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Your GPA really will be important (as many have said) for things like Graduate School and/or entry into Government Service (unless you've got friends or family pulling strings for you).
In the "real world", however, it's not all that much of a factor in obtaining employment. You can have a lousy GPA, have completed an internship elsewhere, and still be very well qualified for a position.
I've hired almost 1,000 people in my years in business; during that time, I never inquired about a candidate's GPA....and this was for a Fortune 100 firm! Being a satisfactory job fit is much more important to an employer, as people well-suited to a position are more likely to remain with the company hiring them for longer periods of time.
Longer employment period = return on initial employment investment for employer.
So don't sweat it too much if your GPA isn't up there. Make sure you've got something other than classroom experience to put on your resume, and employers will be jumping at the chance to put you on their payroll.
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