Thats pretty good for grad school right?

12/17/2007 6:20:04 PM

well at least its above God's gpa

12/17/2007 6:25:35 PM

what a waste of money......

12/17/2007 6:37:20 PM

You make me feel happy.

12/17/2007 7:27:50 PM

haha hope you're not so many hours in that it's ejection time.

12/17/2007 9:42:58 PM

ah, GPA is just a number, b.

12/17/2007 10:08:14 PM

12/17/2007 10:14:23 PM

yo so whats like the lowest "decent" gpa? lol

12/17/2007 11:54:42 PM

2.5 is the lowest acceptable.

[Edited on December 18, 2007 at 12:36 AM. Reason : 5]

12/18/2007 12:36:09 AM

After a few years after graduationg no one can really access it so its just a number ytou need right out of school/

12/18/2007 11:19:00 AM

with a gpa <2.5 you best look into starting your own lawn business

12/18/2007 11:26:40 AM

you were better off saving $20K and spending it on blow and the bars

12/18/2007 12:39:29 PM

naw, but for really, you can work that thang, you just have to know how to market yourself.

12/18/2007 12:53:13 PM

you go below 3.0 in my college and you're on academic probation.

12/18/2007 1:14:01 PM

yeah, its that way for all graduate programs

12/18/2007 1:29:58 PM

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"you go below 3.0 in my college graduate program and you're on academic probation."

lets not make things seem like something that they aren't

12/18/2007 1:35:01 PM

depends on the major Im pretty sure. I graduated with a shit GPA and am make 60k first year out of school(undergrad mechanical). more than any 4.0 kid I went to school with

12/18/2007 1:38:34 PM

i meant graduate programs within the CALS college

12/18/2007 1:41:41 PM

most of the educational snobs are going to tell you that you are screwed all the way around. just don't listen to them.

^

[Edited on December 18, 2007 at 1:42 PM. Reason : yho]

12/18/2007 1:42:08 PM

i feel like it is pretty easy to get a decent gpa, i bearly try, do what i need to do, which isnt much, and i have above a 3.5 gpa. i know engineering school and others like it is a lot different, but getting below an A in some classes that are really intended to boost your gpa is a joke.

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"ah, GPA is just a number, b. "

thats what kids with poor grades and gpa say.

[Edited on December 18, 2007 at 2:27 PM. Reason : .]

12/18/2007 2:25:45 PM

its is a number, and it ain't a number. it all depends on you, and a case by case basis. however, you can't dispute that a low gpa is just as good as a high gpa. with that said, i have seen people with lower gpas get jobs WAY faster than people with high gpas right out of school, and the people with the higher gpas tend to go to grad not because they are better, but because they could not find a job right out of college. now what you know about makes 50 gs off the bat (with mad benefits) with a shit gpa ncsu919, and then you go to grad school for 5 years, and start out making no more than i did, and by the time you get there i will be making WAY more money (than i am making now)?

[Edited on December 18, 2007 at 2:46 PM. Reason : sdfgh]

12/18/2007 2:43:09 PM

^whats my job then? apparently you know more about what my profession and job title and salary will all be. you must be the only one to get more than the average person starting out?

[Edited on December 18, 2007 at 3:49 PM. Reason : .]

12/18/2007 3:46:10 PM

thats what kids with high grades and gpa say.

12/18/2007 3:48:12 PM

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"Thats pretty good for grad school right? "

Because your GPA is that low Mine's not even that bad, and I is dumb. Dumb as hell.

12/18/2007 3:50:02 PM

^ and you are in chass? wow, thats got to feel like an ice pick stuck in your side.

12/18/2007 4:00:15 PM

oh i mean that I have a 3.52 oops

12/18/2007 4:08:29 PM

nicely done sir

pwnage at its finest

12/18/2007 4:10:47 PM

you're all a bunch of slaves

12/18/2007 4:57:22 PM

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"youwe're all a bunch of slaves"

12/18/2007 5:30:16 PM

lol tyler

12/18/2007 5:38:12 PM

Know it, learn it, live it:

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"Graduate students may be terminated from the program at any time if, in the judgment of the degree-granting Department and the Graduate School, a student fails to make satisfactory progress towards the completion of the degree (regardless of grades). The definition of satisfactory progress toward completion of the degree program may differ among degree offering units. Examples of unsatisfactory progress may include, but are not limited to, inadequate GPA, inadequate research and/or research skills, failure to obtain satisfactory grades in required courses for the program, or failing the candidacy, comprehensive, or final oral examination."

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"A. Academic Warning Graduate students are given a notice of academic warning if they have accumulated less than nine hours at the 400-level or above and have less than a 3.00 GPA. Any student with a GPA less than 3.00 cannot hold an assistantship."

I think there are exceptions to this ^, though.

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"B. Academic Probation If a student has attempted between nine and 18 credit hours at the 400 level or above and has a GPA of less than 3.00, then that student will be placed on academic probation and will be ineligible for appointment or reappointment to an assistantship or fellowship."

http://www.ncsu.edu/grad/handbook/section3_19.php

Keep in mind that you must have a grade of no lower than C- in a given course for it to count toward graduation. And concerning financial aid--if you are using it--the aid will continue as long as your department indicates that you're continuing to make satisfactory academic progress.

12/21/2007 1:14:20 AM

im only a junior right now but from what ive seen of grad. school in my major isnt anything impressive. i took st 435 this past fall and it was combined with grad students in 535. There only thing different that they were required to do were atmost 1 extra question on hw assignments and on the tests 1 extra question that everyone in the class, non-grad included also knew the answers. In addition their scores were out of 110, unlike the normal 100 scale. Dont know if it is like this in other grad. classes, but something to point out.

12/21/2007 9:26:35 AM

i was in a split undergrad/grad class like that, but the grad students had to write one interim paper and one final paper, which the final paper was the grade for the class for them. this was pretty intense from what i saw. this was in biotechnology btw.

12/21/2007 1:19:26 PM

velez75, the 4.0 kids did not hang out with you(thus why they got that 4.0), also, they are your boss. They make 120k.

12/21/2007 3:59:11 PM

u are dumb

1/3/2008 5:36:15 PM

def just a number you idiot

1/3/2008 11:22:42 PM

1/4/2008 12:59:35 AM

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" i bearly try"

Sweet Christ what are you majoring in?

1/4/2008 2:14:35 AM

Roddy, actually I did have plenty of friends with 4.0's and no they aren't my boss, they are making 45-50k a year, if they're lucky. and I actually make more tha 60k a year, thats my base, you'll be hard pressed to make more than that with any 4 yr degree no matter your GPA. but thats neither here nor there. I was simply making the point that a crappy GPA doesnt mean youre not going to be able to find a decent paying job.

[Edited on January 4, 2008 at 11:37 AM. Reason : forgot something]

1/4/2008 11:26:34 AM

It's not what you know, it's who you know, don't you know?

1/4/2008 12:16:00 PM

i didnt know you could have under 3.0 GPA in grad school and not be on probabtion.

getting a C in a grad class is about as bad as it gets. it might as well be an F.

1/4/2008 2:21:34 PM

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"crappy GPA doesnt mean youre not going to be able to find a decent paying job."

yeah. i had a craptastic GPA and came out making >50k a year. We get lots of interviews with people with 4.0 GPAs and they get turned down.

1/4/2008 6:39:55 PM

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"We get lots of interviews with people with 4.0 GPAs and they get turned down."

Why do they get turned down?

1/4/2008 10:28:24 PM

People skills and impressions go a long way

1/4/2008 10:40:57 PM

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"with a gpa <2.5 you best look into starting your own lawn business "

i graduated with a 2.35 and i have a great job. my co-worker graduated with honors and has the same position and makes the same salary as me so therefore "gpa is just a number,b."

1/4/2008 11:29:05 PM

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"People skills and impressions go a long way"

if you have the people skills, impressions will naturally follow.

my GPA was just under 3.0

4 1/2 years later i'm fixin to quit a job at microsoft for another job making 6 figures.

1/5/2008 2:36:53 AM

^bragbragbrag

1/7/2008 1:23:09 PM

Grad school GPA? Why does this matter? In grad school, you are to work toward what we like to call "maximum efficiency". That is to say that if you get better than a B average, your advisor will walk into your office and say "you're working too hard in the classes, spend more time on your research." If you get less that a B average, the opposite is true, and (s)he will come in and say "you need to spend more time in classes." The only way to avoid the advisor tongue-lashing is by maintaining a B average.

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1/7/2008 1:42:28 PM