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What can I do with gutter 2.0 UGPA?
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:02 PM Author: aphrodisiac lemon wrinkle nowag So what do I do? I think I already know the answer: forget schooling altogether and drive a truck or something. No way in hell I want to go to Army OCS. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14322365) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:03 PM Author: Slate Candlestick Maker Karate whats the degree in? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14322378) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:04 PM Author: aphrodisiac lemon wrinkle nowag social sciences crap, TTT. i never actually attended school but somehow graduated. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14322388) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:14 PM Author: Slate Candlestick Maker Karate lol, I hope you are in chicago. if so get contract work and build up your resume. better yet take accounting classes and go that route. or go into sales (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14322493) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:26 PM Author: aphrodisiac lemon wrinkle nowag not chicago but could move to a big city like that i suppose. not sure how to get contract work that's not completely menial or admin since i have no resume. i can type 80+wpm but can't everybody?
is there anything i can do, in my current situation, to look attractive to an accounting firm? i thought i'd have to do more than just sign up for classes somewhere |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:28 PM Author: Slate Candlestick Maker Karate dude, no offense but you shouldnt think you are above anything with your GPA (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14322647) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:34 PM Author: aphrodisiac lemon wrinkle nowag i don't think i can get contract work steadily enough to have an apartment. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14322719) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:40 PM Author: Nofapping Fragrant Church Building Do that or enlist or retake courses if you have a few f's and the uni lets you
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:46 PM Author: aphrodisiac lemon wrinkle nowag well, i would like to avoid the military anyway if possible (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14322830) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:54 PM Author: Slate Candlestick Maker Karate there are alot of great medical careers you can do going to a cc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14322911) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:30 PM Author: Nofapping Fragrant Church Building You'd never get into OCS with a 2.0 GPA.
In fact most programs have as a minimum a 2.5 GPA |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:17 PM Author: yapping vibrant generalized bond parlor if you haven't received a diploma, i suggest holding off and getting one of the soft computer related degrees: MIS or CIS, something with a mix of business and programming.
Should be much easier than engineering or comp sci (on par with nursing), with reasonable employment prospects. |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:19 PM Author: Maroon hairraiser school If he hasn't received a diploma he should just mill out a 3.0+ UGPA and go to Columbia (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323261) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:22 PM Author: yapping vibrant generalized bond parlor whoops.. i didn't see the part about 'social sciences'.. scratch that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323290) |
Date: March 7th, 2010 3:07 PM Author: fuchsia hilarious half-breed stag film http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/work.html
"Careers @ McDonalds. It's not just a job, its a CAREER!"
HTH =) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:15 PM Author: Out-of-control elastic band Flip burgers bro.
Or just enlist in the military, get good evals/prts and get a commission that way. |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:35 PM Author: angry deer antler tanning salon How'd you even graduate w/ a 2.0? At my school a 2.0 gets you tossed out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14322728) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:37 PM Author: aphrodisiac lemon wrinkle nowag it's not 2.0, graduating GPA is somewhat higher, maybe overall GPA is in the low 2.xx range? but you get the point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14322749) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:38 PM Author: angry deer antler tanning salon Oh, ok. Sorry. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14322758) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:47 PM Author: Maroon hairraiser school Doctor, CPA, BIGlawyer, take your pick
UGPA is nearly irrelevant to all of these (just do post bacc for a year, stack 30 credits/semester and shift your GPA to the high 2.8 range)
2.0 GPA from a decent school is more than adequate to just start over a career and at a shitty regional school and make straight As.
Hell I improved my overall GPA from 3.1 to 3.6 already in <1 year. |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:50 PM Author: Adventurous people who are hurt lol WHAT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14322859) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:52 PM Author: Maroon hairraiser school Med schools average his GPA with his overall GPA... All masters programs do the same... going to some shitty state school or state school + community college at the same time is more than sufficient to rape his GPA back up into the 3.0+ range in a year and a summer.
However, that only matters if he wants to go to med school or a top grad school I guess.
Most masters programs are made for idiots. 2.0 GPA only matters for law schools... and it doesn't matter much once you're out of the T20 WUSTL accepts nearly anything with a >170 |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:53 PM Author: Slate Candlestick Maker Karate masters programs are just hoops we have to jump through (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14322901) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:56 PM Author: Maroon hairraiser school I'm just saying... it's really really easy for him to change gears... fuck man he could even get a CPA while he's fucking with his GPA preeeeetty easy.. (in <1 year of studying just for that)
UGPA is pointless to even consider because it's sooooo subjectively stupid. |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:59 PM Author: Slate Candlestick Maker Karate true, but if he has any social skills he could get a job easily (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14322975) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:01 PM Author: Maroon hairraiser school That too... I have yet to have an employer even request a transcript. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323000) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:02 PM Author: Slate Candlestick Maker Karate same here
i'm a poli sci retard yet I got tons of interviews. If I lied and said I had an accounting degree I would have gotten a job alot sooner.
fuck, I even landed an interview with Bear Stearns for an internship |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:04 PM Author: Maroon hairraiser school different graduating class from 2009's shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323037) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:05 PM Author: Slate Candlestick Maker Karate yeah cause 2008 was so much better (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323050) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:06 PM Author: Maroon hairraiser school It took me 3 applications to land a $22/hr job in Summer 2008
It took me around 1500 applications+ to land a job graduating in 2009
This is from HYPS |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:07 PM Author: Slate Candlestick Maker Karate wow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323075) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:07 PM Author: Maroon hairraiser school Yeah, really not joking mate.
I did get one pretty quickly after I finished my 4th bachelors in nursing though.
In 7 mths after I graduated I had like 5 interviews out of the 50+ applications I sent out a day...
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:32 PM Author: Slate Candlestick Maker Karate 4th bachelors? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323397) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:33 PM Author: Maroon hairraiser school Correct... lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323410) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:02 PM Author: aphrodisiac lemon wrinkle nowag am considering LS but i know it's the wrong move. why do that when i can make the same $30k as some kind of medical technician out of community college? |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:03 PM Author: Maroon hairraiser school medical technician of what exactly? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323030) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:06 PM Author: aphrodisiac lemon wrinkle nowag full disclosure: i pay the bills just fine as a bartender/test prep teacher but i consider neither a real viable career (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323060) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:04 PM Author: Slate Candlestick Maker Karate wait so you got into LS? why not bust your ass and get a decent job (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323038) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:09 PM Author: very tactful green station or transfer? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323116) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:09 PM Author: aphrodisiac lemon wrinkle nowag i've been prepping for a truly douchetastic year of LS gunning all this time dude. just getting down at the seemingly hopeless job outlook. need to let off some steam on here. law does not seem like a particularly reliable way to make a living unless you're at a T10 or better. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323122) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:11 PM Author: Maroon hairraiser school It is pretty hopeless but not completely so... there's always foreign countries but I have a feeling you barely speak english as is. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323142) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:09 PM Author: very tactful green station Wait a minute. So you're telling me if i graduated from a good school with a 2.4, but then went to a community college for a year or so and got a 4.0, that would drive my "overall" GPA up? That's how Law/Grad schools look at it?
I could just keep doing post-bacc classes until I had close to a 4.0? |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:11 PM Author: aphrodisiac lemon wrinkle nowag no. law schools care about your numbers just for what they are because they make a living off reporting them. grad schools have different incentives so they look at trends.
but if you graduated with a 2.4, i'd imagine you'd start off at the back of the line unless you had a real good story, a bunch of time passed, or, well, something to justify yourself. |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:13 PM Author: Maroon hairraiser school Most grad schools outside of like the M7 MBA programs and shit are GMAT/GRE hogs brah...
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:12 PM Author: Maroon hairraiser school Yes... but I'm sure you realize you could never have an actual 4.0
There's a rather large barrier point where raising it further is much more work than it's worth
But yes... for grad schools/med schools you can basically keep taking BS courses until it's higher... fuck even online ones.
Only law schools don't use the overall GPA... just your first UGPA |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:20 PM Author: very tactful green station wow, interesting.
what do LS consider UG GPA? only the GPA that is on the transcript from the school from which you graduated, or *any* UG work at all?
for instance, say you are coming up on graduation in UG, and you realize you have a shitty GPA. could you start taking easy classes at another school? would that still be averaged into an "UG GPA"? as long as it is work done before the end of "UG" status?
probably not, i'm thinking. |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:23 PM Author: Maroon hairraiser school As long as the credits were taken BEFORE you graduated with a bachelors from anywhere they're counted as UGPA (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323295) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:23 PM Author: very tactful green station awesome. ty for this information. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323302) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:04 PM Author: Tripping location french chef Going to LS to rehabilitate your academic records, with no intensions of actually being a lawyer? Damn, bro. Killself now and save your parents the shame in 3 years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323040) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:05 PM Author: Slate Candlestick Maker Karate he could get a job in the fbi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323055) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:13 PM Author: Tripping location french chef Something tells me that a majority of FBI jobs are not like they are portrayed in movies. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243719&forum_id=2#14323179) |