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race2c · 04-03-2011, 03:08 AM

My undergraduate cumulative gpa = 3.35 or so / 4.0

graduate cumulative gpa so far = 4.0/4.0 this semester its not looking so good for another 4.0...

GPA is good for your first job, but then again experience/internships/etc mean a lot too. this summer will be my 3rd internship, plus doing the hazmat training coordinator is like 1.5 years or so trainings and such...

i look at it this way, we have a couple other IH majors who may have better GPAs and some various backgrounds (e.g. biology, chemistry, etc). the fact of having higher gpa + BS in chemistry + MS in IH + 1 internship versus lower gpa + MS in IH + BS in safety + training coordinator + 3 internships. when you look at it this way, does the gpa really matter if it only varies by a couple points? chemistry is good background for IH, but you are getting tunnel-vision and limiting yourself on only IH stuff. my MS option is in IH, but a few extra classes are going to be environmental so i have a wide skillset. a wide skillset is great to having various things you can bring to any company. get what i am saying?

Some sort of safety in the US Navy is looking tempting...then it would be a great way to get into the safety or hazmat divisions of the FBI. Yes, the FBI has its own safety division and hazmat stuff.

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race2c Garage Status Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Far Right In A West Coast State Age: 36 Posts: 9,194	My undergraduate cumulative gpa = 3.35 or so / 4.0 graduate cumulative gpa so far = 4.0/4.0 this semester its not looking so good for another 4.0... GPA is good for your first job, but then again experience/internships/etc mean a lot too. this summer will be my 3rd internship, plus doing the hazmat training coordinator is like 1.5 years or so trainings and such... i look at it this way, we have a couple other IH majors who may have better GPAs and some various backgrounds (e.g. biology, chemistry, etc). the fact of having higher gpa + BS in chemistry + MS in IH + 1 internship versus lower gpa + MS in IH + BS in safety + training coordinator + 3 internships. when you look at it this way, does the gpa really matter if it only varies by a couple points? chemistry is good background for IH, but you are getting tunnel-vision and limiting yourself on only IH stuff. my MS option is in IH, but a few extra classes are going to be environmental so i have a wide skillset. a wide skillset is great to having various things you can bring to any company. get what i am saying? Some sort of safety in the US Navy is looking tempting...then it would be a great way to get into the safety or hazmat divisions of the FBI. Yes, the FBI has its own safety division and hazmat stuff. __________________ CAM king of wafflers foo is deep guarantee expert opinion hoar Last edited by race2c; 04-03-2011 at 03:14 AM.