Does GPA matter?
Does GPA matter?
Samuel Sanders
Grayson Morris
No. Why would it?
inb4 a bunch of triggered losers who get their self-esteem from being nerds try to debate this simple answer
Easton Rogers
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.
Cooper Murphy
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.
Jace Cox
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"
Anthony Thomas
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
Levi Edwards
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.
Noah Ross
Yes, graduate with anything below 3.5 and you've wasted the last 4 years of your life
Thomas Baker
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.
Jaxon Evans
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.