<p>Much2learn- GPA’s are helpful to employers in conjunction with a transcript (which my company requires from new grads) and a pretty good understanding of different colleges. I’m not going to look at a 3.0 in Civil Engineering from Cornell and compare it to a 3.8 in Sociology from Rochester. And if I’m comparing two engineering grads from Cornell, it’s easy enough to look at the transcripts and realize that student A pushed himself outside his comfort zone (took a Russian Lit class after only one semester of Russian; took a tough philosophy sequence) whereas student B filled out the engineering classes with stuff that isn’t terribly challenging).</p>
<p>I don’t need to see a 4.0 GPA, and frankly, I’d rather hire someone, regardless of the discipline, who can jump into the deep end of the pool (since working life often requires getting handed a project which is outside of your expertise and having to figure it out). But seeing GPA’s is a helpful way to weed out the folks who majored in beer pong and minored in “taking selfies at frat parties”. Or just kids who were fundamentally lazy and couldn’t be bothered to show up at a class. Or kids who won’t challenge themselves.</p>