Do you think that graduating from college with a low GPA is the end of the world?

Bodkin van Horn · Dec 30, 2013

Cayvmann said: ↑

I graduated from Mechanical Engineering with a 2.5. I thought it sucked but found out later that I was passed over for jobs because perspective employers expected that I would be going to grad school and leave eventually. The average GPA for a graduating ME at the time was 2.1, but I had no idea. I also had a buddy that I had to help pass his last class to graduate as a Nuclear Engineer. He needed to make a B or better to bring his grade UP to a 2.0, which was minimal for graduation. He got the 2.0 and also got the highest entry level salary for a graduating Nuke-E that year. Low GPA is not the end of the world...
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I can relate to this. For all its STEM cred, mechanical engineering bachelor's degrees are kind of fucking worthless.

Having a bad GPA is not the end of the world. It might limit your choices a bit, but probably not really. I see a lot of resumes for people just getting out of school. I don't think I've ever looked at a resume and thought "Well, you look awesome otherwise, but that GPA is a little low, so no way."

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