r/ChemicalEngineering • u/Conscious-Use-2739 • Apr 29 '25

Student Chemical engineers/ chemical engineering students, what is/was your gpa throughout college?

I am an engineering student, about to enter my junior year of chem E. I am currently sitting at a 3.65, but I'm a little bit insecure about my gpa because i go to a really competitive school where everybody seems to have such a high gpa. it's really discouraging, but when i look online, I see posts saying anything above a 3.0 or 3.5 is acceptable/good. i really want to get a better idea of what's "normal", "good", or "great". Not here to judge anyone about their gpa's, just genuinely curious to see where I fall. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks! (P.S., sorry about any bad grammar, currently typing this in a rush since I'm studying for finals lol)

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u/Brochachotrips3 Apr 29 '25

I got a 2.7 which is the minimum I needed to graduate. 6 years later I'm making six figures and working remotely.  GPA doesn't mean anything. It may help getting your first job, but aside from that no one cares.

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u/pataconconqueso Apr 29 '25

You entered in a privileged job market. I remember having to hire dumb kids because we needed bodies.

It’s gonna be way more competitive now. Welcome young gen zers to the hell job market of 10yrs+ ago, you will need to be competito

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u/Brochachotrips3 Apr 29 '25

...I entered the job market just as covid started... I started as a repair tech for device manufacturer making 50k doing a 2 hour commute one way. 

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u/pataconconqueso Apr 29 '25

Yeah that time was when our industry was popping because of the supply chain issues and people dropping like flies. 10+ yrs ago you would have also needed a masters for that

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u/Brochachotrips3 Apr 30 '25

For a repair tech role?? Are you even reading my comment?

If your talking about my current role, I can tell that is not how the corrosion industry works. 

For a process engineer position maybe. There was a a lot of the older guys taking the opportunity to retire but that wa later like 6 moths into the lock down. 

Idk why, your trying to discredit me.

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u/pataconconqueso Apr 30 '25

It’s a hyperbole my dude, it was common 10-15yrs ago for jobs to pay shit while requiring masters degrees. I was just referring to that time in the job market.

Ever heard of RSD? Might want to look into it, no one was discrediting you