Undergrad GPA?

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<p>What GPA should I aim for in order to get into a decent engineering grad school? Sorry, this question is really general because I have little clue as to grad school. :/</p>

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<p>3.0 is the minimum..aim for a 3.5 to be safe.</p>

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<p>if you come out of a good (top 50) engineering school with a 3.0, you're almost guarenteed a job...
for grad school, i'd say 3.3+, 3.5+ being closer to guarenteed...</p>

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<p>A 3.6 at PSU undergrad is good enough for Lockheed Martin and/or GaTech grad for AERSPeng?</p>

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<p>if that was a question, the answer is yes...every company i've ever talked to (lockheed, boeing, northrop, intel, GE, dupont, j&j, ect) says that they'll hire from top engineering undergrad schools with anything above a 3.0...obviously, higher GPAs might get higher salaries or first choice in jobs, but you're almost guarenteed a job with a 3.0...now if you go to a less-prestigious engineering school, you might want to aim for 3.3-3.5 minimum, but a 3.0 from somewhere like Georgia Tech, PSU, VT, Cornell, ect, is very good...the average graduating GPA from those schools is around a 3.0 anyways</p>

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you're almost guarenteed a job with a 3.0

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<p>Eh, I wouldn't go that far. GPA does not guarantee jobs. You, as a person and engineer, does.</p>

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<p>The whole 3.0 thing is relative. I have heard of people who get into the most amazing grad schools with lower than 3.0 but have amazing recs.</p>

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<p>and it depends on which school...obviously law/med school focus strongly on GPA....business schools look more at work experience...</p>

<p>see the thread "Engineering?" by Kreeker, someone just posted about this</p>

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if that was a question, the answer is yes...every company i've ever talked to (lockheed, boeing, northrop, intel, GE, dupont, j&j, ect) says that they'll hire from top engineering undergrad schools with anything above a 3.0...obviously, higher GPAs might get higher salaries or first choice in jobs, but you're almost guarenteed a job with a 3.0...now if you go to a less-prestigious engineering school, you might want to aim for 3.3-3.5 minimum, but a 3.0 from somewhere like Georgia Tech, PSU, VT, Cornell, ect, is very good...the average graduating GPA from those schools is around a 3.0 anyways

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AERSP at PSU must be hard then. I still won't give up for a 3.6+ there though.</p>