Why do employers care so much about GPA?

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Published on 2011-02-13T20:28:23Z Indexed on 2011/02/13 23:32 UTC
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I went to a pretty good engineering school and did CS. I graduated with a 2.86 gpa and really tried my best. I even took a few graduate classes in place of undergrad courses to challenge myself. I really liked those a lot.

But the second question I am always asked is "What was your gpa?", this of course always comes after "How are you today?". Once I tell them either 2.86 or a rounded 2.9 they immediately shut off. I have even had them stop the interview saying the 3.0 is the cut off.

Does a tenth of a point really mean that much?

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