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YoshiMoshi
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I'm pursuing a MSEE, I was wondering how much GPA matters, if it matters at all? Please be honest.
I'm questioning it, because my credits towards my degree do not expire until they are six years old. Should I use the time from which I have enough credits to graduate and earn my degree to the time in which my credits start to expire (take the full six years) to retake courses that I have already taken, but did not get in A in, to try and get an A to raise my GPA closer to 4.0?
I have heard that it is generally speaking a rule of thumb to not include your GPA on your resume if you have a masters, even if it's good. Because people generally speaking don't care, and just want to know that you have the degree. Sort of like how you don't include your High School resume or GPA once you are a junior in your undergraduate, even if it was a good high school GPA or you graduated the top of your class, no one really cares what you did when you were 18 years old, if you got an undergraduate degree, than it's implied you wen to and graduate high school, and that is all that matters that you graduated high school.
I know for undergraduate, there's the generally speaking rule of thumb that you should at least have a 3.0, because of the few times that you are asked for your GPA if you are pursuing a job after graduating, or pursing a masters, this is the minimum GPA. However from my experience in applying to graduate school, it's just part of the resume to graduate school. And honest to god, someone will always take your money from you and let you into the program. Someone is always willing to take your money from you! I would imagine admitting "low GPA" students when there's not enough applications or "high risk" is just part of the process to, because it's profitable to the university and a quick buck. I mean you may not get into the school of your choice, but someone will take your money from you and let you into the graduate school. I would imagine it's sort of like loan companies that loan high amounts of money to high risk high school students going to college, who have little to no credit, and little to no work experience, or really anything at all that suggests they can pay off their college loans. Perhaps college is the same thing, you have to admit high risk students sometimes, because money is money after all, it it's just part of the process. I've also heard that it is customary, once your out of school for a long time to move your education to the bottom of the resume and make it take up as little space as possible, to leave more space for work experience because that's more important.
Anyways, so what's the "minimum GPA" if I were to pursue a phd? I highly doubt I could even complete it because I would have to be working full time (outside of school). But I don't want to close myself off from that opportunity later down the road if I ever chose to do so. I don't want to be punished the rest of my life though for what I did in school when I was in my early 20s.
As far as jobs go, from my experience, GPA is just to help you get the interview. What determines if you get the job is the interview, and performance during the interview.
So please let me know, should I retake a lot of graduate courses to get a high GPA? What is the "minimum GPA" if I were to ever pursue a phd (which is unlikely). Do you really not include your GPA on your resume (even if it's good) once you get a masters degree?
I'm questioning it, because my credits towards my degree do not expire until they are six years old. Should I use the time from which I have enough credits to graduate and earn my degree to the time in which my credits start to expire (take the full six years) to retake courses that I have already taken, but did not get in A in, to try and get an A to raise my GPA closer to 4.0?
I have heard that it is generally speaking a rule of thumb to not include your GPA on your resume if you have a masters, even if it's good. Because people generally speaking don't care, and just want to know that you have the degree. Sort of like how you don't include your High School resume or GPA once you are a junior in your undergraduate, even if it was a good high school GPA or you graduated the top of your class, no one really cares what you did when you were 18 years old, if you got an undergraduate degree, than it's implied you wen to and graduate high school, and that is all that matters that you graduated high school.
I know for undergraduate, there's the generally speaking rule of thumb that you should at least have a 3.0, because of the few times that you are asked for your GPA if you are pursuing a job after graduating, or pursing a masters, this is the minimum GPA. However from my experience in applying to graduate school, it's just part of the resume to graduate school. And honest to god, someone will always take your money from you and let you into the program. Someone is always willing to take your money from you! I would imagine admitting "low GPA" students when there's not enough applications or "high risk" is just part of the process to, because it's profitable to the university and a quick buck. I mean you may not get into the school of your choice, but someone will take your money from you and let you into the graduate school. I would imagine it's sort of like loan companies that loan high amounts of money to high risk high school students going to college, who have little to no credit, and little to no work experience, or really anything at all that suggests they can pay off their college loans. Perhaps college is the same thing, you have to admit high risk students sometimes, because money is money after all, it it's just part of the process. I've also heard that it is customary, once your out of school for a long time to move your education to the bottom of the resume and make it take up as little space as possible, to leave more space for work experience because that's more important.
Anyways, so what's the "minimum GPA" if I were to pursue a phd? I highly doubt I could even complete it because I would have to be working full time (outside of school). But I don't want to close myself off from that opportunity later down the road if I ever chose to do so. I don't want to be punished the rest of my life though for what I did in school when I was in my early 20s.
As far as jobs go, from my experience, GPA is just to help you get the interview. What determines if you get the job is the interview, and performance during the interview.
So please let me know, should I retake a lot of graduate courses to get a high GPA? What is the "minimum GPA" if I were to ever pursue a phd (which is unlikely). Do you really not include your GPA on your resume (even if it's good) once you get a masters degree?