Is having a bachelor's degree with very low gpa(barely passing) worse than having a 2 year community college d

Question

Is having a bachelor's degree with very low gpa(barely passing) worse than having a 2 year community college degree(with higher gpa) or just high school diploma?

Answer 1

Yes and No. It will make a big difference getting the first job in your chosen career. After that, most employers look at what you did on the job as a better indicator of what you are capable of in actual employment. There are a fair number of folks who didn't do well in booklearning, but did fabulously in their careers while others who did really well in school, but sucked in their careers.

There is no problem having a 2 year community college degree UNLESS your chosen career generally requires a 4 year degree. Have you considered technical training also? There are plenty of 2-4 year technical training schools in many fields.

A high school diploma only will get you in the door of many companies, but maybe not into your career choice and the pay won't be so good if you are in an office environment.

Answer 2

It depends on what you want to do with this degree and what it is a degree in. You have to worry about GPA if you want to continue to get a Masters' Degree. Once you have a degree, your GPA is not usually ever an issue. I have never had an employer want to know my GPA as a basis of employment, however whether I have the degree or not is a big issue. I have a Master's in Medicine and took classes with medical students. A saying that we held to is : 'C equals MD'. Meaning if you pass, you get the degree. How do you know where your doctor stood in thier class (or any profession for that matter) ?Top or bottom, if they got the degree they're set. Usually the higher the degree you have (no matter the GPA) the better off you are. Now if you have a bachelor's in history you may still be saying, 'do you want to super size that?'. As opposed to a Associate's in Nursing where you start off at 20 to 30 dollars an hour or more. See what I mean? In general, you can't beat that piece of paper (degree). Most people with any life experience will tell you that. Competition for jobs is heavy out there. You may have people with certain college degrees applying for jobs typically a high shcool diploma person applies for. If you were an employer and you had to pick between hiring a person with a high school diploma and one with a college degree....who do you think has the better shot. Not saying someone with college would be better for the job....but having that degree gives quite an edge in this unfair world. And we all have to live in it exactly like it is.

Answer 3

The degree will win, eventually. Your first job might look at your grades, unless you have other experiences to back it up. Subsequent jobs will rely more on your experience. Degrees are sometimes entry-level requirements for jobs, especially at higher levels in an organization, so if you are able to get the degree, then go for it.

What I wonder is, why are you already assuming you'll have a low GPA in college? Buckle down, and get a tutor if you need to; low grades means you're struggling somewhat, or, in some cases, not putting in enough of an effort.

Answer 4

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