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Post by swamp on Jul 9, 2013 15:47:13 GMT -5
3.2 in both college and law school.
I don't work for a big name firm, and I don't want to. I have more business than I really want, I turn things away. I make enough money.
I worked for a rural DAs office right out of law school and while it doesn't have the name recognition that working for the Manhattan DA's office does, it served me well. I was trying felonies after six months and was given a lot of responsibility early in my career. I was appointed the youngest Public Defender in NYS.
Nobody cares what my GPA was.
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chiver78
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Post by chiver78 on Jul 9, 2013 16:01:43 GMT -5
What was your GPA and how do you line up with your peers in your industry? Have you overachieved, underachieved, or was your GPA an approximate indicator of your professional success? I think a 3.0 overall (give or take .1), but it was around 2.5 for my freshman year - when I was trying not to think about Dad at home, undergoing chemo (he's fine now ) I have no clue about my peers in industry, other than the ones that were in my college class. I was near the bottom of my degree class of 45 chemical engineers. I probably got screwed on my initial salary offer a bit because of the GPA, which has definitely carried through my career. other than that, I'm okay with where I am and what I'm doing. my first passport has a ton of stamps in it from work travel, I can pretty much guarantee that if I even had a passport w/o needing it for work that there wouldn't be anywhere near as many stamps in it. today's my 12-year workiversary. I must have done something right.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Jul 9, 2013 17:43:11 GMT -5
They say 10 years after you graduate, no one cares about your college GPA. Although that is technically true, I wonder if our GPA kicks off a chain reaction. People with the best GPAs get the best job straight from school. People with the best first job are set to get the best second job. With those two jobs on their resume, all their jobs might be a little better, a little higher on the ladder, come with a little more pay. I think I graduated with a 2.8 or 2.9, and now that I'm 44 and been in the workplace >20 years, I am at a lower management position. I will never be a CFO, probably never even a VP. No one sees me as a "up and comer." I'm a solid performer at a lower level, but better than the worker bees, who are often younger than me. I think I rate about a 2.8 on the 4 point scale for career, too. What was your GPA and how do you line up with your peers in your industry? Have you overachieved, underachieved, or was your GPA an approximate indicator of your professional success? You are I have so much in common, it's scary. But you are much much funnier than I'll ever be.
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Post by thyme4change on Jul 9, 2013 17:45:06 GMT -5
You are I have so much in common, it's scary. But you are much much funnier than I'll ever be. As in "This milk smells funny..."
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whoisjohngalt
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Jul 9, 2013 17:45:59 GMT -5
yeah, like that
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Post by thyme4change on Jul 9, 2013 17:47:31 GMT -5
That's me!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2013 17:52:41 GMT -5
Undergrad was 3.41, grad was 3.92. i think I do probably as well as most of my peers, although deciding to work from home has definitely curtailed my upward progression. Im happy with it though!!!
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Post by mmhmm on Jul 9, 2013 17:57:48 GMT -5
4.0 for both the undergrad and the graduate degree. I don't think it made a particle of difference as far as my career accomplishments were concerned, and I don't recall anybody ever asking me about it. Nursing, I think, is a calling. You don't have to be a rocket scientist. You just have to really want to care for people.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jul 9, 2013 17:57:59 GMT -5
3.5 for my undergrad, 3.8 for my MS. Clueless for my PhD, something between 3-4. C is unacceptable.
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Post by shanendoah on Jul 9, 2013 18:05:56 GMT -5
Highschool - 3.97 Undergrad - 2.83 (and it took me 6 years - that last semester, D was for Diploma) Graduate - 3.79 (did't go to grad school until 6 years after I finished undergrad)
It wasn't my GPA that held me back after undergrad, it was not knowing what I really wanted to do, and taking any job that seemed like it paid well, not really knowing my worth.
I am now 5 years out from getting my MBA. My first post MBA job got me a 33% raise. However, I stayed with the company I'd been with, and no one asked my GPA.
I have now started a new position, and I could be at 6 figures by the time I'm 40 (2.5 years), though since I now work for the state, that's a little more iffy. If I'm not at six figures in 5 years, I'll be looking for a new position.
Compared to others who graduated undergrad with me? I'm comparable to one (though he does not have a graduate degree), and "ahead" of the others I'm still in touch with. Compared to those I graduated grad school with? I don't know that it can be compared. It was a program geared toward working adults, so we had the gamut from MDs and RNs to admins and analysts to engineers and Wal-Mart suppliers. I don't worry about it too much as I am happy with where I am and the path I am on.
For me, the biggest factor was not my GPA but, again, my own ambition and knowing my worth.
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Post by cktc on Jul 9, 2013 18:21:17 GMT -5
I had a 3.92 in undergrad. I started working for a small business right after graduation and have had some nice pay bumps for the field I am in, but I know a lot of people with no degree who are just as well off if not more so. I've recently developed the delusion that if I ever find myself in need of a new career I'll be fabulously successful, but for now I'm content.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 10, 2013 8:57:06 GMT -5
I was number 7 in my high school graduating class of 767 people. No clue what gpa was, just that I wasn't the top two. Easy college major but boring, education so a 3.87. All A's except for my business classes. Accounting sunked me but I wanted a Business minor. Didn't get a job teaching right out of college so went to work for a bank. They did care about my GPA and I got hired because of that and the business minor. Got a teaching job, they didn't ask or care and I never looked back. My masters was all A's as well but it was in education so that was a given.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 10, 2013 8:58:17 GMT -5
The only reason I know where I was in high school is that they sat the top ten in order. Everyone else got to sit wherever they wanted.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2013 9:00:38 GMT -5
I read a study once that talked about GPA and their relation to people's overall lives. There are obviously outliers but for the article found that most people that had "A" honor roll GPA's tended to have "A" lives- meaning advanced degrees, good paying jobs, benefits, etc. Granted they were talking averages so yes there is that guy that flunked out of college but invented the slip and slide and makes millions but for the most part that's not going to be the case for your average college drop out. I do a'ight...
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Post by Pants on Jul 10, 2013 9:17:11 GMT -5
My high school GPA was 3.7 (I think.) My college GPA was 2.8 - beer. My grad school GPA was 3.87.
Yes, I think it has dictated my life and I'm not a super high flyer either.
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Post by sheilaincali on Jul 10, 2013 9:36:43 GMT -5
Beer- obviously by referencing the guy that invented the Slip and Slide I meant you but I was trying to keep it all on the DL so as not to Out your Awesomeness
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2013 9:41:11 GMT -5
It is hard to contain sometimes... ETA: I am comfortable being an Outlier.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2013 11:21:43 GMT -5
Mine was a 3.8 for my undergrad. Currently I have a 4.0 for my grad school GPA after 4 classes. I am not sure if I will continue taking classes in the fall or not.
I do not know how I stack up to my peers. I do know a few people that were in my program couldn't pass the state certification tests. A couple of them took the test 7 times and still didn't pass.
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Post by sapphire12 on Jul 10, 2013 13:16:11 GMT -5
3.4 undergrad. 4.0 grad.
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Post by SVT on Jul 12, 2013 19:21:32 GMT -5
4.0 for the first couple of years for undergrad, then started to work 50+ hours a week and finished with a 3.5.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jul 12, 2013 20:44:57 GMT -5
3.65 for undergrad in finance, 3.5 for masters in accounting. I've got cpa licenses in two states and my next step is a fraud certificate. As far as my classmates, I'm probably behind a little bit. At least those who are still in the same place as they were after graduation. They are probably getting 13s now and I just got 12. I kind of feel behind for the area, then again I'm 20k below median household income on my own at 29. Most were dual income households. I guess I'm not doing so bad!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 20:47:59 GMT -5
1.8
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Post by Nazgul Girl on Jul 12, 2013 22:26:57 GMT -5
Outliers is good.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2013 12:46:03 GMT -5
I had a 3.3 for undergrad and I'm at a 3.98 for grad school. One litte A- pulled me down from a 4.0.
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