Alumna sues college because she hasn't found a job

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HappySqurriel said:

Vetteman94 said:
The company I work for, the #1 maker of heavy construction equipment, to get in the Engineering department you need a min 3.5 GPA. Most other departments like accounting and marketing are not as strict though. This woman is crazy about this, a 2.7 is not anything worth mentioning. She would be lucky to get hired by my company as a secretary.

I just want to make a side note that the only reason why GPAs between 2.0 and 3.0 are considered "bad" even though they're passing grades is because too many universities are accepting too many students and in order to keep these students from failing out in their first year standards have been lowered and grade inflation is the result. Degrees were worth more when you needed more than good attendance and a willingness to put in the minimum effort to get a passing grade in a course.

I don't know about your university or degree but mine and the ones around me were still plenty difficult and required a large amount of effort just to pass.

Luckily you just don't list your GPA and degree, you also list your school and that can be taken into account.

Southern Methodist University isn't even that great of an engineering school and I know all the engineering school majors require an insane amount of effort.  I also know even the liberal arts majors require a large amount of effort and not just attending so you can float by.  Our business school, maybe you could float by and get in the 2.0-3.0 range, but you better have an in somewhere if you want a job with that kind of GPA.