Honors Question Forum
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Honors Question
I know for law school it probably doesn't matter since it's just a bonus soft compared to the raw GPA, but my girlfriend is trying to decide if it's worth the effort to write and defend a senior thesis (a Spanish translation) to get major honors. She'll get general honors automatically.
Do employers/grad schools look at this or care all that much?
Do employers/grad schools look at this or care all that much?
- Vincent Vega
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Re: Honors Question
If she is borderline numbers-wise for schools she wants to get into, I think it is something that should be considered. It probably won't help too much, but it could help - who knows?
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Yeah, that's the thing. She has a 3.8 from the UofC so it doesn't seem that critical.
If I were her, I wouldn't do it. Then again, if I were her I wouldn't have such a shitty GPA.
If I were her, I wouldn't do it. Then again, if I were her I wouldn't have such a shitty GPA.
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Re: Honors Question
I'd do it, its a great conversation piece during interviews for summer.
- Nom Sawyer
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wait what?? 3.8 is a crappy GPA?Esquared wrote:Yeah, that's the thing. She has a 3.8 from the UofC so it doesn't seem that critical.
If I were her, I wouldn't do it. Then again, if I were her I wouldn't have such a shitty GPA.
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- Vincent Vega
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Re: Honors Question
I was confused by that, too, but I think he means that if he was his girlfriend he wouldn't have the crappy GPA that he currently has.Nom Sawyer wrote:wait what?? 3.8 is a crappy GPA?Esquared wrote:Yeah, that's the thing. She has a 3.8 from the UofC so it doesn't seem that critical.
If I were her, I wouldn't do it. Then again, if I were her I wouldn't have such a shitty GPA.
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Haha, yes. This. I meant that if I were ambitious like her, my GPA would be good like hers. Just forget it.I was confused by that, too, but I think he means that if he was his girlfriend he wouldn't have the crappy GPA that he currently has.
- PlugInBaby
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By all means I think she should go for it and obtain every possible advantage, especially if there are other weaknesses in her application. I went and got every honor possible during undergrad to make up for weak softs.