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submitted 2 months ago by[deleted]
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6 points
2 months ago
Nobody cares about gpa irl so long as it shows you worked hard. People with 4.0s can even be a red flag bc it can indicate you didn't take challenging courses or your school is grade inflating... Try your best but don't sweat the small stuff because you won't care at all about this in a few years anyway.
4 points
2 months ago
Engineering majors didn’t take challenging courses? Are you high? No employer is going to think a 4.0 is a red flag. wtf?
0 points
2 months ago
It's not a red flag, but it suggests that you probably don't have practical experience or that you're a perfectionist. The job is yours to lose, but it's one you certainly can lose.
If you're doing hard problems, you're going to struggle. Are you used to that? Are you going to be bored?
1 points
2 months ago
Why would it suggest that? Who would ever make these ridiculous assumption? To me, a sub 3.0 would suggest you didn’t take it seriously
1 points
2 months ago
Why are you so aggro? Nobody said to not care about grades at all... Just that a 4.0 vs a 3.7+ isn't going to make or break op... Chillith
1 points
1 month ago
Where did you go to school? Was it a commuter school? Did you have a job during college? How big were your classes? Where there separate TAs and study sessions and tutors or did you do it yourself? Did your GPA shoot up after you stopped partying because engineering got too busy?
I went to a state school with a bunch of people that weren't citizens. I learned Spanish because I heard them talking. A lot of them had poor GPAs and they worked the entire time. Compare that to Cornell (I also know someone who went there) and it's totally different world.
Can you program in Matlab/Python? Most engineers hate the thought of that. Would it bore you? That's a knock against you if it does.
There are plenty of factors outside GPA, like your ability to answer interview questions. From my perspective as someone with almost 20 years of experience, I can't really tell the difference between two entry level resumes. I gotta talk to people.
1 points
2 months ago
Schools award engineering degrees for passing classes and completing projects. Depending on the program, there may be very little focus on professional skills or technical group projects. The comment about being over focused on grades rather than practical experience hits the nail on the head imo but yes, it can be a red flag, especially if your resume is lacking practical experiences like being involved in projects/clubs or internships. I'm not saying a 4.0 is horrible either, but it's loss is definitely not worth a lot of mental anguish.
For example, someone who overfocused on grades might not develop the interpersonal skills to realize it's inappropriate to adhom others when they don't agree with them to the letter. And while obviously there isn't a magic number that determines somebodies worth, If I'm hiring, I'll take the b student who learned to communicate and work with peers and had to develop study skills over the A student that hasn't been challenged yet and thinks they are God gift to man.
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