{"id":5161,"date":"2018-12-04T09:29:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T14:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=5161"},"modified":"2018-12-04T09:58:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T14:58:46","slug":"how-much-does-gpa-really-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/12\/04\/how-much-does-gpa-really-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"How much does GPA really matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5154\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120418-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5154\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120418-4-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"How much does GPA really matter?\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120418-4-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120418-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120418-4-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120418-4.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How much does GPA really matter?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Very little in certain contexts; unfortunately a whole lot in a few others. If your plan is med school or some (not all) other graduate programs, or working for certain big-name firms, a high GPA is generally a requirement. Freelance writer, not so much! Also, once you have entered the job market and have a proven track record of competence, it is far less of a factor. Talk to the nice folks at the Career Center (bit.ly\/BC-career) if you want more detail on how your grades might affect your career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very little in certain contexts; unfortunately a whole lot in a few others. If your plan is med school or some (not all) other graduate programs, or working for certain big-name firms, a high GPA is generally a requirement. Freelance writer, not so much! Also, once you have entered the job market and have a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/12\/04\/how-much-does-gpa-really-matter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How much does GPA really matter?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,18],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-5161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-life-career","tag-gpa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5161"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5164,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5161\/revisions\/5164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}