Unless you major in accounting - The Big 4 focus a ton on GPA.

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Jun 21, 2013
8:45:10am

QuickCoug

Unless you major in accounting - The Big 4 focus a ton on GPA.

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QuickCoug

New username: Jesse Pinkman
Bio page: QuickCoug
Joined: Feb 6, 2002
Last login: Jul 14, 2016
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CBers who are still in school need to read this - GPA's don't matter

2RUEBLUE

6/21/13 8:32am

Unless you major in accounting - The Big 4 focus a ton on GPA.

QuickCoug

6/21/13 8:45am

True, although if you graduate from BYU you are practically guaranteed a spot

BoiseBlue

6/21/13 8:47am

Math is hard

2RUEBLUE

6/21/13 8:50am

I wish I would have studied ALOT less in dental school

kotacoug

6/21/13 8:55am

GPAs and test scores matter a lot for graduate schools. In law, the first year

6/21/13 8:57am

It's against policy where I work to hire anybody with less than a 3.0

cheezedawg

6/21/13 9:08am

I guess it depends on the field. I've never heard any discussions of that.

Belboz

6/21/13 9:36am

This policy is specific to recent college grads.

cheezedawg

6/21/13 10:36am

Haha, your second sig is good.

Cougar8Duck

6/21/13 9:11am

Maybe not everywhere but there are definitely places it matters A LOT. I'm an EE

Solid-State Blue

6/21/13 9:26am

knowing how to work hard matters more to me. a GPA should be an indicator

Belboz

6/21/13 9:40am

Agreed.

Solid-State Blue

6/21/13 9:53am

The post was semi-TIC

2RUEBLUE

6/21/13 9:42am

I didn't mean to imply you don't care about your kid's GPAs (sorry if I did).

Solid-State Blue

6/21/13 9:53am

Lol. Try getting an interview without a good GPA. Unless you have

Baron

6/21/13 9:49am

GPA shouldn't matter because its a poor predictor of success

KingDave

6/21/13 9:51am

So what are the most effective and efficient indicators?

Cougar8Duck

6/21/13 10:50am

Unless you apply at one of our National Labs, then it is the only thing that

LaserCoug

6/21/13 10:57am

Corporate hiring rules change regularly

ColoSpgs

6/21/13 11:04am

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