<p>On a side note, I had this friend who was studying Mechanical Engineering. One day, as I saw the materials he was studying for, I asked him, out of awe and curiosity, what his GPA was. He told that his GPA was something like 2.7.</p>
<p>Baffled and worried, I asked just how in the world he would get a job with that kind of GPA after graduation. What he said next essentially captures the nature and rigor of engineering study.</p>
<p>“Hey, just graduating with an engineering degree itself is a feat.”</p>
<p>Sure enough, he did get a nice paying job that paid him in excess of $60,000, despite his lackluster GPA.</p>