Depends on subject matter. I would take a

Oct 1, 2024
4:28:01pm

zia cougar All-American

D student in Business before I would accept an A student in DEI. In today's world of grade inflation, I'm not as impressed with a great GPA as I once was.

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Hate me ... But if I were hiring people out of college today versus 20 years ago

DataMouth

Oct 1, 12:51pm

Nobody is getting hired, so it doesn't matter.

ochobeeguy

Oct 1, 12:53pm

Lots of schools right now are artificially pumping up GPAs though- you'd have to avoid a bunch of big

BeyondTheMark

Oct 1, 12:55pm

A student with a poor GPA in an era of inflated GPAs is a pretty big red flag...

The Dark Knight

Oct 1, 12:59pm

Exactly

IrishBlue

Oct 1, 1:13pm

Actually - That's a good point.

DataMouth

Oct 1, 12:59pm

How much extracurricular activities were they doing? Did they have a job?

Fatalplacebo

Oct 1, 12:59pm

Plenty of kids do those things but maintain high GPA's too.

DataMouth

Oct 1, 1:00pm

I’m just saying grades are just one aspect. You don’t ask your doctor what the

Fatalplacebo

Oct 1, 1:04pm

Depends on subject matter. I would take a

zia cougar

Oct 1, 4:28pm

An A student in DEI? Show me a resume please. I don't doubt that somebody out there has a degree in DEI.

sanitarium

Oct 1, 7:19pm

I was trying to be gentle

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