Unless he's mentally challenged, there is no way possible that he went to class/put in effort and ended up with a 1.4 GPA.
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How to play off a 1.4 gpa in an interview?
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Unless he's mentally challenged, there is no way possible that he went to class/put in effort and ended up with a 1.4 GPA.
SapientWolf
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Some of the possible causes for that are not very flattering so it's understandable that many people would like a clearer explanation.
This is true. My scores for Allied Health were on the way to 1.4ish too so I left the program.
If my scores are that low after trying hard, I realized I didn't want to be a part of the program anyway.
Tornado Condor
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A 1.4 GPA? LOL
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Again, I don't realize why people are making it a big deal. Its a very decent grade, to be honest. If you're talented and know your shit, your GPA doesn't matter.
la flama blanca
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Like I said before, I don't know how you haven't been kicked out of school. I got kicked out of Suny Purchase, a state school and was doing fucking fine art(printmaking and oil painting) with a ~2.2 gpa.
It's like a D- or thereabout. just around the threshold for failing out.
It's a 4.5 on IGN
Hot Coldman
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Steal their nose.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Wrong. it's C-.
Hari Seldon
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Again, I don't realize why people are making it a big deal. Its a very decent grade, to be honest. If you're talented and know your shit, your GPA doesn't matter.
Wait, you can get above a 4.0 in Canada?
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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outunderthestars
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This isn't elementary school art class, you don't get credit for simply showing up and trying. His grades are below the minimum set by his school for graduation. That alone means that he has basically failed up to this point. It either means that he hasn't put in effort, or he is in the wrong field. Neither of these things are going to impress a potential employer.
Skellig Gra
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More like a straight D
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Apparently he knows about 65% of his shit.
I could accomplish that without ever cracking a book or ever attending class. And I'm in electrical engineering.
Earthstrike
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For those who aren't aware, UofT is one of the most prestigious universities in the world and competes with america's top 7. You can consult online university rankings to verify this.
malingenie
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I understand that GPA can be that low. I once had a GPA that low. I was in the wrong field... as some posters have posited with their experiences. Then I switched and had and excellent standing from then to grad school. The sad part is that Coolio seems close to graduation, at which point decisions are harder to make.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Not enough dots.
I personally know people hired at positions with GPA right at the border.
I've also seen people with 3.8 GPA not getting hired cause they lacked communication skills or management skills.
D is 1.0
Officerrob
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Again, I don't realize why people are making it a big deal. Its a very decent grade, to be honest. If you're talented and know your shit, your GPA doesn't matter.
1.4 is not decent in any way shape or form. Getting a "hard" C in a difficult class is totally understandable. Averaging a C-/D+ for your college career is a red flag if it is disclosed. It says that your in a field that you shouldn't be in, you didn't come to class, you didn't do your work, you don't care, or some combination of those.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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I agree definitely. As I said before, GPA alone doesn't warrant you the job. Your communication skills, aptitude skills (if any), presentation and past experience matters much more than that.
Hari Seldon
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Obviously not. Get a CS major from MIT, CMU, or Stanford in here and I'm pretty damn sure they will understand the difference between the stack and the heap.
LOL!
No. 1.4 is a D average, no matter how you slice it. Typically a C- would be between 2.0 and 1.7. 1.0-1.3 would be a D-. The OP has a D average in college, which is frankly ridiculous in this day and age.
If he can program, the degree is simply a means to get an interview. I've known people who dont have degrees and can program better than master's students.
Skellig Gra
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C- is 1.7
Some universities. UofT stops at 4.0.
Those are some funky conversion standards. In my high school 91-100 was basically the A/3.5-4 range, 81-90 was the B/3-3.5. range, and so on. Anything below C/75/2.5 was essentially failing. Granted this was ages ago, but still.
Did anyone else's schools operate by these standards?
Officerrob
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I agree, the problem is that he's going into the interview with a strike against him and that's a situation you don't want to be in. He better be quite the smooth talker to overcome the 1.4 obstacle.
Officerrob
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IMO not having a degree is better then having a disclosed 1.4
Let's just take +/i grades off the table for a second, since not all colleges or classes even use that type of scale.
Here's the standard American GPA scale:
Each individual class grade contributes the following to your average:
A = 4.0
B = 3.0
C = 2.0
D = 1.0
F = 0.0
So if your average comes out to anything between 1.0 and 2.0, that's a D average.
Also, in today's job market and keeping in mind academic inflation (college is easier than ever), a D average basically means you wasted your time going to college. I'm surprised any college would even allow someone to graduate with anything less than a 2.0 or 2.5. Oh wait, colleges like the money you pay to attend classes. Makes so much sense now...
Here's the standard American GPA scale:
Each individual class grade contributes the following to your average:
A = 4.0
B = 3.0
C = 2.0
D = 1.0
F = 0.0
So if your average comes out to anything between 1.0 and 2.0, that's a D average.
Also, in today's job market and keeping in mind academic inflation (college is easier than ever), a D average basically means you wasted your time going to college. I'm surprised any college would even allow someone to graduate with anything less than a 2.0 or 2.5. Oh wait, colleges like the money you pay to attend classes. Makes so much sense now...
if a 1.4 is a C-, then why does his school kick people out of the program if they get below 1.5? surely a C class grade is not worthy of being booted out of an undergrad program?
I see your chart and, OK, maybe it is technically a C in some schools. But it wasn't at mine (Concordia engineering program) C grades were from 2.0 to around 2.5. And it looks like it is not a C at UofT, either based on Coolio's comments about having to work to stay in the program.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Again, I don't realize why people are making it a big deal. Its a very decent grade, to be honest. If you're talented and know your shit, your GPA doesn't matter.
Because at best it's a D+? In the US you wouldn't even be able to graduate with a GPA like that.
black_vegeta
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:lol
chickdigger802
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Odd you didn't change majors.
I switched out of EE because my gpa was only 2.7
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And those GPA tables are wack. Never knew any of that.
Might just be my school, but A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1. None of that + - stuff.
I switched out of EE because my gpa was only 2.7
.And those GPA tables are wack. Never knew any of that.
Might just be my school, but A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1. None of that + - stuff.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Engineering scale is totally different, yes. You definitely need a 2.0 or above to graduate in engineering.
Again, I don't realize why people are making it a big deal. Its a very decent grade, to be honest. If you're talented and know your shit, your GPA doesn't matter.
You are looking at this wrong. This chart clearly shows that a 1.67-1.99 is a C-. and a 1.33 - 1.66 is a D+. The chart is accurate, but everyone keeps misreading the data. Those numbers represent the minimum you need to achieve that letter grade.
It is is no way considered up there with America's top 7. It's below Berkeley in pretty much every world college ranking list.
Indeed, 1.4 is what I got when I didn't even bother showing up for class and played video-games all day instead of doing work.
Wikipedia tells me its 27th in the world.
I have never heard of 80-100 being an A, it has always been either 90-100 or 93-100 everywhere I've ever been/heard of. Then again, the % rarely meant anything in university since every class was curved to a C+ average and the distribution of letters were decided by the professors.
More on topic, I can honestly say that my GPA was never brought up during interviews, and I had several at places you would think only hire students with near perfect GPA. Every single interview I had, however, asked about the extracurricular activities, my senior thesis, and the work experience that I had listed. It is a little late to do that now for this interview, but seeing as you still have not graduated, I would definitely join a extracurricular that is within your area of study. Also, if you have the option, do a senior thesis project. Those two things will get your foot in the door of many places that would normally reject you due to your GPA.
More on topic, I can honestly say that my GPA was never brought up during interviews, and I had several at places you would think only hire students with near perfect GPA. Every single interview I had, however, asked about the extracurricular activities, my senior thesis, and the work experience that I had listed. It is a little late to do that now for this interview, but seeing as you still have not graduated, I would definitely join a extracurricular that is within your area of study. Also, if you have the option, do a senior thesis project. Those two things will get your foot in the door of many places that would normally reject you due to your GPA.
Honestly, even that wouldn't be enough these days. You'd have to never do a single assignment or take a single test, skip every single class throughout the semester, and burn all of your professors' houses down while they watched to end up with a GPA that low.
This is correct. I doubt they will even ask about your transcript.
Edit:
:lol
Coolio - were the bad grades on electives?
Jason's Ultimatum
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I don't get it. He seems like a pretty intelligent dude.
HAHAHAHAHAHA.
Poor Coolio. Stop hitting the NeoGAF chatrooms.
It boggles my mind how someone could have a 1.4gpa.
What about class attendance and participation? That accounts for like, 20% of your overall grade in scome classes.
To be fair, they're considering him for the illustrious position of "assistant mopping technician".
Not shitting on you OP, but as mentioned if you don't have the grades, you need the confidence and be able to talk the proverbial talk and walk the proverbial walk.
1.4 is rough, but start figuring out what you can contribute to the position and be able to explain every reason why you're the star candidate. Your GPA will only mean so much.
1.4 is rough, but start figuring out what you can contribute to the position and be able to explain every reason why you're the star candidate. Your GPA will only mean so much.
Mr. B Natural
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Why do people keep showing off graphs of grades? Interviewers don't give a shit about your stupid graph defining whether a 1.5 is satisfactory but a 1.3 isn't.
Nobody cares.
1.4 sounds and is terrible. It's not gonna get you a job. Period. Nobody is gonna be impressed by it. It is not going to stand you out from the crowd. Therefore, the best thing you can do is ignore it and hope that you graduate and bank on nobody ever asking what your score was.
Nobody cares.
1.4 sounds and is terrible. It's not gonna get you a job. Period. Nobody is gonna be impressed by it. It is not going to stand you out from the crowd. Therefore, the best thing you can do is ignore it and hope that you graduate and bank on nobody ever asking what your score was.
I'm pretty sure he'll stand out... for having the worst GPA out of hundreds of applicants.
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