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pretty much the only things that counteract low grades are work experience.

did you work FT during summers? PT during the school year? that can explain your lower grades and highlight your work exp.
 
Originally posted by: nick1985
I cringed at the idea of working in an office for the majority of my life. 😱
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Try working a warehouse or at Walmart. I don't know what I'd like to do more, but I sure don't like doing either of them. The warehouse is all grunt work with folk who, well, they aren't the most highly charged ions in the plasma, if you catch my drift. Walmart - the customers treat you like high quality, triple-ply, quilted toilet paper. But still, toilet paper.
I just have this bad feeling that I'm at college because I just wanted to get away from Walmart and the warehouse, and because my parents/teachers/friends think I should be here.
But an office job would be more appealing than anywhere I've yet been employed. Indoor work in a clean environment, with no heavy lifting - sure would be a heck of a change.
 
did you know... that it is not required that you put your grade on your resume? =) I graduated with a pretty sh!tty GPA in BioEngineering and ended getting the first job I applied to. By the way, what school did you go to?
 
grades don't matter that much. the interview is far more important.

example: 2 of my friends applied for an engineering internship last semester. one has a 3.5+ GPA, the other barely over 3.0; the 3.0 got the job.
 
Originally posted by: ed21x
did you know... that it is not required that you put your grade on your resume? =) I graduated with a pretty sh!tty GPA in BioEngineering and ended getting the first job I applied to. By the way, what school did you go to?
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If you didn't put your GPA on the resume, company HR's may think you're hiding something. As long as it's over 3.0 I'd put it on anyways, just to avoid questioning.
 
Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
When did a B become a bad grade? Seriously.
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The prevalence of grade inflation (essentially the acto fo giving everyone A's) essentially means that the more you pay for school the more likely your instructor is to give you a high grade. Seriously, if people at commuity cooleges tuen in sh!t they are graded badly for it... an instructor at a privat school, or an Ivy League school is going to have trouble grading a student poorly because they're paying a gazillion dollars for it.
 
My GPA was a 2.01. My pay for my first job was well below industry average but after they noticed I was very smart and underrated, i got two 15% raises within 1 year.
 
Originally posted by: tfinch2
YAFCAJT (Yet Another Fritolays Crying About Jobs Thread)
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Is your avatar a REALLY ugly black woMAN, or a girly looking black dude with lipstick on.

:thumbsup: either way
 
You'll get a job, no biggy. Even if it's not there, you'll find one. Don't worry, hell, I have 3.6 years till I graduate from college 🙁
 
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: nick1985
Originally posted by: tfinch2
YAFCAJT (Yet Another Fritolays Crying About Jobs Thread)
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Is your avatar a REALLY ugly black woMAN, or a girly looking black dude with lipstick on.

:thumbsup: either way
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Pucker up! :lips:
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Oh fuck yes, my ATOT fantasy coming to life!
 
Just having the degree will often be enough to get your foot in the door in the first place.
If your degree is in IT, you may just want to aim a bit lower than you'd like, then after you get a year or two of experience under your belt, try to move up.

My brother in law got his BS in Comp Sci and started off in a QA position because he didn't have the grades to go right into a higher paying development spot. In less than 3 months they promoted him.

Just a few words of thought for your mind to digest.
 
What major are you? What industry are you trying to get into?

Grades only matter within certain fields or certain companies, whereas experience matters in all places.
 
Originally posted by: Parasitic
Originally posted by: ed21x
did you know... that it is not required that you put your grade on your resume? =) I graduated with a pretty sh!tty GPA in BioEngineering and ended getting the first job I applied to. By the way, what school did you go to?
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If you didn't put your GPA on the resume, company HR's may think you're hiding something. As long as it's over 3.0 I'd put it on anyways, just to avoid questioning.
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I think most people don't put in their GPA just because it seems too nitpicky after a certain numbers of years removed from college... kind of like listing relevant courses taken in college- the information is just not that pertinent anymore. As for the OP, having a low GPA often comes secondary to having a good interview. Most companies don't screen based on GPA as colleges don't have standardized grading scales.
 
Meh, at least you have a 3.0 GPA, half the places I look at for grad school or employment are like only "3.0 GPA or better", and I have a 2.97 🙁.
 
I guess it depends on where you look. I've brought in several recent CS grads with ~2.5 GPAs to interview...just finding candidates at all is hard sometimes.
 
Originally posted by: Pepsi1337
My GPA was a 2.01. My pay for my first job was well below industry average but after they noticed I was very smart and underrated, i got two 15% raises within 1 year.
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nice going man!
 
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