<p>Student A has a 3.75 GPA with little to no research/work/real-world experience. Student B has a 2.75 GPA with lots of accumulated research/work/real-world experience. As the leader of the graduate admissions committee/ head supervisor of employee hiring which undergraduate do you prefer? Assume that all other variables are contingent/constant (i.e. same major/college) … which applicant are you more likely to accept and WHY??</p>
<p>I’m not even an undergrad yet so I really have no idea what I’m talking about, but here’s my two cents anyway.
I feel like a 2.75 GPA is rather low, and the accumulated research and work would have to be somehow out of the ordinary in some way to make the applicant stand out. Basically, the way I see it, having a 3.75 GPA is excellent enough to somewhat make up for little research/work experience, but having a lot of research/work experience isn’t necessarily enough to make for what is, from my perspective, a pretty low GPA.
It also depends on the particular school, I suppose, and whether they emphasize grades or experience.</p>
<p>But again, I’m looking at this from a high school student’s perspective so I probably have a pretty limited way of looking at this.</p>
<p>I’m a high school senior, so I’m pretty ignorant on anything related to anything intership related.</p>
<p>At first glance, it would seem that the 2.75 GPA student is more productive/ not as lazy than the 3.75 GPA student. If the 2.75 student did have a lot of experience, to an employer, it would say:</p>
<p>A) Despite the low GPA, this person is competent enough to get internships compared to the 3.75 student.
B) The student works hard, which explains the low GPA.</p>
<p>However, I can imagine that the 2.75 student would need to go through heck just to GET a job/internship, let alone several. (Read: They would need high-caliber connections/ be extremely wealthy.) The 3.75 student would have a high enough GPA to get considered for such positions. (Jobs/ internships usually have a minimum GPA requirement, correct?)</p>
<p>Lastly, I think getting a 2.75 GPA in some majors is not as serious as the same GPA in other majors.</p>
<p>Neither. I would not admit either. Student B can’t handle the coursework obviously and Student A hasn’t proven him/herself to be ready for the rigors of research, coursework, and real life.</p>