Re:Can money buy you a higher GPA?
by yardie on Tuesday April 20, 2010 @05:46AM
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A lot of students suffer under it. I know I did, spent the final 2 years trying to bring my GPA back to something respectable. A lot of departments now list your overall and in-major GPAs. The in-major holds more importance unless they are the laziest recruiters. In general, you'll take more foundational courses that don't count against your major GPA for the first year. By the time you're a senior most of your courses will be in your major and count accordingly.
I will say, that one of the major differences between the US and the UK is no one really gives a toss about where you went to school and what you studied in the US. On my CV I still list my school and major, but it's a footnote, right above my interest in photography and basketball. American recruiters rarely ask me about it, and UK recruiters think it's almost as important as my javascript knowledge.
Re:Can money buy you a higher GPA?
by arethuza on Tuesday April 20, 2010 @05:52AM
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When you say "school" there, do you mean university? As far I can see, people are equally interested in the US as the UK as to which university you went to - at least for the institutions that have strong brands.
I will say, that one of the major differences between the US and the UK is no one really gives a toss about where you went to school and what you studied in the US. On my CV I still list my school and major, but it's a footnote, right above my interest in photography and basketball. American recruiters rarely ask me about it, and UK recruiters think it's almost as important as my javascript knowledge.