How much does your GPA matter when getting a job?
371760
Not a damn bit.\n\nI've hired loads of people and I don't think I've ever asked what someone's GPA was when they graduated.  The only time it is ever brought up is when someone is part of the National Honor Society or achieved excellent grades and wants to brag about it.\n\nSo don’t worry about it.  It is the degree that matters.
941256
YOur GPA means very little to employers overall, and only a bit to law firms.  They want to know you're going to be good, going to be a hard worker. So looking at the past mistakes, if you can show where you made up those mistakes, show where you perservered to graduate, then y ou'll be fine.  .  So long as it's passing, and you have a grasp of the subject matter, you will do fine.   More importantly, your ability to pass the Bar Exam will be the step which is what will make or break you.  (I've known some lawyers who had to take the Bar 3-4 times, but they are still in good jobs today!)  \n\nIn other jobs, In areas where you will need to send a copy of your transcripts, you will have more problems.  I have a bad grade in an important class, but anytime I"ve been in an interview where it's come up, I've been able to handle it, explain the situation, show I retook the class and make it into a positive.  \n\nThe fact that you graduated is what most employers will look at. The DEGREE is most important.  The college will not Have graduated you without meeting the criteria, that's why it's there.
379636
Well, you graduated from college and you're still unemployed. You're supposed to be making something out of yourself right now. People would kill to get into college and get started on their career.\n\nA college graduate without a job, people who aren't as educated with you have a job. You kind of come off as a bum.\n\n[edit]\nHaving good grades and coming from a good college doesn't mean anything if you're unemployed. Your grades aren't going to give you a place to live or pay the bills.
639318
once again as previous question, GPA is not all that matters; my mate graduated  with a 4.0 and a computer geek and worked in McDonalds for the first 3 months after finishing his undergrad BA in MIS. try to look for big firms, they are the ones that usually sponsor H1B. contact me for more info.
507526
It is true that most Master's and M.A./Ph.D. programs will require a minimum cumulative GPA, usually a 3.0.\n\nHowever, sometimes exceptions can be made.  For instance, if your GPA in your major (and hence, in the area in which you intend to pursue Master's level studies) was well above 3.0, and it was just a class or two outside of your area of interest that brought down your cumulative GPA, you might still be able to find a Master's program that would admit you.\n\nI am a bit puzzled by the work experience part of your question, but perhaps you mention it because your interest is in an M.B.A.  The graduate program I direct is in the humanities, and work experience would not usually figure into any admissions decisions.
476191
Marks contribute to getting into university or college, and sometimes getting a job, though rarely. What will really determine what your future will be is, what do you do with the opportunities you have? If you do a good job, no one will ever ask what your grades were in school. However, whether or not you learn things in school is a whole other matter...
253063
4.0 if you are taking standard classes. Some of the college prep classes (they called them A.P. - advanced placement - when I was in school) award an extra point for each grade (i.e., A = 5 pts. instead of 4 pts.). So someone in the advanced classes could have a better than 4.0 GPA if they get all As or they can get a few Bs and still have a 4.0 GPA.
997811
I think the only time it has an effect is if all other factors are the same, and even then it might not matter.  Otherwise, I don't think it really matters what school you graduated from.  If it did, not too many people would have jobs, because not too many of us went to Ivy League schools.  Use your interview to really win them over.  They want to be able to connect with the people they are working with!
1041509
Not necessarily -- but it depends on other things.  My undergraduate GPA was 3.2 -- but it was mainly because of a really bad Freshman year.  If I threw it out, I had a 3.5 for the other three years.  I also had better grades in my major than overall.  I got into some really good schools with that & did well in graduate school.\n\nIf you have similar circumstances (did much better in your major, improved as time goes on) point that out in your cover letter.\n\nGood luck.
642566
What is really important is learning.  Good grades are just a symbol that you learned well.  I mean yes they matter in getting into college, but mostly they matter to you because it means you really learned things.  Teachers use grades to motivate you to learn.  The whole educational system does.
972627
Honestly, I do not think that a gpa of 3.7 is bad at all.. Especially if your in all honor classes!
327548
Not your GPA usually but they will check sometimes to make sure you did graduate and didn't lie about that.
678476
Most probably won't, but some might.  It depends on whether you're looking at an academic finance field (like teaching) and how much competition there is for a position.  Sometimes employers will check a transcript and there is a huge number of applicants for a job, and eliminate everyone who got below a certain GPA or who got below a certain grade in finance courses just as a way to weed the applicant pool down to a more managable level.\n\nIn general, though, if you work on getting all A's in your other classes, I would expect most employers to only look at your GPA, if that.
1143409
the GPA score is your actual grade point average from all your classes. the better your grades the higher your GPA can be. the GPA scale is a standard grading scale so you can evaluate your GPA score according to some value. for example, the scale can be as follow: 4.00 - 3.75 GPA can be the scale for the "A" GPA score.
287316
1) use your own calculation based on your grades/exams and mention how you calculated it in your application\n\nOR \n\n2) just mention in your application that GPA is not issued in your system of education.
745102
4.6/4.0 = 1.15\nmultiply the GPA by 1.15 for the GPA over 4.6
1012236
It depends on the job/firm. Unless you're going into some type of public interest law (legal aid, state attorney, public defender, etc.), most potential employers will want to see a transcript.  This is unfortunate in many cases, since grades do not always reflect how good or bad a lawyer you will be. In my experience, the hiring partners end up using poor grades as an easy way to "weed out" resumes and narrow the field of candidates.\n\nAny jobs in public interest law and other fields not related to the law will not care how you did in law school. They just like to see that you have the J.D. (and ideally, that you're on the bar). Hope that's helpful.