For engineering 3.0 is a solid GPA while for sociology you should be closer to a 4.0. Is hard to generalize.
For sociology, 4.0? No, not really. Most social science majors outside of Econ aren't going for careers in super elite/prestigious firms. There's a lot of jobs out there that sociology majors fulfill and almost none need a gpa higher than 3.0, if even.
Anonymous
12/05/2024 19:23
Subject: Does college GPA matter for future employment?
Depends on the major and the industry you’re going into. For top consulting and I banking jobs, GPA is important say 3.5 plus. For engineering 3.0 is a solid GPA while for sociology you should be closer to a 4.0. Is hard to generalize.
Anonymous
12/05/2024 19:21
Subject: Re:Does college GPA matter for future employment?
You will lose many internship opportunities keeping your gpa low when there are 3.7+ students everywhere. Does GPA matter for a job? No. Does it impact your ability to get an internship? Yes. You do the math.
Anonymous
12/05/2024 19:12
Subject: Re:Does college GPA matter for future employment?
You want above a 3.5 to qualify for most places. People are severely underrating how difficult it is to gain experience.
Anonymous
12/05/2024 19:08
Subject: Does college GPA matter for future employment?
Anonymous wrote:Freshman DC feels they are likely "average" in their class. Expecting a B+ ish grade in most courses. Big drop from GPA DC was used to HS -- but not surprising as the student body in college (Ivy) is generally high quality and competitive. Question for this group: Does this type fo GPA hold you back from strong job opportunities?
Not really, but a 3.0 or higher won't hurt.
Anonymous
12/05/2024 19:07
Subject: Re:Does college GPA matter for future employment?
You need a good gpa to be competitive for most internship opportunities. Once you have the internship, the gpa can sink. High-profile companies want impressive students as interns. Wall Street won't even look at your resume sub 3.5, unless you have some serious connections.
Anonymous
12/05/2024 19:04
Subject: Does college GPA matter for future employment?
Anonymous wrote:Freshman DC feels they are likely "average" in their class. Expecting a B+ ish grade in most courses. Big drop from GPA DC was used to HS -- but not surprising as the student body in college (Ivy) is generally high quality and competitive. Question for this group: Does this type fo GPA hold you back from strong job opportunities?
Most Ivy grads don’t include gpa
Anonymous
12/05/2024 19:02
Subject: Does college GPA matter for future employment?
Anonymous wrote:Undergraduate 3.67 Religion.
Graduate Community Planning 4.0
Can't find a job to save my life.
Where did you go
Anonymous
12/05/2024 19:01
Subject: Does college GPA matter for future employment?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I interview a lot of college seniors every year and they all put their GPA on their resumes. I also look for it.
But let me ask you this: would you say a 3.6 from say an Elon grad was better prepared to work for you than a 2.9 from say Georgetown? I just think there's a big difference in rigor and expectations across universities, so GPA can be hard to distinguish what a person can really do. When I look at candidates, I might consider GPA if it's there, but I look at where they graduated from and when. From there, can they write, can they communicate, are they weirdos?
I hire a lot of college grads (mostly Econ/math/compsci) and definitely look at GPA. I would prefer a 3.6 from Elon to a 2.9 at Georgetown. The candidate would need a lot of other positives or a good explanation to overcome a 2.9.
Anonymous
12/05/2024 19:00
Subject: Re:Does college GPA matter for future employment?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes, and those who say otherwise are perpetuating a massive lie. Especially if you want a good internship to set you up for an elite career, you will need a high gpa. People will always say you need "experience." Well, that experience requires a good gpa to actually get the dang position.
Trump has had an elite career and he had an appalling gpa.
Trump also graduated in 1968.
Anonymous
12/05/2024 18:59
Subject: Re:Does college GPA matter for future employment?
Anonymous wrote:Yes, and those who say otherwise are perpetuating a massive lie. Especially if you want a good internship to set you up for an elite career, you will need a high gpa. People will always say you need "experience." Well, that experience requires a good gpa to actually get the dang position.
Trump has had an elite career and he had an appalling gpa.