<p>I was just wondering what the minimum GPA would be to get a co-op or a job offer?</p>
<p>There is none, ive had friends get jobs with pretty decent companies with 2.2’s and such. They might not get paid as much initially, but they are still considered valuable.</p>
<p>Ok thanks, I have heard that with a 3.0 GPA you’re pretty much set as far as co-op goes, so I assume that would be substantial enough to get a job.</p>
<p>some firms have a 3.0 cutoff and alot of firms never even ask to see grades or gpa. Id say 9/10 interviews ive had i have never been asked about my gpa. Only the finance sector seems to ask that one a lot.</p>
<p>You can get a job with any GPA, but you’ll have a lot more opportunity with a 3.0 GPA. Beyond the psychological factor, many, many companies have a 3.0 minimum GPA cutoff for interviewees. You’ll also see more opportunity above 3.5, but not really that much (mostly business consulting firms and other “elite” employers).</p>
<p>Whether or not it’s rational, you’ll see a huge difference between 2.95 and 3.00, but not that much of a difference between 3.00 and 3.20 in terms of the number of interviews you get.</p>
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<p>If your GPA is good (mid 3’s or so), people won’t bother to look over your grades, because the assumption is that you had all A’s and B’s. If your GPA is lower (in the 2’s), they’ll often ask for a transcript during the second round interview. </p>
<p>People will also frequently ask interns for your transcript just to see how far you are in the program (and use that to determine what project to give you).</p>
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<p>Nothing is guaranteed. A 3.0 helps a lot, but in no way are you “set.”</p>
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<p>I still keep with my assumption of a 9/10 ration, in which 9 of the 10 never ask to see grades. Ive been to way to many interviews and have been hired and denied by way to many companies to not be able to realize that one.</p>
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<p>No, you haven’t. </p>
<p>At least 75% of companies will ask for a transcript at some point.</p>
<p>Well im sorry, but idk where you are from, but at least in the NY metropolitan area, they really dont. Ive had 2 companies ever ask me for a transcript </p>
<p>1) themarkets.com
2) theladders.com</p>
<p>100k+ jobs for 100k plus talent :)</p>
<p>Well I wouldn’t be making 100K, more like maybe half. </p>
<p>I fully think its possible for employers to ask for transcripts like GP said. Thogh in my experience, its no where near 75%.</p>
<p>I’ve never been asked for my transcripts for job interviews; it may be different for intern/co-op. And, I’ve only been asked my gpa by about 10% of the companies I’ve interviewed, and this includes listing it on their application. I think 75% is high.</p>
<p>And, while I work for a small firm now I did work for very large Fortune 100 biotech/pharmaceutical companies.</p>
<p>The bottom line is that there is no minimum GPA to get a co-op/internship. There may be certain restrictions from certain employers, there may be more opportunity with a higher GPA - but there is no minimum in an aggregate sense. If you are a likeable person, if you research the company you interview with, if you have a lot of good extracurriculars, if spend a long time preparing your resume and highlight what youve done in the best way possible, if you know somebody who will recommend you you will significantly increase your chances. </p>
<p>Another question would be, what is the GPA that means you will be able to get an intern/co-op no matter what? again the answer is that there isnt one. I know engineering students that nearly have 4.0s and cant get intern/co-ops, this is because they dont have/do some/most of the things I listed above.</p>
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<p>Many, many companies will pull the transcript just before you start working. It’s to 1) verify your degree, 2) verify your GPA on your resume, 3) check for academic misconduct (some schools note that on the transcript).</p>
<p>You’d be surprised at what some companies do. I was once asked to approve releasing my conduct record (they wanted to verify there was no academic misconduct or non-academic disciplinary actions), nearly everyone now asks for a copy of your credit report and criminal history, I was once asked to release my medical records to an employer, I once had to do a polygraph test, I once had the FBI interview my family, friends, coworkers, former employers, and a college professor from 10 years prior, I had one company give me an IQ test, one company had a psychiatrist profile me, I’ve given many drug tests, etc.</p>
<p>All of these were conditions for hire.</p>
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<p>I’ve turned down several 4.0’s because of personality. To me, there’s negligible difference between a 3.6 and a 4.0 from an academic perspective.</p>
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<p>Could you reference, in general, what some of your positions have been and the industries please?</p>
<p>I want to make sure that I don’t go that route lol…</p>
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<p>The psychological test, IQ test, and medical records were for upper management positions, the FBI check was for a government position (obviously for clearance), credit check, criminal background check, and drug tests is for pretty much any job these days.</p>
<p>The most relaxed position has been university professor. No drug test, no background check, no transcripts, nothing. I don’t even think they verified my degrees.</p>
<p>Sounds par… there’s been a lot of Deans lately, it seems, getting busted for lying on their resumes about their degrees.</p>
<p>It would be hard to do with the degree that counts (the PhD) because schools will want your advisor as a reference and people at your interview-school should know people at your degree-granting school, making it easy to check.</p>
<p>Now MS degrees would be easy to fake on a resume, but what’s the point of doing that? As long as you have a PhD, you could have 30 MS degrees and no one would care.</p>