The Importance of Grades (split from Campus Events)

[ScottyB]

if you're in any design/creative industry i can tell you my grades meant not nearly as much as i thought. all they were concerned with was digging through my portfolio. frankly the extent of college talk with 95% of my interviewers was:

"james madison, eh?"
"yeah"
"where's that"
"um...about 2 hours south of DC. I-81 goes right through it, can't miss it"
"....ah. well lets take a look at your work...."

of couse i interviewed in atlanta, so take that FWIW

internships go a long way too. my dad is the hire 'em/fire 'em guy where he works (precision surgical parts, precious metals) and grades are important but he has always emphasized to me what a good internship or two means to someone in his position...which is to say, alot.