02-28-2011, 06:25 AM
From my vantage point, both MA2 and jack are right, and burbuja balances this one out quite well.
Here's the deal: I've got years of management experience and have run $100M sales operations for a major corporation. We never looked at GPA. We only looked at whether or not the person had a degree and either way, real world experience was far more important.
That being said, MA2's point is spot on. In my experience, those who plan to succeed do so. Those who "plan not to fail" miss the mark far too often in this task and the next. Your name is stamped on everything you do. Your name is your brand. You would be wise to undertake everything you do to the best of your ability; it will pay dividends down the road whether you can see it today or not.
And I'm not saying there is no such thing as a turnaround story. I am one. Nonetheless, if I knew then what I know now, I wouldn't have needed to turnaround.
Here's the deal: I've got years of management experience and have run $100M sales operations for a major corporation. We never looked at GPA. We only looked at whether or not the person had a degree and either way, real world experience was far more important.
That being said, MA2's point is spot on. In my experience, those who plan to succeed do so. Those who "plan not to fail" miss the mark far too often in this task and the next. Your name is stamped on everything you do. Your name is your brand. You would be wise to undertake everything you do to the best of your ability; it will pay dividends down the road whether you can see it today or not.
And I'm not saying there is no such thing as a turnaround story. I am one. Nonetheless, if I knew then what I know now, I wouldn't have needed to turnaround.
Mission: Earn a BSB from EC in 9 months
Starting date: 2/17/10
Conferral date: 4/15/11
Starting credits: 5.33
Ending Stats: 121 credits; 3.91 GPA
Completed:
SL - Acct I: A
SL - Acct II: A
CSU Pueblo - Ops Mgmt - A
DSST Finance - 449
DSST HRM - 68
DSST B Ethics - 466
DSST - Org Behavior - 71
DSST - MIS - 471
DSST - Env & Humanity - 65
DSST - Civil War - 68
DSST - Counseling - 60
DSST - Anthro - 70
DSST - Supervision - 455
DSST - HTYH - 449
DSST - W Religions - 476
DSST - M&B - 62
DSST - Tech Writing - 66
DSST - Fd of Education - 72
DSST - W. Europe - 66
DSST - Vietnam - 67
DSST - B Law II - 66
CLEP - MGMT - 67
CLEP - Mkting - 76
CLEP - Info Sys & Comp - 70
CLEP - Macroecon - 74
CLEP - Microecon - 74
CLEP - B Law - 69
CLEP - Sociology - 59
CLEP - Psych - 70
CLEP - US Gvmt - 68
CLEP - Social Science & History - 68
EC - Strategic Mgmt - A
EC - Info Lit - Pass
ECE - A&A - A
ECE - World Pop - A
UEXCEL - Coll Writing - A
ALEKS - Bus Stat
Starting date: 2/17/10
Conferral date: 4/15/11
Starting credits: 5.33
Ending Stats: 121 credits; 3.91 GPA
Completed:
SL - Acct I: A
SL - Acct II: A
CSU Pueblo - Ops Mgmt - A
DSST Finance - 449
DSST HRM - 68
DSST B Ethics - 466
DSST - Org Behavior - 71
DSST - MIS - 471
DSST - Env & Humanity - 65
DSST - Civil War - 68
DSST - Counseling - 60
DSST - Anthro - 70
DSST - Supervision - 455
DSST - HTYH - 449
DSST - W Religions - 476
DSST - M&B - 62
DSST - Tech Writing - 66
DSST - Fd of Education - 72
DSST - W. Europe - 66
DSST - Vietnam - 67
DSST - B Law II - 66
CLEP - MGMT - 67
CLEP - Mkting - 76
CLEP - Info Sys & Comp - 70
CLEP - Macroecon - 74
CLEP - Microecon - 74
CLEP - B Law - 69
CLEP - Sociology - 59
CLEP - Psych - 70
CLEP - US Gvmt - 68
CLEP - Social Science & History - 68
EC - Strategic Mgmt - A
EC - Info Lit - Pass
ECE - A&A - A
ECE - World Pop - A
UEXCEL - Coll Writing - A
ALEKS - Bus Stat
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