On 20 Nov 2003 23:05:00 -0800, (sibersmith)
wrote:

Hey guys it's me again.

How big of a factor is GPA in getting a good aerospace job at a cool
company? The line "...Do good in school" is always given in advice
when I was growing up. To tell the truth I was holding a decent
3.3gpa untill I hit my math sequence at college. Now I have no more
'breeze' classes (history etc) to prop up my gpa and it's killing me.
I'm problobly around a 2.3 now.

This really bums me out. I went into Aerospace cause I wanted the job
of my dreams designing aircraft. Nobodys gona hire a medocree looser
that doesn't excell in math.

So how Important is a good GPA when looking for a job?

The truth hurts...
Don't bother filling out an application for Boeing. It will just go in
the recycle dumpster. You are down so low now even changing to a BA
will not help getting a job anywhere near aviation except as a guard
or working on the night cleanup crew - maybe.
How about an aviation tech school/line mechanic school or finish any
degree and go into the miitary? Or just jump in the military, Air
Force preferred, and get your head screwed on straight. In twenty
years I knew 5 people that made it from enlisted to officer. Well one
at least almost made officer. He turned down the commission because he
was already a SMSgt at 13 years and didn't want to start over at the
bottom again..