GPA

[Brett Favre]

I mean really, like if you're going out looking for a job after getting your bachelor's degree, will they be like "WOA 2.8, I don't think so buddy".

[tominator89]

Who you know is more important than GPA.

 

 

[Guest Smues]

I think it really depends on the job. I don't know if a low GPA will prevent you from getting the job you want, but a good GPA can certainly help. I think it also depends on how much experience you have. I had zero related job experience for my current job that I got when I got done with college, it pretty much just my GPA that got me hired. But again, it really depends on the employer. Some couldn't care less about how you did in college.

[Thoth]

I had a shit terrible GPA (2.4-2.8 I don't care to look), and I've been working at my dev job for a year. I got in due to recommendations from my old internships and a professor whose class I aced.

 

With 1 year of dev work under my belt, I don't need to show my GPA on my resume, and it's far less relevant now.

 

GPA can matter right out of college, but nothing can compare to some savvy, ingenuity, luck, and poise.

[Timmy8271]

I had a GPA of 3.4 in High school and I barley passed because I kept failing The FCAT(Florida's standardized test).

[geniusMoment]

Just tell your future potential employer if you're not hired you'll let the monkeys out. People understand monkeys, sometimes it's all they understand.

 

 

[Guest Vitamin X]

You should probably read this article:

 

Twentysomething: Why I regret getting straight A's in college

 

Kind of opened up my eyes a little and justified my at times lackadaisical attitude towards non-major courses I have in school.

[Your Paragon of Virtue]

Big props for the link VX. That blog as a whole has a lot of interesting stuff relevant to me at this point in my life.

[PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH!]

I majored in English Literature and minored in Communication Theory. The main reason I chose those subjects was I thought they would teach me how to write and speak, two skills that would serve me well for the rest of my life.

 

Boy, was I stupid. Instead, I spent all my time reading classic literature and memorizing vague, pseudoscientific communication theories. Neither are useful at all, and I’ve forgotten at least 95% of it.

 

I’d guess the same is true for most college graduates. Tell me, what’s the point of spending 60-80 hours a week learning things that you immediately forget?

 

Haha. Yeah. Fuck a broad liberal arts education. Let's all go to trade school!

[Brett Favre]

I may have to change my major. I'm minoring in Journalism, but majoring in English.

 

The consensus seems to be that slacking off is alright. It does worry me a little though that the person slept like 6 hours a night doing mad shit while that's the same number of hours I sleep doing the minimum.

[theintensifier]

Who you know is more important than GPA.

QFT

[PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH!]

I majored in English thinking it would teach me how to make money, but all we did was read stupid old books! WTF???!? Total waste of tuition. Would not recommend.

[Slayer]

Let's all go to trade school!

Just wait until your power goes out and your pipes explode, then you'll be sorry!

[Jaxxson Mayhem]

I'm 3 years into college and still not positive what my major will be.

 

Right now I'm just getting an associates in general education with a business concentration. Then I'll go somewhere else for a bachelors. Yay.

[The Thread Killer]

gPc is more important than GPA

[Maztinho]

The only career that I've heard of that GPA matters in is Teaching, although good grades will get you a job as a teacher, it won't mean that you'll be a good one. A roommate of an ex stressed out about getting all A's in her Ed classes and whatnot graduated with over a 3.8 got a job teaching right off the bat and burned out of her job after half a year.

 

She couldn't connect with the kids she was trying to teach at all. I was looking at being in education as well and since she was one of the music teachers in the area we had to observe her for a day, I spent half my observation time translating her instructions to her kids. She went off about the history of some piece and why she wanted it played a certain way, then told them to play a separato sostenuto. None of the kids knew what that meant, so she got frustrated with them until my whispering to the tuba to play the notes lengthy with some seperation got round to the brass and she told them to play it like the trumpets were. But she could have written paper upon paper of music theory off the top of her head.

[kkktookmybabyaway]

I may have to change my major. I'm minoring in Journalism, but majoring in English.

 

If you are looking for a career in writing or publishing, then you should be more concerned with building a portfolio (writing clips/etc.). In my job interviews over the years, not once has the question of my GPA ever been raised. If you still care about your grades, then focus more on getting on a Dean's List or other honor programs that will show you got good grades.

 

One thing I can't stand when going to a white-collar job interview is filling out those same applications you received when you were in high school and applied for work in the food-service or retail industry.

[luke-o]

I majored in English Literature and minored in Communication Theory. The main reason I chose those subjects was I thought they would teach me how to write and speak, two skills that would serve me well for the rest of my life.

 

Boy, was I stupid. Instead, I spent all my time reading classic literature and memorizing vague, pseudoscientific communication theories. Neither are useful at all, and I’ve forgotten at least 95% of it.

 

I’d guess the same is true for most college graduates. Tell me, what’s the point of spending 60-80 hours a week learning things that you immediately forget?

 

Wait hold the fucking phone, this guy took English and Communications just so he could learn to talk and spell? Jeez.

[Brett Favre]

I may have to change my major. I'm minoring in Journalism, but majoring in English.

 

If you are looking for a career in writing or publishing, then you should be more concerned with building a portfolio (writing clips/etc.). In my job interviews over the years, not once has the question of my GPA ever been raised. If you still care about your grades, then focus more on getting on a Dean's List or other honor programs that will show you got good grades.

 

One thing I can't stand when going to a white-collar job interview is filling out those same applications you received when you were in high school and applied for work in the food-service or retail industry.

 

Yeah, and this sounds so much better than building up your GPA.

[At Home]

I have a 2.98 right now in high school. I have it because I loaded up my schedule with IB/AP/Honors courses. I like how they tell you about how it's okay if you have a... less-than GPA, but if you have higher level courses, it's okay because it's complete bullshit.

[Guest My Pal, the Tortoise]

I majored in English thinking it would teach me how to make money, but all we did was read stupid old books! WTF???!? Total waste of tuition. Would not recommend.

If I could do it all over again, I would spend less time in the library and more time at parties. I would have 50 friends, not 3. I would be known for “the guy that knows everyone,” not “the smartest guy in class.” Not only because it would’ve been more fun, but because I would still be friends with most of those people now and would have access to the networks they’ve developed over the last four years.

Man, you and me both, Jon Morrow.

 

[The Niggardly King]

I had a 0.77 GPA and I make 60 grand a year... BOOFUCKINYAH

[Smartly Pretty]

I had a GPA of 3.4 in High school and I barley passed because I kept failing The FCAT(Florida's standardized test).

 

You're really dumb.

[Guest My Pal, the Tortoise]

I barley passed

[Smartly Pretty]

I don't think you know how hard it is to fail the FCAT.

[Slayer]

I barley passed

What a corny response... so wheat if he barley passed

[Slayer]

on second thought, that might be milo point on this board

[The Niggardly King]

on seconed point point point u might be a fag fag