[pfannkuchen]

I found the actual impact of AP credits disappointing. I ended up with no gen ed classes and started off in sophomore classes for math and physics. AP doesn’t count towards college GPA, and it turns out that others ended up with GPA padding that I missed out on. Still turned out fine overall, the GPA padding thing just didn’t occur to me in high school and no one pointed it out.

[Der_Einzige]

Good, gen eds were basically a waste, and getting them done ahead of time meaningfully reduces the university cost burden to students.

[brianwawok]

Who do you tell your GPA to? I stopped listing GPA after my first job. When I get a resume from someone that went to college 10 years ago and lists a 3.245 GPA, I laugh.

[pfannkuchen]

Yeah, today it doesn’t matter at all. The others I referenced in my post were other people in college, e.g. while I was applying to internships, not anyone today. Though I do still include it on my resume, I had kind of assumed that people will think it was very low if you omit it.

[nordsieck]

1. My understanding is that education is much more important in Europe than the US. From what I gather, people with long careers often still lead with their education credentials. Not sure why.

2. I think it really depends on the person's career. If they've had 7 jobs in 10 years, yeah - GPA probably isn't super relevant. But if someone's been at the same place for 10 years, maybe it's not the worst thing.

IMO, the 1 page (with large text) rule is more important. GPA should probably fall off before relevant job related stuff, but there's no harm in keeping it there if the resume has the space.

[firstlink]

Yeah but what about when their GPA is 3.254? Bet you're not laughing then! /s

[brianwawok]

Lol. I even had someone with like 8 years of work experience put a 2.5 GPA on their resume.

I would have done a phone screen.. but with that low of a GPA, and the judgement to put it on your resume? Pass.

[forgetbook]

It could be the case that this person is attempting to show a rags-to-riches story of hard work in the 8 years since their experience in higher ed?

[brianwawok]

Not sure, but I wasn't buying it.