Do Bad Grades Mean Doom?
Article Group List / Career Change / Do Bad Grades Mean Doom? Do Bad Grades Mean Doom? So you’ve never made the dean’s list. And until recently you thought magna cum laude was a local fraternity house. Bad grades will not necessarily doom you to minimum wage work. But you’ve got some explaining to do, say recruiters, university career counselors and one retired millionaire who shared their thoughts on overcoming bad grades with Vault. Talk a good game “If you’re not a super high achiever, you have to have a story,” says Julie Cunningham, manager of global college relations at Lisle, Ill.-based Tellabs. “That doesn’t mean you make it up. But you have to be able to say this is my background, this is who I am, and this is how I can fit in best.” Before you get depressed about your grade point average, it’s important to understand exactly when and if your grades matter, says Tim Luzader, director of Purdue University’s center for career opportunities. That’s because in some career paths, s
