<p>I'm a senior BME undergrad with a 3.3 cumulative GPA and an even lower major GPA. While many of my classmates also have low GPAs, I feel like even more have 3.5+. </p>
<p>Does a low engineering GPA mean that I will always be a subpar engineer? I know I should also get at least a master's degree to enter the BME workforce. Is it possible to get into a decent master's program with a 3.3? </p>
<p>I am starting to get very worried about my future. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!</p>
<p>How far into your program are you?</p>
<p>Low GPA != Bad Engineer.</p>
<p>First of all, your GPA isn’t bad. Secondly, even if it were bad, that doesn’t mean you will be a bad engineer.</p>
<p>That said, I’ve had a few of my professors say there is no correlation between GPA and success as an engineer which I feel like is completely fabricated. It does matter when looking at a group, but not as an individual.</p>
<p>I agree with noleguy33 - your GPA isn’t bad. it isn’t amazing, but it isn’t bad.</p>
<p>As to “success”, that is harder to define. On one hand success can refer to the ability to get the job you want, on the other hand it can refer to the ability to perform well in that position. GPA certainly helps with the first point, at least for a while out of college, but does not necessarily correlate with the second - there are too many factors at stake that do not come into play in college. Still, I would note that GPA is at least one such factor, so aim for a high GPA and know that good or bad it will not be the end.</p>
<p>Oh, and I would generally put most GPA’s into a few broad bins, variation within which does not matter much:</p>
<p>3.50-4.00: Excellent
3.25-3.50: Good
3.00-3.25: Average High
2.75-3.00: Average Low
2.50-2.75: Questionable
2.00-2.50: Problem</p>
<p>Contrary to popular belief, something like 50% of engineers at most schools have a >3.00 GPA, and as many as 25% might have a >3.50, so a high GPA is not as much a discriminator as people tend to think. It is easy (as you have noted) to see a lot of people with higher GPA’s than you do, but in your case there are many more with lower GPA’s. Regardless your GPA is out of the danger zone and into the region where your interest, talent, discipline, and interpersonal skills will probably be the dominating factor.</p>
<p>If it is then I guess I have been stealing money for the last 20+ years.</p>
<p>Wow, thanks for all the feedback. Now onto my second question: grad school. What kind of schools would I have a chance to get into for a master’s? I’ve been trying to find a list of all biomedical engineering grad programs, but can only find rankings of top schools which I don’t think I can get into.</p>
<p>“Low GPA != Bad Engineer.” LOLOL !!!</p>
<p>if(GPA != high && GPA != too low)
{
engineer = ok;
}</p>