I did not as good as I wanted to my first year (below 3.0). But every year I slowly have been climbing up to where I am now a 3.25. I was wondering if 3.25 is a good spot to be at as a 3rd year student (for sure I am going to try to improve more and get it higher). I have some people that are telling me that I will not make it into anything with that GPA, and it got me kinda worried, sad, and unmotivated. Is it too late to try to bring it up to a 3.5 at this point?
A lot of that depends on the grading structure/inflation/etc, at your specific school.
Dartmouth had a 3.52 GPA average for undergrads, as of a couple years ago. I can’t imagine it has gone down. I’ve heard other Ivy’s are similar.
My daughter is at Purdue and the last published undergrad GPA I saw was a 3.07. She’s in Engineering, which is a bit lower, so her 3.25 is probably top 1/3.
Every school, and probably major, can be different.
Unless you’re at a school with high grade inflation, a 3.25 and climbing should be fine for the job search. And even if not, 90+% of students typically find jobs, so there’s someone out there who will need your skills.
I’m confident a college Junior can do the math to determine future GPA possibilities.
(Fwiw, I had a 2.25 after freshman year. I graduated with a 3.3, graduated first my class at a T20 grad school and had a successful career. Two years of undergrad is just starting)
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Although I do not know enough about your college and ultimate career objectives, B+'s (slight round up) are not bad IMO. Unlike with college admissions, most potential employers are not focussing as heavily on your transcript - and if they are, people love a good improvement story. Of course you may encounter some top jobs that ask for a 3.5 or better, but that is not the norm and I would encourage you to still apply. Keep it up, stay motivated and graduate with a 3.3-3.5 (very possible). You will be fine and computer science is a very desirable major. If you had below a 3.0, that might eliminate you from a larger number of jobs, but this is clearly not the case.
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Keep trying to increase it but I think 3.0 is a cut off for many jobs.
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Many employers use a cutoff GPA to help prioritize college applicants for interviews for jobs. The most common cutoff GPA is 3.0, although some employers have higher or lower cutoff GPAs.
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