Re:Calculus at the heart of the STEM gender gap, study suggests
by DarkContinent on Thursday August 04, 2016 @10:52AM
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From what I've seen, the GPA obsession tends to be common to all students trying for some sort of grad/med/law school, and therefore not tied to major. Non-grad-school bound students, by contrast, are typically much more relaxed.
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Re:Calculus at the heart of the STEM gender gap, study suggests
by sotojuan on Thursday August 04, 2016 @01:56PM
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GPA matters a lot in some industries—plenty of finance firms won't look at you if you are below their treshold. We're spoiled in that someone with a 2.8 Comp Sci GPA can still get a dev job.
That said, GPA obsession is a thing in high school, regardless of future plans, so it carries to college even in majors/paths where it doesn't matter.