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archcommus

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My first semester my freshman year in electrical engineering I had a 2.9 and was afraid I wouldn't clear a 3.0 to keep my financial aid. Fast forward to now, half way through my sophomore year and I'm up to a 3.5 in electrical/computer engineering.

Hooray! This is a word of hope for all freshman who are struggling through their first rough semester. Stick with it!
 
Good job!

My first sememster in EE ended with a 1.0 GPA. 🙁

I gave up after 2 semesters and joined the Navy.
 
Originally posted by: Deeko
congrats

but other than keeping financial aid, gpa is pointless once you graduate.
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If you're a sociology major applying as a receptionist, of course it's irrelevant.

But a lot of employers, particularly in technical fields give major importance to GPA. Would you want an engineer designing your circuits who had a 2.5 GPA or a 3.5 GPA?

Not to mention the importance it has if/when one applies to graduate school..which is quite common in engineering.

 
Originally posted by: Aharami
3.5 in EE is rather good. Keep it up. But its gonna get harder
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Oh I know, I'm appreciating this while it lasts.

Originally posted by: Deeko
congrats

but other than keeping financial aid, gpa is pointless once you graduate.
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Yeah I'm already in an internship as well, and they've never asked me what my GPA is once. But I still want to keep it respectable for myself.
 
grad school yea, but to employers? GPA means nothing, especially if you have internships under your belt. I'm currently in the interview process for a full time job in the CS field, and I have yet to be asked my GPA.

In reality, GPA doesn't determine who is better at a job. It determines who is better at cramming for a test. Anyone who is willing to put in the time can get on the dean's list, that doesn't make you smarter.
 
I know some companies only want straight-A students in my field (chemistry), irrespective of experience. One major company won't even interview with less than a 3.5 GPA in college, it was the first thing they asked in a phone interview. For the most part, companies don't care past the first job but there are notable exceptions.
 
Originally posted by: Deeko
grad school yea, but to employers? GPA means nothing, especially if you have internships under your belt. I'm currently in the interview process for a full time job in the CS field, and I have yet to be asked my GPA.

In reality, GPA doesn't determine who is better at a job. It determines who is better at cramming for a test. Anyone who is willing to put in the time can get on the dean's list, that doesn't make you smarter.
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I agree. Last year, and even now, I was/am not the best student in the world. But when I got my internship I delivered real results, mostly because I am a good problem solver in real world situations, and I already had years of good work experience. That is more than can be said for some other students who have never had a real job in their lives but are able to study real good and crank out a 4.0.
 
Originally posted by: Deeko
grad school yea, but to employers? GPA means nothing, especially if you have internships under your belt. I'm currently in the interview process for a full time job in the CS field, and I have yet to be asked my GPA.

In reality, GPA doesn't determine who is better at a job. It determines who is better at cramming for a test. Anyone who is willing to put in the time can get on the dean's list, that doesn't make you smarter.
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GPA separates those who are willing to work and those who are lazy. They may not be a perfect indicator of job performance or anything, but I wouldn't want to hire someone for my company with a 2.1 GPA.

In the most competitive of jobs, particularly in fnance related areas, they will weed out anyone without a high enough GPA, since a lot of these positions have thousands upon thousands of applicants for no more than a few dozen people. Their submissions will read through a resume and simply remove those that don't meet a certain GPA requirement.
 
All jobs I've applied have min GPA requirement of 2.8 or 3.0, some even higher. Please, if your single company doesn't care about GPA, it doesn't mean that others don't. With rumors that companies are checking Facebook to learn more about student, GPA seems as a thing they check for sure.

However, GPA might not give you job, it is just a requirement in some/most cases.
 
Originally posted by: jessicak
it will keep going up too, for some reason EE gets really easy after the first year!
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😕 you either arent taking hard classes or your school is too easy. you are trying to tell me digital signal processing, electromagnetics, etc. are easy?
 
Originally posted by: archcommus
My first semester my freshman year in electrical engineering I had a 2.9 and was afraid I wouldn't clear a 3.0 to keep my financial aid. Fast forward to now, half way through my sophomore year and I'm up to a 3.5 in electrical/computer engineering.

Hooray! This is a word of hope for all freshman who are struggling through their first rough semester. Stick with it!
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Great job!

You've done Devry proud! :thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: dr150
Originally posted by: archcommus
My first semester my freshman year in electrical engineering I had a 2.9 and was afraid I wouldn't clear a 3.0 to keep my financial aid. Fast forward to now, half way through my sophomore year and I'm up to a 3.5 in electrical/computer engineering.

Hooray! This is a word of hope for all freshman who are struggling through their first rough semester. Stick with it!
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Great job!

You've done Devry proud! :thumbsup:
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:laugh:

Good luck. Hope you don't go on the roller coaster ride I'm always on: Good-terrible-Great-Good-bad. Hope my Junior first half wasn't bad enough to screw me too bad.
 
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