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

Jun 21, 2013
8:47:10am

BoiseBlue

I think out of my graduating class of 250, something like 235 students ended up working for the big 4, with several of those who didn't choosing to go to law school or pursuing an MBA instead.

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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

patentattycoug

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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