is graduate GPA important?

Question

Based in your experience: is graduate GPA important in ones career?

Answer 1

Depends on your field. For an academic or scientific research career, yes- it will define which schools you can teach in, or which research labs will hire you.

For professional careers, its a soft yes. While GPA doesnt necessarily directly determine what you can do, it does have a subjective impact for employers of new grads (esp. those without prior job experience) in competitive fields. You find this to be esp. true for real white collar jobs like consulting, law, or finance.

Answer 2

GPA should be called Great Persuasion Average.

GPA I feel is not a measure of how smart you are. The brightest students can have a GPA of 3.6 or 3.5 wile someone like myself can have a 3.8 or 3.9 just because they learned how to be smart in the educational system. I took classes not reccomended by the school but ones that satisfied my degree and I felt were easier. I went to school for TV production, and although I had a lot of expierence in the job, I took all the basic classes anyway? Why, they were easy for me to get an A! And I did it with tons of classes that I was allowed. Most kids took Bio and Chem for their sciences, I took the easier Astronomy courses. My grades? A's.

GPA is nothing more then how well you worked a system I feel, and jobs generally couldn't give what your GPA is. They DO care if you have a degree!

Answer 3

Absolutely not! When you are in school, your GPA matters to your professors and if you are trying to transfer to another college, then it really matters! Once you're out here, your grades will not carry you any further. Your skills will.

Just because you got an F in Math, doesn't mean that you will never be an accountant. Even though i am a college grad with three degrees, i can honestly tell you that half of the stuff you learn in college won't matter once you get out in the world. If you are a Business major, classes like Accounting and Finance are important for learining how to count your $ and keep everything balanced. But for classes like Trigonometry and Calculus, you have to be a dedicated and serious nerd to get to the highest levels in those classes. When it comes to me and Math, i just stick to the remedials! No time for a headache or brain stroke!

Answer 4

I graduated with a 4.0 for Dental Assisting and when I got hired, they really didn't care about that. All they were looking at was how much experience I had and if I could do the job. I'm assuming that applys to all careers. I felt like I busted my butt for great grades for nothing. I know better next time. No need to stress yourself out. Just pass and get the degree or what ever it is you are going for. :)

Answer 5

Gradate GPA is a con job given by the college system.
when some one comes to us to work we look at their papers and tell them bluntly/candidly
we don't buy GPAs what we are looking for are people who produce. .
no work no pay. work equals pay.
we don't pay to occupy space and look pretty.
some of our best just barely got HS diplomas.
some of our barely surviving got great papers.
understand your job is to sell your mind, body and spirit to an employer at the highest price you can . In turn they want to buy your body mind and spirit at the lowest price they can.
Real World.

Answer 6

It depends on the field. In science, your publications matter more than your GPA.

Answer 7

it's really not so much. it's good if you have at least 3.0 - 3.5 just dont lie about it. from my experience, experience is more important than GPA.

Answer 8

In short, but don't lie about the number.

It's in your advantage to have an opened copy of your transcript, but always give the option to deliver an unopened copy of your transcript to your potential employer.

be ready to answer any dips or trends in your transcript

Answer 9

Not in your career, no.