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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
No excuses here, I worked my ass off. Quite frankly, a 4.0 was not my top priority. In engineering you either get the right answer or the wrong answer. Not much "positioning" you can really do. In hindsight I don't regret a thing, in my current job and the others I was offered there wasn't a single conversation in regards to my GPA. While others didn't work so they could focus on that 4.0, I had an internship that has been invaluable to my career. Most of the people that work for me probably had better grades in school than I did.
However, your approach is part of the reason I had an A in all of my business classes. Plus they were easy.  |
Yeah, I agree; grades don't mean shat in the real world. What they "do" mean though is your personal confidence in your abilities, and usually that personal confidence is the same thing that gets you the good grades to begin with. Having a firm belief in what you know counts for alot in success imo. I have had many run ins with engineers, lawyers and accountants whereby I had the confidence in my knowledge to call BS on their opinions or advise.
Not to dumb things down, but math was my major and I scored 100% on every exam
100% 100% of the time, it came easy for me, but math builds on the previous lesson, you screw up at one level and you're gonna be challenged from that point forward. I made sure I understood the full theory of each level, then moved on. The main math instructor was a hoot, we had alot of good times. The instructors that taught me courses like 1+1=2 had the toughest time with me in their class; ha!
Anyway, that was 25 years ago now?
Guys like
Legion have the world by the balls!