<p>What I do not understand about all these post about getting into that school or this school and taking honers classes while your at school, is most people actually doing the hiring do not really care where you went to school and what your GPA is. The only jobs i can see that is important to is lawyers and stock brokers. The big firms usually pick the litter from the ivy league schools so i understand that. What i do not understand is people worrying about the deans list and killing themselves over it. It does show a great work ethic, however, hardly any potential employer cares what your GPA was or if you made the deans list. The fact is the person who got a part time job while they were in school, in the career field that they want to go into and just had a 3.0 average is more likely to get hired than a person who graduated with honers and no job experience. Now i am not talking about someone who sneaks by getting mostly C-'s or D's but some people study hours andhours to get that perfect GPA when it doesn't really translate. If someone thinks I'm wrong please let me know the logic. </p>
<p>I am sure this is strongly dependent on the sorts of jobs – and the types of companies – in which one hopes to spend his career.</p>
<p>During 40+ years of post-Bachelor’s work experiences, I consistently observed essential the exact opposite situation to be true: where one attends undergraduate and professional school, how well one preforms, and especially what reputation one earns with senior faculty and dean-level leadership is often decisive in being interviewed and potentially hired. In fact, many corporations (McKinsey, Bain, Goldman, etc.) simply will not interview an individual – regardless of his GPA – if he did not attend/graduate from a university/professional school on their “approved” list (one can be the valedictorian at another – highly reputable – institution, and he will not be interviewed and, therefore, cannot be hired).</p>
<p>Furthermore, your post appears to refer entirely to entry-level employment; when one competes for responsible leadership positions after a few decades of successes, the differences between (for example, and meaning no offense) an MBA from Stanford and one from the the University of Maryland likely may be critical.</p>
<p>I do not suggest this is reasonable, smart, or fair; however, it is realistic for certain career tracks, in certain industries and firms. </p>