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Any way you could stretch you college experience to a 5th year?
IMO and with a number of years of perspective looking back, college is every bit as much about being social as it is getting educated in your chosen field. Too many people fall into the either/or mentality in college. They either forego the entire social aspect, hibernate w/ their books and pull straight As, or they completely blow off the acedemics in favor of binge-drinking and spend their last three years trying to make up for their first two.
Honestly, my 4 years as an undergrad were some of the best of my life. I partied, dated, and socialized, but not the the degree that my grades suffered. I never aimed to make straight A's, and did not, but still graduated w/ a GPA of over 3.
In terms of employment, I don't think you will ever get or lose a job over your undergraduate GPA - the only time it is of any importance is if you try to go to grad school, and even then an average GPA can be overcome with a good result on the GRE.
College, especially undergrad, IS about education; but that education comes equally in and out of the classroom. If this is not the case (in both directions), IMO you are missing out on a critical part of college.
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