<p>I appreciated r2’s and blossom’s posts elucidating both sides of this coin. Newly minted BA/BS students will be facing both of these hiring environments. Some will fare better in the pure numbers game, some in the more holistic. </p>
<p>I may have a preference for the former over the latter, but it doesn’t change the playing field.</p>
<p>I wonder, blossom, given your experience, if you could expand a bit on this
How does that perspective fit with the hiring practices of some firms, where online resumes are submitted and “minimum 3.5 GPA” is stipulated. How does that 3.3 in Engineering from Cornell (or similar) break through that barrier?</p>