What was/is your High school GPA and what college/major did you go to and have and what is your profession?

[Dr. Detroit]

School - University of Oregon
Year - HS Graduate '92 College '00
GPA - 3.5 or so IIRC for HS 3.35 College
SAT - Not taken, went to JuCo/CC first
Major - BS Accounting
Current Profession - Audit Manager


The long break between HS and College was due to a 3yr enlistment with the US Army

 

[qaa541]

Current Profession: Product Development Engineer (Cable Products[cable modems, cable gateways, cable modem + voice...])

Current (Graduate):
School - UC Irvine
Graduate Program - Networked Systems
Year - Just starting in the fall
GRE - 1300ish I think with a writing of .5 points from the max (Didnt study too hard)

(undergrad)
School - UC Irvine
Major - Information and Computer Science
Year - 2005

(High School)
HS GPA - 4.2
Year - 2001
SAT - 1350 (don't like standardized tests!)

 

[Ricemarine]

It sucks how my district grades you on a 4.0 scale...

You can't go any higher ...

 

[Powermoloch]

School - Cal State University of Long Beach
Year - Junior
HS GPA - 3.86
Major - Pre-nursing and deciding to change to another.
SAT - forgot LOL !!!
Profession - student/cashier

 

[FallenHero]

School - Downers Grove South High School
HS GPA - 2.95
Major - Law Enforcement and Justice Administration
College GPA - 3.6
Profession - Cop

 

[Zugzwang152]

HS GPA: 3.49
Undergrad GPA: 3.33 with 1 semester to go
Major: MIS
Profession: just got a job as an Information Security Analyst. also doing tier 2ish tech support.

oh yeah forgot SAT: 620 verbal, 680 math = 1300 in 2001

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: dethman
i guess this is an e-penis i'm smart thread.

HS gpa 4.86
SAT 1560
SATII math 800 physics 800 english 760
College GPA UCLA 3.82 molecular biology
MCAT 36
current profession: physician

More like an e-penis, i'm a book worm with no life thread.

 

[Eeezee]

School - University of Arizona
Year - Senior
GPA - Currently 3.45, in high school it was a 4.76 (out of 4.8 maximum with as many AP/honors courses as possible)
SAT - 1390 (Verbal was 700, Math was 690, I don't know how you would compare this to the new SAT scoring system)
Major - Physics, minor in Math
Current Profession - Student

 

[Blazin Trav]

****** that I'm not sharing that personal of information with strangers on the internet. Why do you care?

 

[bennylong]

High School dropout, never made it past the 9th grade. 0.00 GP the first 2 years in HS before I dropped out.

Now working in Banking.

 

[LordMorpheus]

School - Rice University
Year - Junior (starting this fall)
GPA - 3.9-4.0 (HS GPA ~3.7-3.8)
SAT - 1490 (? don't really remember)
Major - Mechanical Engineering - System Dynamics.
Current Profession - Student (for the summer, I'm working for Shell).

 

[Feldenak]

School: HS
Year: Graduated long ago
GPA: 3.0
SAT: I don't remember...somewhere around 1200-1300

School: Auburn University
Year: Graduated
Major GPA: 3.4
Cum. GPA: 2.4
Major: MIS
Current Profession: IT Management

 

[Legendary]

School: NYU
Major: Math/CS
GPA: <3.0
Year: Senior
Profession: .NET programmer.

 

[LegendKiller]

Graduated HS in 1997: 3.15
ACT: 29
UnivOfMN 2001 (Psychology/history): 2.97
GMAT: 580
Graduated Florida International 2003 (MBA in Finance): 3.92
Certification: Level III CFA candidate, passed levels 1 and 2 on the first try
Job: Securitization Manager for a major credit card issuer. Started out as a Jr. Sec Anlyst in Oct 2003, promoted to Sr. Analyst in 2004, manager in 2005. Switched jobs in Feb 2006.

 

[n yusef]

Highschool
3.8GPA un-weighted
1460 SAT

Brandeis University
Junior in August
3.9GPA
Double major, econ and theatre.

 

[Legend]

High School GPA: 4.09 (weighted -- 4.0 max for normal classes, 4.5 honors, 5.0 AP)
College GPA: 3.95
Major: Computer Engineering. Intend to focus on networking/telecommunications/programming, with some integrated circuit design.
SAT: 1280/1600
ACT: 27/36

I never can do well on standardized tests and I hate them with passion. It cost me ~10,000 because I didn't get a full ride my first two years at college. Only until I was the top in my class did they start giving me money.

 

[eLiu]

Originally posted by: AgentJean
HS was a 2.2GPA
SATs taken but not need for my college.
College 3.89 GPA

win.

edit: oh yeah, i forgot to showcase my e-penis:
HS:
GPA: 5.4something (AP = 6, honors = 5, regular = 4...ridiculous grade inflation, but I played their game for college) & 4.0 unweighted
SAT: 1520
math iic: 800
physics: 800
writing: 750

College:
MIT
Majors: Aero/Astro Engineering, Mathematics
Cum GPA: 3.9/4.0 (almost rounding to a 4...)
Major GPA: 4.0
Job: student (rising junior)... interning at the MathWorks this summer as a dev, planning to get a PhD and go into CFD

 

[RKS]

HS GPA: 2.25
ACT: 30
College GPA: 3.7 M.I.S.
Profession: Attorney (after next week)

 

[cchen]

HS:
GPA: 3.5/4.0
SAT: 1560
Math 2C: 800
Physics: Secret
Writing: Secret
Chinese: 750

College:
Columbia BS, MS, MBA
Major: Operations Research (BS and MS)
GPA: 3.7 (3.8 before my last semester )
Job: Currently a summer associate in the financial services industry

 

[cKGunslinger]

3.6 GPA in HS
31 on ACT
BA in Computer Engineering with like a 3.4 GPA
Software Engineer for DoD Contractor

 

[JS80]

HS - BHHS class of 2000
GPA - 3.7 UC GPA, 4.3 school GPA
SAT - 1300 (took in 9th grade and never retook)
SAT II - writing 710, math II 790, chemistry 710, US history 710
Major - Economics, minor Accounting UCLA class of 2004
Current Profession - Senior Accountant & Analyst

 

[acemcmac]

HS GPA, 3.0, unweighted... class of '03
BS CompSci, Minor: Economics, 2.9888 or something GPA, Class of '06 (2 years, 9 months)
Current Profession: Storage Engineering... or something like that.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: aswedc
High School GPA: 3.34
SAT: 1410/1600

College: Admits anyone that applies
College GPA: 2.81 (22 Credits) (116 Credits Pass/Fail)
Major: Liberal Arts (Finished in 2 Years)
GMAT: 650

Sitting for the CPA exam in October. I think people who spend lots of money and effort on school prestige are idiots.

Yea my stupid friend spent $200k going to Harvard, now he works at the largest hedge fund in Chicago and makes $200k+ 2 years out of college :roll:
Another idiot went to UPenn Wharton now he's working at a bulge bracket on wall st only pulled in $150k his first year :roll:

 

[ndruw]

School - High School
Year - Junior
GPA - 3.3
SAT - 1990 (new)
Major - I want to go into Computer info tech
Current Profession - Student/Walgreens

 

[LegendKiller]

Originally posted by: JS80

Originally posted by: aswedc
High School GPA: 3.34
SAT: 1410/1600

College: Admits anyone that applies
College GPA: 2.81 (22 Credits) (116 Credits Pass/Fail)
Major: Liberal Arts (Finished in 2 Years)
GMAT: 650

Sitting for the CPA exam in October. I think people who spend lots of money and effort on school prestige are idiots.

Yea my stupid friend spent $200k going to Harvard, now he works at the largest hedge fund in Chicago and makes $200k+ 2 years out of college :roll:
Another idiot went to UPenn Wharton now he's working at a bulge bracket on wall st only pulled in $150k his first year :roll:

Agreed. Pedigree matters quite a bit when you are shooting for a BB bank or a prominent fund. Big bucks can be had.

Although I wouldn't expect that guy to realize it too much, considering he's going to be an accountant.