What's the advantage of graduating with a high or close to 4.0 GPA ? ~

[cookderosa]

Full time worker like me doing an online degree program (Computer Science).





Have a stable job now, but I'm hoping a CS degree can get me somewhere better - salary wise. (I've got some IT certs and experience)

I'm hoping to eventually finish a Masters in Computer Science too ~ I know those need a 3.0 GPA or higher. Or I could go back to Harvard Extension for a Software Engineering ALM.

Any thoughts ? Not sure if I should rush, or just keep it slow and steady

My thoughts are that you missed the entire sweet spot in your question. You list 2.5-3.0 as option A, and then 3.8-3.9 as option B.

IMO, you need >3.0 and in reality a 3.5 already demonstrates excellence, so do whatever you need to do to hit that and you're good to go. HES is open enrollment, killing yourself for 3/10th of a point is silly.