Well, I bet they do kind of matter when competing for a job with someone with a cum laude degree. ;-) If I had any kind of additional skills, or even just decent interpersonal skills I could hope for those to improve my chances, but I have no additional skills whatsoever, no job experience, *and* no interpersonal skills at all. And since jobs aren't plentiful and I have to assume that every job I apply for will also have two dozen other people applying for it, some of whom will have *good* grades (and possibly extra skills etc.), a good grade *would* probably improve my chances a tiny little bit. However: a really good grade just isn't possible anymore at this point, and within the most likely range of 2.3-2.6, a point or two more or less behind the comma really doesn't matter.
As a friend of mine recently put it: "You have practically no chance to find a job anyway. The only thing you can hope for is that you will get lucky at some point - so you may as well stop worrying." :D
(BTW - sorry I didn't reply to your mail at the beginning of the year - well, if you still read my blog you probably know what kind of year this has been for me so far.)
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Re: Grades aren't everything
Date: 2009-04-25 06:57 pm (UTC)As a friend of mine recently put it: "You have practically no chance to find a job anyway. The only thing you can hope for is that you will get lucky at some point - so you may as well stop worrying." :D
(BTW - sorry I didn't reply to your mail at the beginning of the year - well, if you still read my blog you probably know what kind of year this has been for me so far.)