Poll: What is/was your GPA in college?

[Legend]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: sygyzy
I'd like to see a correlation between college GPA and current salary.

There is none.

It does sometimes. My employer has a strong co-op program, where they usually take engineers with 3.8+, and they hire the bulk of their full timers from graduated co-ops.

If you're GPA is < 3.5, you're not considered. If you weren't a co-op, you're hardly considered.

 

[cmv]

First attempt = sub 2.0 (I hated taking all the gen req. and got out after 2 semesters)
Second attempt = 3.7 (or 3.8) with 60 credits including calc 1-3, calc. based physics 1 & 2, etc.

Now I'm transferring so my GPA starts over. I have two years of Comp Sci and, while I feel I have the aptitude, it's definately going to be a good challenge.

 

[Syrch]

3.98 for me

 

[HombrePequeno]

Currently my cumalitive is 3.1 but it's going up now that I switched out of engineering.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: HombrePequeno
Currently my cumalitive is 3.1 but it's going up now that I switched out of engineering.

You, sir, should get a 4.0. You are a very smart man

I wish I had the balls to drop engineering now.

 

[Tifababy]

Graduated with something around a 3.2 in Comp Eng. Good enough to get my foot in the door. Although I got the interview for my current job because of who I knew, not what I knew.

 

[HombrePequeno]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: HombrePequeno
Currently my cumalitive is 3.1 but it's going up now that I switched out of engineering.

You, sir, should get a 4.0. You are a very smart man

I wish I had the balls to drop engineering now.

One of my friends now pretty much has to stay in engineering. He went into it because it was harder than most majors, he could handle the work, and it paid well. It wasn't until late into sophomore year that he found out how much he liked business but by then it was too late to make a switch (it would have taken him another year to graduate). So he did the next best thing and got into Industrial Engineering and is trying for the MBA program. Essentially he's going to become an Efficiency Expert.

Anyway, I'm glad I switched out of Engineering because it's a lot more boring than I first thought. Econ is way more interesting for me.

 

[trmiv]

Nice little bell curve we have going here. Mine was 3.2.

 

[Legend]

Originally posted by: HombrePequeno

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: HombrePequeno
Currently my cumalitive is 3.1 but it's going up now that I switched out of engineering.

You, sir, should get a 4.0. You are a very smart man

I wish I had the balls to drop engineering now.

One of my friends now pretty much has to stay in engineering. He went into it because it was harder than most majors, he could handle the work, and it paid well. It wasn't until late into sophomore year that he found out how much he liked business but by then it was too late to make a switch (it would have taken him another year to graduate). So he did the next best thing and got into Industrial Engineering and is trying for the MBA program. Essentially he's going to become an Efficiency Expert.

Anyway, I'm glad I switched out of Engineering because it's a lot more boring than I first thought. Econ is way more interesting for me.

Engineering in school is boring.

Engineering at work isn't exactly fun, but it's rewarding and it'll keep you busy.

Now I say that in general, because obviously a computer engineer isn't a mechanical, and jobs vary within those fields.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: HombrePequeno

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: HombrePequeno
Currently my cumalitive is 3.1 but it's going up now that I switched out of engineering.

You, sir, should get a 4.0. You are a very smart man

I wish I had the balls to drop engineering now.

One of my friends now pretty much has to stay in engineering. He went into it because it was harder than most majors, he could handle the work, and it paid well. It wasn't until late into sophomore year that he found out how much he liked business but by then it was too late to make a switch (it would have taken him another year to graduate). So he did the next best thing and got into Industrial Engineering and is trying for the MBA program. Essentially he's going to become an Efficiency Expert.

Anyway, I'm glad I switched out of Engineering because it's a lot more boring than I first thought. Econ is way more interesting for me.

Industrial Engineering is funny Everyone says it not really engineering.....its course load is not heavily influenced by engineering either. I agree that engineering is boring. I have to push my self to study. I am happy that coop has showed me that the work world is better, but it still sucks when they tell me to read a technical paper.

 

[Legend]

I'm curious about how many of the 4.0s are graduated.

It's near damn impossible to graduate with a 4.0 where I go to because professors will only award so many As, and classes get so small that only 1 person gets it. You have to be the literal best at all classes your junior/senior year.

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: Whisper
By the time I'd actually graduated, I think it was ~3.5 overall, 4.0 major (three cheers for psychology and english).

I'd imagine that work ethic more than grades correlates with salary. Grades are technically supposed to tap into the construct that is "work ethic," but as we all know, that's not always the case. Sorta like SAT scores and college performance.

Maybe it's the low gpa that catalyzes the motivation and work ethic... ie struggling kids talk to professors and develop connections.

My grades were terrible--not just low, but terrible--but I started getting heavily active and involved in school. Sure, grades matter--ALL of the recruiters and interviewers I had spoken with mentioned or asked for 'em--but it's only 1 component of the process; recruiters also want to see interest, involvement, sociability, etc... When I interviewed, I had all of my questions nailed because I had had experience being in clubs, being in leadership/officer positions. Also, it helped that I was acquainted with the interviewer because I had actively networked with him the year before... I was trying to make contacts in the industry before classmates even thought about job search (it was coincidence that he was the person who came to recruit)

So... good grades are important if that's all you have to offer/show for...but there are many many more important factors out there

 

[archcommus]

Wow, amazing how little immaturity people gain even after going through four years of undergrad.

"Well my GPA was such and such but I still make more than all my friends." I've seen that at least three times already. I sure hope I don't work with people who act like children when I'm older like some of you.

With that said, EE major, and I MIGHT squeak out a 3.something this semester, or maybe I'll get a 2.9 or 2.8.

 

[Saint Nick]

I don't know what my GPA is... as I am only a freshman and the instructors here don't really update grades or anything at all. So... with that being said, I don't know. I'll update the thread here in about a week when they post the final grades. I am going to guess maybe a 3.0 or a 2.5 at least. I took really hard, stupid stuff this semester because my advisor is an idiot...

 

[Cuular]

3.01 when I graduated, in Computer Science. But it didn't matter. I had already secured a job from working on extra projects for businesses, arranged through the head of the computer science department.

 

[stormbv]

3.35

 

[BHeemsoth]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
3.85 Poli sci

3.82

CIS

 

[Juno]

from 3.4 in high school to 2.4 in college...hehe.

 

[Nick5324]

2.77 overall. My major GPA was over a 3. I don't remember the breakdown exactly, but the first 2 years were rough, around a 2.0, but the last two years were much higher to pull the overall to a 2.77.

 

Originally posted by: archcommus
Wow, amazing how little immaturity people gain even after going through four years of undergrad.

"Well my GPA was such and such but I still make more than all my friends." I've seen that at least three times already. I sure hope I don't work with people who act like children when I'm older like some of you.

With that said, EE major, and I MIGHT squeak out a 3.something this semester, or maybe I'll get a 2.9 or 2.8.

I don't see too many posts boasting about making more than others with a higher gpa. I see that there are some posts discussing it, but no one really bragging.
The only one who had anything like that to say is JLGatsby, and we all know he's full of
sh!t anyway.

Immaturity? Do you mean maturity? College is one of the last places to expect maturity to be gained from. People don't change too much as time goes on, so you will work with people like that. When the discussion shifts to money, egos will ALWAYS flare, there is no avoiding that.

I believe I had a 2.7 when I finished.

 

[alm4rr]

nice curve

 

[Reckoner]

3.2 cumulative, 3.8 in major. I probably would've done better if I had more motivation. Working friday through sunday EVERY weekend took away a lot of study time. Oh well, I did good enough. I always thought grades were arbitrary and subjective, imo.

 

[Schadenfroh]

3.74, premed/bio

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

3.3 - 3.4 ish.

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: oddyager
Major = 3.8
Overall = 3.6

around the same here