In 2nd Semester of Master's, which started Spring '19 (at a top 5 CS uni in California). 1st Sem got screwed up bad (a family member passed away), took a lot of time to get back on track. Apart from that, profile is pretty decent, as I am a hard-working guy. Undergrad GPA : 3.77 3 Research Publications in undergrad 2 Research internships in undergrad Multiple leadership roles both in Undergrad and in Grad. Grad profile : Currently a grad researcher at a top research institute at my uni here(4 selected out of 150 applicants). Have participated in hackathons here (even finished 6th out of 42 teams in self-driving car one). Have multiple projects. Recruiters from Amazon, Lyft and Salesforce gave their personal emails and asked my resume at ICML this year. I guess I am pretty good at soft skills and at giving a pitch. But I felt held back bcz of my current 2.8 GPA, so didn't reply. Not even confident enough to attend career fairs, most companies ask for minimum 3.0 for internships. I won't be able explain why my GPA is low. Although , I am confident that by end of MS I will have at least 3.3+. With utmost sincerity, I just need some guidance from the experienced people out there, after knowing about my background. It's high time on internship season. I am grateful for any advice you guys give. Thanks. Leetcode - 105 | Python TC : 48K Yoe : 0
I graduated with a 2.4 gpa and got jobs anyway
Brother ! :)
The person who wrote cracking the coding interview had a 2 point something gpa
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She hot asf
Some really brilliant people are not good at taking test. As a hiring manager, I care least about your GPA. GPA doesn’t tell me weather you can take pressure and learn on the fly. So I would rather be interested in your completed projects , internship and your tech savviness than your no-measure GPA. I Never ever asked anyone for GPA. Mine was 2.98 and Now my TC is 450. So screw the GPA and get to work.
Thanks a lot, your words seriously reinforced my confidence back. I am seriously gonna go all in for this, will definitely update later.
Go for it man, after middle school,high school is a reset, after high school, college is a reset and right after graduation new job is a reset. One doesn’t define how well you do in the next. So you graduate and start fresh. Go all in. You will be very successful . Just don’t get comfortable and keep pushing yourself. Good luck and GodSpeed
No one cares about gpa. They care about LC
I had a 2.7 undergrad, 3.4 on MBA. Doing a mathematics masters soon and I've been informed that can tank your gpa One fat guy once told me "we cut off at 3.0 for our program" paying 48k lol. Ill never forget that. Edit: had no problem getting a tech job with a 2.7
GPA is just a number. Many companies don’t have 3.0+ as a hard requirement. I know a buddy of mine who got into Microsoft as an Intern with <3.0 GPA. Just make sure you bring it above 3.0 by the end of your Master’s.
You mean during Master's?
My GPA was 2.7 and I had multiple internships. I don't recall it ever coming up. Some places will specifically say minimum 3.0 or 3.5. Just ignore them. If no minimum is listed, the company probably doesn't care.
FAANG here, had a 2.6 GPA and still got an internship
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I don’t think GPAs matter a lot. As someone pointed out here, no need to mention it on the resume. Only if you’re a resident alien here on a student visa there’s something like a minimum Gpa of 3.0 to get your CPT approved if I remember correct. Otherwise you should be good. Go ahead and start applying.