<p>Hi guys,
I haven't posted in a while but I was wondering what GPA on average people need to get accepted into a pretty good engineering internship. (Eg. Qualcomm, Nokia, Microsoft, Amazon etc.)
I go to UCSD by the way.
I know there's a lot more factors, but GPA has to be a huge one right?
Thanks!</p>
<p>3.3-3.4 seems to be the cutoff at my school... </p>
<p>someone with to msft with 3.4 after sophomore yea, and now he has a 3.5 and is going to qualcomm after junior year</p>
<p>I know a guy who got a Co-op at Rockwell Collins with a 2.8 when he applied. Basically, if your GPA is below a 3.4, you need to have some pretty impressive skills and experience if you want to get a good internship. Stuf like working with chipsets, layout, VHDL, can have big factors in choosing interns for companies.</p>
<p>mmm, just a question. How can you have experience without having an internship?</p>
<p>You get an internship via any connections you or your school may have, or you get another internship first that isn't as highly sought after as Nokia, Microsoft, etc.</p>
<p>I've seen applications which say that the minimum GPA is 3.0 to be considered. A 3.3 or 3.4 seems to be fairly high for an official cutoff, but I wouldn't be surprised if they only hired people with those GPA's or higher.</p>
<p>so it's still an internship then right? o.o;;</p>
<p>Mmmkay. That's about it. Thanks guys <3</p>
<p>above 3.0, and after that all they care about is your relevant work/project experience.</p>
<p>"mmm, just a question. How can you have experience without having an internship?"</p>
<p>Get involved with any projects your school offers, or that other students are interested in; And on your own, things like learning coding are worthwhile.</p>
<p>A lot of companies on their sites will have pre-reqs or recommended experience in things that some schools don't even offer in the classroom, so getting involved is a recommendation.</p>
<p>Omg. I forgot to ask. Do they look at your GPA for your major? Or for your actual Cumulative?</p>
<p>I knew I shouldn't have taken so many writing classes this year.. so stupid.</p>
<p>well, your knowledge of the subject is more important once you get interviews... if you cant confidently talk about piplining you might not get a job in architecture....</p>