<p>don’t stress! a 4.0 is very admirable but it’s not everything. what matters more is that you’re well-rounded and have taken advantage of the opportunities available to you. if i were an employer and saw one candidate with a 4.0 and 4 years of doing nothing but school and no research or internships and another candidate with a 3.6 who has lots of real-world experience i’d pick the second one without a doubt! </p>
<p>don’t “plan” to get a 4.0, certainly, because you’d be setting yourself up for extreme disappointment. my freshman year i know so many people that did that and when they made 70s on their first tests they were just devastated. the truth is college isn’t easy.</p>