Anonymous wrote:After your first job, none of that should matter anymore.

Unless you apply to grad school or professional school. Then it matters all over again.

I came across my college transcripts about 25 years after graduation. I distinctly remembered the D+ in Calculus first semester freshman year -- no engineering major for me!

I did not remember the C- in "Corporate Finance." In fact, I cannot remember ever taking a class in Corporate Finance. Which explains the C- I guess.

Never had an employer ask for my transcripts, and they were good enough for grad school.

After your first job, none of that should matter anymore.

I graduated nearly 35 years ago and have no idea what my GPA was, probably in the 3.5 range. That got me into every grad school I applied to. In grad school, I think I had to have a 3.5 or so to keep my full scholarship, and I went crazy studying. I did get all As there.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, but I got a PhD. For grad school grades matter. And even if you go ten years later they still drag them out...

Engineering grades were brutal. You could still go to grad school at a good school with a few B’s and C’s - with funding. All A’s were very hard fought.

Thirty five years ago, I went to grad school for engineering (think large SEC university) with a 2.89 undergrad (upward trending though; brutal first semester). I don't think that would happen today.

Twenty years ago I went to an engineering school. I was one B+ short of a 4.0, so a 3.997 at graduation. When I applied to law school, I learned that school's median GPA was a 2.6, which is shockingly low compared to any SLAC. I remember often being the only A in a 100+ person class.