What's a good GPA?

baktrax
Sat, 20 Jul 2013 01:30:03 +0000

This may depend on the field, but anything above a 3.0 is considered good enough for employers. In my opinion, >3.5 is good and >3.7 is very good. Definitely aim for at least greater than a 3.0, and I believe >3.5 is a solid goal to aim for, unless you’re in a particularly rigorous program. That being said, I’ve known people with <3.0 GPA get very well-paying jobs straight out of college, so it can vary depending on your major and what you’d like to do.

Whether or not you should do honors depends very much on what the honors program involves. If it’s just slightl yharder courses with smaller class sizes, do it if you want to, but don’t do it because you think it will “look good.” If the honors program involves a thesis component, that may be helpful and is something that you could put on your r