golonghorns Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Since we will generally be paid on a GS scale...starting at a GS-9 which is equivalent to a Master's degree....do our graduate schools grade really matter then? I know grades mattered a lot in undergrad...but is it true they don't really matter much in grad school, in particular working for the govt? What do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzatime Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Grades do matter. If you receive any type of merit financial aid you most likely have to keep a certain GPA. Also every program I applied to required grad students to maintain a ~3.0 GPA overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greendiplomat Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 pizzatime, I think the question was more with regards to employment. As indicated by the salary scales, I'm take it that GPA doesn't really matter in terms of what salary you start with, but I'm assuming a high GPA would make it more likely for you to land the job in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornell07 Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 At Yale's grad program, quite oddly, our grades are: Fail, Pass, High Pass, Honors -- which ROUGHLY correspond to F, C, B, A but even that is highly imperfect as it is up to the professor's discretion, so HP can equal an A- in some classes. To graduate you need all high pass, two honors, and an extra honors to counterbalance each pass. Ultimately, this means that we don't have formal GPA's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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