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Have you ever been asked for your college GPA when applying for a ob?
I went to college late, starting at age 20. The reason for this was because I worked for a few years first to figure out what I wanted to do.
Now I'm 2 and a half years into college and my GPA has fallen from a 3.8 to a 3.2, but I'm still hoping that I can raise it to a 3.5 . My issue is I'm bad at the math classes in my major, but fine at everything else. I also have some classes with a teacher who doesn't believe in giving out A's so I usually wind up with a high B in her classes. She's a great professor though and she teaches quite a few courses of the courses in my major and to be honest even if I could take those courses with somebody else, I wouldn't.
Anyways, I've never applied for a job before where they asked me what my GPA was and I'm wondering if all the hubba bubba is true that "real jobs" ask for this?
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I've seen the forms that ask what you majored in and your gpa. Its on the forms no matter what schooling you fill in. Since I had no college, only graduated HS, I wouldn't have any majors. Favorite subjects which I write in as 'favorite subjects' and I have no remembrance of my HS GPA so I don't put one and being that I am closer to 60 than anything else, I have worked plenty of jobs that don't require college degrees and never once was asked what my GPA was. It would be a different reason I suppose if you are asked that for a job requiring college degrees. Many jobs have some kind of continuing education that is required. Heck even for a caregiving job, to keep my caregiving certificate valid after earning it in a full day class, I had to yearly study a couple of subjects that pertained to care giving field. I know this is so for nurses, Drs. CPAs and income tax people even. New discoveries, new software, new technologies, etc, require a person who is willing to study, can do so and pass any testing. A GPA can give a person an idea if you were a great student or a mediocre one which is important if theres any continueing education that is needed for your job. If you are only thinking of a money job for now cus money is tight, then any non degree job that any teen can do, you won't need to worry about GPA. If the degree you're going for doesn't require being excellent at math, just the basics, then the fact that you were poor at math shouldn't be an issue. What might help would be a full record of all classes and the grades you got in them. I don't personally believe a GPA is going to show which subjects you had strengths in which is equally important if there is a class or two that you don't do well in that makes the GPA suck.
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Hey!
Well yes, some jobs that do not require college education will need to know your GPA if it revolves around a future job that does involve college education. For example, if you signed up as a apprentice for a nurse, they would like to know your GPA, because they want to hire someone who will most likely go into medical studies. And right now, your talking to a Doctor(*cough* in training)!
But thats why some jobs will need to know your GPA. Hopefully I answered what you wanted. I'm sorry if I answered the wrong thing.
Have a nice day!
-Dr.D
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I've heard of employers asking for GPA's but most don't or didn't. I believe those that do may have more qualified applicants then positions and asking for GPA's is a way of deciding who they will make offers to.
Question are you applying for jobs or internships in you chosen files. With 2 1/2 years of college behind you I would think an internship would be more appropriate.
A 3.2 GPA is nothing to be ashamed of and a GPA is only a measure of what you have learned in class not a measure of your ability to translate that in to use or productive work. An internship is a way of proving to a prospective employer, as many internships result in a job offer, that you have the ability to take your class work and translate it into productive work.
Unless you need the money to continue your education I would suggest and summer internship would be something you should look into.
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