What was your final college GPA?

[nerdykarim]

Originally Posted by sonick

I had 3.6-something, but because of the shittily-designed poll, I rounded up and chose 3.7-3.9.

Me too.

 

[Invicta]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

Real ballers would never graduate with such a high GPA. Implies you need to impress someone and that you lack the connections necessary for success. Gentleman's C for the win!

Originally Posted by edmorel

actually a 3.85 and partying all the time on the dime of the internet company I founded out of my dormroom.

I am clearly a small timer

 

[Connemara]

Originally Posted by edmorel

actually a 3.85 and partying all the time on the dime of the internet company I founded out of my dormroom.
3.85 would be impressive only if you were white.

 

[DNW]

Originally Posted by edmorel

actually a 3.85 and partying all the time on the dime of the internet company I founded out of my dormroom.

Whatever Appreciation site you ran, it must've been good. Is it still up?

 

[IUtoSLU]

Lets just say that my GPA was good enough to get into law school. AKA, I got somewhere between a 2.0 and 4.0.

 

[ppllzz]

heard from my friend that employers are intimidated by gpas that are too high. one of her interview questions:

"did you ever take classes that werent challenging to you so you could boost your gpa?"

kinda sad

 

[FLMountainMan]

Had a 2.7, but worked full-time. Had a 2.7 in law school (which was actually average, our curve was ridiculous) and a 3.4 in MBA. Never really though grades were too important. Good enough to get by was always my goal.

 

[clee1982]

Originally Posted by andyliu52

heard from my friend that employers are intimidated by gpas that are too high. one of her interview questions:

"did you ever take classes that werent challenging to you so you could boost your gpa?"

kinda sad

Which firm would ask question like this, I interviewed with over 20 companies, and certainly never heard anyone ask me that (engineering/consulting/finance).

I fits the sterotype pretty well, Asian, international student, high school math team at a new england area boarding school, double engineering major plus minor in economics undergraduate. Graduated with 4.0GPA, 2 suma cuma laude (1 in each major), phd in ee at Ivy legaue, following the plan... right until I decide to quit at MS and go get a job on wall street.

If you ask me is that worth it? I would say college certainly could have been more fun, but I always enjoyed learning, so not like I was suffering. Did 4.0 gpa open some door that I could not accomplish with 3.8? I doubt that, probably only good for my own ego, and enjoyed my status as curve breaker...

 

[Connemara]

My Princeton J.D. is summa. Beat that.

 

[ppllzz]

economics consulting firms

phd in ee at an ivy is nothing to brag about lol. if you add the "ivy" people think less of you in EE circles, so its better to just say phd in ee. my local state school (UT austin) has a better engineering program than the best ivy (cornell).

Originally Posted by clee1982

Which firm would ask question like this, I interviewed with over 20 companies, and certainly never heard anyone ask me that (engineering/consulting/finance).

I fits the sterotype pretty well, Asian, international student, high school math team at a new england area boarding school, double engineering major plus minor in economics undergraduate. Graduated with 4.0GPA, 2 suma cuma laude (1 in each major), phd in ee at Ivy legaue, following the plan... right until I decide to quit at MS and go get a job on wall street.

If you ask me is that worth it? I would say college certainly could have been more fun, but I always enjoyed learning, so not like I was suffering. Did 4.0 gpa open some door that I could not accomplish with 3.8? I doubt that, probably only good for my own ego, and enjoyed my status as curve breaker...

 

[clee1982]

Originally Posted by andyliu52

economics consulting firms

phd in ee at an ivy is nothing to brag about lol. if you add the "ivy" people think less of you in EE circles, so its better to just say phd in ee. my local state school (UT austin) has a better engineering program than the best ivy (cornell).

well, my choice was standford(ee)/mit(me)/cornell(ee), went for cornell in the end, didn't apply for austin, and personally think at least for the advisor and area I was working for, cornell is a better choice (statistical signal processing/communication). My top choice would have been either berkley or caltech, but didn't get into either

At phd level, advisor matters more, once you're on the top school list, unless you're going to academia, than school name does play a part in it again...

P.S. I DIDN'T get a phd just in case you didn't read the whole thing... I think I brag about my drop out status more now a day...

 

[whacked]

Originally Posted by andyliu52

phd in ee at an ivy is nothing to brag about lol

...

the best ivy (cornell).

 

[chessman305]

3.2, drexel university, accounting

 

[rdawson808]

Originally Posted by andyliu52

heard from my friend that employers are intimidated by gpas that are too high. one of her interview questions:

"did you ever take classes that werent challenging to you so you could boost your gpa?"

These two things seem contradictory. Do you mean that employers are wary of high GPAs, or that they somehow don't trust how good a measure it is (due to potential sand-bagging in "easy" classes)? That I can believe.


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[JPYPSU07]

3.98, F'ing differential equations A- crap.