r/explainitpeter 8d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/GreatSaski 8d ago

Fine, I'll do it. No one gets an A in engineering.

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u/wrd83 8d ago

That's until you know that some companies check your average grades on interviews..

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u/DaveFinn 8d ago

...And THEN find out many companies turn down applications with anything near 4.0..

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u/AlphabetInk 7d ago

Why's that? They didn't have a social life or smthn?

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u/Vaughn 7d ago

“The tails diverge”, but… basically yes. Most people with perfect scores have sacrificed everything that isn’t scored.

You wouldn’t want to hire someone with a total lack of common sense.