<p>What would be considered a "good" GPA in engineering, i.e. at a level where you'd be competitive for internships or jobs? Thanks anyone.</p>
<p>If you want engineering jobs, many jobs have a minimum cutoff of a 3.0.</p>
<p>If you want to go into consulting, finance, or investment banking, many such jobs have a minimum cutoff of a 3.5</p>
<p>On pennlink (the job posting system), I recall seeing minimums of 3.0, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, and even 3.8. 3.0 is the most common by far, of course. Then again, every one of those jobs will still take your resume and look over it, so who knows what a minimum GPA really means...</p>
<p>It's unfortunate, because the average engineering GPA is nowhere near those... All that said, try to stay above a 3.0 - anything below that and they'll ask questions about GPA.</p>
<p>Thanks Brown man & mattwonder. Matt - what would you say is the average engineering GPA?</p>
<p>See this thread: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/508155-penn-engineering-seas-average-graduating-gpa.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/508155-penn-engineering-seas-average-graduating-gpa.html</a></p>
<p>I don't know. Depends on when/where/who (like high school, people game their GPAs and the average changes over time. Graduating gpa doesn't include the people who failed out - who would bring down the average.) I've heard average freshman gpa is like 2.5 but I would say by graduation it's probably 3.0-3.1</p>