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<p>But I thought professors didn’t care that much about their students.</p>
<p>Here’s an excerpt from a great book on how to be a straight a student.</p>
<p>If you begin to obsess about your G.P.A., much of the excitement of college is lost. Every test stops being an opportunity to show off your ability to engage the material, and instead becomes a potential devastation to your overall academic standing. Every paper stops being an exercise in crafting worlds, and instead creates a recurring fear that you might have come to the wrong conclusion. And at the end of every term you will exist in a state of nervous apprehension as you wait for your finals grades to be released. In short, obsessing about your G.P.A will make your life stressful and derail you from larger goals. If you want to be a successful student, forget about your G.PA.</p>
<p>So long story short, make your college experience about learning the material and having a good time while you do so. Don’t worry if you don’t have a perfect G.P.A because if you just worry about that you will lose sight of your goals and ambitions. A good G.P.A is important but it should not be your primary concern. Do your work, study in advance and get good grades, that’s all you can do.</p>
<p>Anyone reading Whstleblower’s post and presuming truth may want to read some of his previous posts before making up your mind.</p>
<p>The average GPA in Engineering is lower than in most majors, but it’s not a 2.0. However, I’d say you could simply take drexeler’s post and replace ‘C’ with ‘C+’ and it’s a legitimate question. </p>
<p>Anyway, while some engineering classes are curved low (to like a C+), it is likely to just be a couple of the intro classes, and will get progressively higher (to more like a B- or a B) as you go onward. As well, you will have classes in non-engineering fields which help bring up the GPA. Where I go the average Engineering GPA is about 2.9, and I believe most universities will have an average GPA from 2.8 to 3.0. You can probably find from someone the average GPA at Rutgers, and it’ll probably be near that range.</p>
<p>And it is true that what GPA is expected is lower for Engineering majors. I’ve seen job postings with GPA requirements as low as a 2.5, and many which listed no minimum. </p>
<p>“But I thought professors didn’t care that much about their students.”</p>
<p>That’s very dependent on the professor, not the class they teach. Many professors are good and do help a lot. Keep in mind though, that because a professor is good, doesn’t mean that they will have a high average grade in the class. The two have nothing to do with each other. Further, I think in most cases a department head decides what the curve must be.</p>
<p>As long as it’s a 3.0, you’re fine, unless you intend on going to med/graduate school, in which case a 3.5 is probably alright.</p>
<p>Thanks for the insight QwertyKey. It’s much appreciated lol :)</p>
<p>If you want to work for a big name firm, then GPA is very important. If you aren’t aiming high and just want a mediocre job after graduating, connections and a 3.0 is fine.</p>
<p>Depends. Medical School and Law School care a lot about GPA, anything above a 3.5 is okay for them. In investment banking it matters also.</p>