Does GPA matter?

>>18535293
No. Why would it?

inb4 a bunch of triggered losers who get their self-esteem from being nerds try to debate this simple answer

>>18535293
I hear in America it goes up to 4 only and anything else is basically a fail?

I was graded out of 100 and a few points on that definitely counts as the robots will bin your CV below a certain cut off.

>>18535295
Same in America. I know cs degrees that had shit GPAs and now they clean keyboards and reset routers for 25k a year because a human never even sees their resume.

>>18535294
From a grad school/employer perspective, GPA and standardized tests are the most important. If you think GPA doesn't matter you're a lazy dumbass that's lying to yourself.

Quantitative proof that you're hard working and intelligent matters much more than your subjective bullshit "I'm too smart for college so my gPA is a 2.0 hurr hurr I'm actually a creative genius"

>>18535296
I think it has more to do with what kind of person they are. Low GPA is just a by product of being lazy and unmotivated. You can absolutely get a good gig with average GPA if you put forth the effort and energy

>>18535293
To get into Grad School or Comfy jobs in Top Companies.

With Low GPA you can get into Smaller Companies.

But You can work as Code Monkey even as a High School Drop Out.

Yes, graduate with anything below 3.5 and you've wasted the last 4 years of your life

>>18535293

Yes. A thousand times yes, while you're in school and trying to get into grad programs, internships, or job hunting in certain industries. A shit GPA WILL ruin your chances for any of those.

People who say GPA doesn't matter are just lying. GPA is used to weed out the applicant pool, because a high GPA generally requires certain positive characteristics. If you think it doesn't matter, that might be because it doesn't matter to YOU personally many years after uni. But before you've built up job stability, you bet your ass the GPA will make or break you.

>>18535301
I think this is mostly correct, but I think reputation and connections are also important and can make up for a lackluster GPA. For grad school and jobs, I bet a student with a 3.3 GPA with a strong letter of recmmendation from a leading figure in the field might be better off than a student with a 3.8-4.0 GPA.

>>18535302
That's definitely true, but no one with a letter of recommendation from a leader in their field would be asking 4chan if their GPA matters

My GPA sucked (2.something) and I live comfy. Your actual concrete experience and personality are much more influential factors on doing well in interviews.

>>18535293
Good question OP, I finished my undergraduate studies in Applied Physics (Netherlands) with a 2.85 GPA. It's bad if I stay on this board for a long time, but all my class mates are in the range of 2.6-3.43 on average so...

I think it also depends on the country and degree. I could have gotten a GPA of 3.5 in Economics with probably the same effort as a 2.85 in economics

>>18535305
applied physics* last word

>>18535294
>>18535293
Does it matter in highschool?

>>18535307
Yes, it's a major factor. In general the factors are considered as follows:

GPA > extracurricular > SAT

My 3.8 landed me a career that 99% of this board would murder me in my sleep to have, if they could. Ultimate comfiness with good pay and high status. But it's mine and not yours, because you didn't work hard enough.

>>18535307
yes, for college admission.
and in college, yes, for graduate school admission

>>18535293
I used to work as a biotech lab rat, but moved over to HR/recruiting side of things over the years.

At least for the firm I work for GPA is very important when hiring. If we get two candidates as follows for example:

- 3.99+ GPA at public university
- only 3.4 GPA at a "prestigious" university

We almost always will choose the former

>>18535295
A 3.0/4.0+ is fine for getting a job. 3.5+ is fine for most Master's admissions. A 3.7+ is fine for most PhD admissions. Hell, with good internship experience a 2.6 can get you a job. The benefit of a higher gpa is it allows you to get into more jobs and also makes it much easier to get into your dream job/company right out of college

Only one or two companies I've ever applied to have ever even asked for my GPA, and I don't have it on my CV/resume.

It was handy for getting into grad school and for getting scholarships though. I like in a country where university is really cheap and I still pulled in over 12k USD in a single year just on scholarships because I won almost every one I applied for/was eligible for.

I have a 4.0 at a top university though.
so yeah, it kinda matters if you want first picks of research opportunities or grad schools, but for a job nobody cares, they want to see stuff you've worked on not numbers on a transcript.

>>18535307
Of course. Do you seriously think you can get into MIT with a 2.0 GPA?

>>18535307
Yes and no. If you want to go to Harvard for undergrad, yes. If you just want a degree and a comfy job or wish to pursue graduate studies, you can go to a lot of state schools with a medicore GPA and they either have highly specific programs for industries (polymers at UT or TAMU because of big oil, e.g.) or if you apply to grad programs research experience matters the most.

>MIT grad with a 3.97 GPA
>not a 4.0

now completely useless, driving Uber for a living

>>18535304
Comfy to some people on this board is living in a shithole as long as they have enough money for their gayming PC and chicken tendies so...

>>18535297
In my country, employers only care about the degree, not the GPA equivalent

>>18535293
In high school it matters. In college not at all. The degree is all you need.

>>18535317
Yeah but if it's all relative who cares? I can afford the special hot n spicy tendies but I'm well aware that not everybody is lucky enough to be in such a position.

>>18535317
>>18535320
>2017
>paying for your own tendies
>not using good boy points

I seriously hope you guys don't do this.

>>18535321
Is this satire or just a shit post?

>>18535532
you're mum m8

>>18535293
As one of the people who works in college admissions and actually decides who gets in and who doesn't at a top 20 school, I can tell you that short of basically walking on water, doing something in your extracurrics that would give you national/international recognition, or having the greatest mommy/daddy connection ever, you're basically not getting in with anything less than a 3.7 (and that's being generous).

I quite literally speedread once I see a GPA below a 3.75 or so. When I organize my applicant pool based on GPA I can quite literally scroll through probably a 1/3 of the list before I get below that and we only have like an 18% acceptance rate.

>>18535294
>Why would it?
because OP went to school :) you probably didn't.

>>18535552
>top 20 school
>18% acceptance rate

are you sure you didn't mean bottom 20 m8?

>>18535559
18% is low. There just aren't that many schools that can afford to turn away applicants in such high volumes. Only something like 30-40 schools in the entire country that qualify as "highly selective admissions."

And again, you're talking about an applicant pool that consists of students who are almost universally in the top 10-15% of their class from top school districts in the country. 18% of students of that caliber is very different from 18% of the general national student body at large.

could i get into a meh-tier dental hygiene program at a four year institution with a 2.9 gpa and a dental assisting certificate?

>>18535572
a lot of dumb fucks who don't have a chance apply too though, don't they? How big is the applicant pool?

there's a program at my school that has something like 4% acceptance

>>18535293
Obviously it does.

>>18535613
They don't; that's what I'm saying when I say that I can scroll through a third of the entire applicant pool (20,000+) arranged in descending GPA order before I get below a 3.75.

People aren't wasting their time or money on an application to a school that they know they've got no shot at. It's mostly just the straight A AP/IB students of the nation battling out for the limited spots at the same 25 schools or so.

>>18535650
weird. different experience at my school I guess.
cool

Having a high GPA isn't exactly going to hurt you and having a low GPA is obviously going to put you at a disadvantage over those who have everything you have to offer AND a higher GPA

>>18535658
Different anon here. It's the norm for high school kids applying to (decent) universities in the US. That anon is especially right about AP classes and social works.

sure, while youre in school gpa means a lot. outside of school it means jack shit. C's get degrees. Ive never been asked what my gpa was by an employer. If YOU have then kick your manager in the balls for me

>>18535293
Finishing your degree and applying yourself is more important than getting all As, but you should still study and take school seriously.

>>18535293
I had a professor once who said this; a good GPA isn't going to get you IN to opportunities, but a GPA that isn't good will keep you out of them.

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>>18535296
is 3.3 a good gpa?

>>18535293
in high school it matters quite a lot

in university it's almost entirely unimportant

>>18535296
Hiring managers literally don't give a fuck about your GPA, anyone who posts their GPA in their resume deserves bad luck.

>>18535293
GPA only matters to get into universities. If you don't have a good GPA you have to go to community college and take something unrelated and get a good GPA, or study what you want internationally to take the courses you want at the universities you want.

>>18536743
putting a 4.0 on your resume makes you look better when those msft or google internship applications start going around tho :^)

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>>18535301
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>>18536638
Tfw I'm 99.9% sure my future employers will ask me about my GPA, simply due to my skin color and ethnic background.

Well shit, thanks for being honest guys.

I'll study my butt off when I go to college.

>>18535293
This anon >>18535301 summed it up nicely.

Employers care more about your ability to perform certain tasks than your ability to jump through hoops in school. To that end, internships and certain programs are invaluable for showing somebody you know how to get shit done. Without a proper GPA most people don't qualify though.

>>18536704
not in cs unless your school had grade deflation. I'm sitting at 3.85 and I slacked off heavily my first semester. try harder man, get at least a 3.5

>>18535309
damn not a 3.9...

>>18535293
Depends on the job.

>>18535316
Nice kek mr.Shekelstein, when can I visit you're country club estate?