Do Marks matter in engineering?

@eenano-iEGVXy • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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HI everyone

So many of us undergraduate engineers always ask this question, so i'm just going to put it out there and tell me what u think....

"does marks matter for jobs???"
and another questions that many of my friends ask me but i do not know how to answer it.
"if your first and second year u have a 2.0 average for both and then suddenly in 3rd and 4th year u go up to 3.5 because u becomes more slightly interested in what you're learning will this effects anything? as in will they look at the 2.0 average and judge u base on it?"

CHEERS

EE nano

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Harshad Italiya

@harshad-ukH5ww • Apr 27, 2011

Re: DOES MARKS matter????

Dear EEnano,

Let me say something from my side.
I was not topper in my diploma college but i get admission in Degree college and after that even i was failed in 3rd year and in that time i learn Embedded systems and after completing my B.E i get the job while some of my friends who have better marks are still searching for job.

So i don't think mark is MUST but yes if you want to go in some good company then they might ask you for at-least first class or Distinction.
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sachleen

@sachleen-0Mvsq3 • Apr 27, 2011

Re: DOES MARKS matter????

yeah,,,,,,i also think so....marks are important........marks matters....
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optimystix

@optimystix-4yMPKC • Apr 28, 2011

Re: DOES MARKS matter????

godfather
..... but yes if you want to go in some good company then they might ask you for at-least first class or Distinction.
why not start your own company ?😎

A talented person can make his mark(not the 'mark' discussed about above) anywhere and anyhow. But there should be determination tagging along with those talents!
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Harshad Italiya

@harshad-ukH5ww • Apr 28, 2011

Re: DOES MARKS matter????

optimystix
why not start your own company ?😎
I will do that. And also planning for same Opty. 😀
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narayana murthy

@narayana-z4W16q • Apr 29, 2011

yes marks do nothing except showing a figure that i got in my study
this is not new to me and i am repeatedly saying knowledge is important than marks
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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

@praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Apr 29, 2011

Prove your mettle, and you can work on!!! 😀 Marks are just an Entry Level Craap! 😛
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Saandeep Sreerambatla

@saandeep-sreerambatla-hWHU1M • Apr 29, 2011

Re: DOES MARKS matter????

godfather
I will do that. And also planning for same Opty. 😀
Thats a great news dude! All the best 😀
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K!r@nS!ngu

@kr-at-nsngu-XqzcfU • Apr 29, 2011

praveenscience
Prove your mettle, and you can work on!!! 😀 Marks are just an Entry Level Craap! 😛
he''s 100 % right ....... marks jst matters for entry into MNC's not all the companies
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jhnmichle

@jhnmichle-I04OOo • Apr 29, 2011

Marks are only issue for getting admission. i believe in learning how much you learn. marks doesn't matter.
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bhagya.diva

@bhagyadiva-jhtVqi • May 8, 2011

yeah dear.. UR previous sems CG OR SGPA wateva matters a lot weneva u r opting to join any training or internship in any good college. Some where u can also aplly for the private training or project. In most cases i have heard students saying dat its not dat very important for ITans to have internship or do projects. If atall u wanna do ne thing den juss go for a 6 months training in a very gud company like CISCO n all in Bangalore. But everywhere CG (ur marks) matters a lot. So all the best... 😀😀
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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

@praveenkumar-66Ze92 • May 9, 2011

Even that will be considered only once, while entering... See my company, they were filtering out candidates, because of low marks. After the interview, till now they haven't asked my marksheets... 😲
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EEnano

@eenano-iEGVXy • May 10, 2011

but marks shows how much u understand things.
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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

@praveenkumar-66Ze92 • May 10, 2011

A friend of mine is really good and she is the topper of our department, I said state topper. And I am damn sure that she cannot solve a simple logic, if she's given with what is the basic stuff being done in the same industry. 😐 It doesn't measure the understanding. Even if it measures, all that the industry needs is the practical experience. Moreover, she bought her final year project and submitted it! Fate! 😔
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EEnano

@eenano-iEGVXy • May 10, 2011

hahaha thats interesting.. thats what u call cheating😛 haha.. i know a few people who are reallyy good at exams writing. they dont know anything before the exams and literally walk out of the exams have more knowledge then walking in.. lol... weird..
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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

@praveenkumar-66Ze92 • May 10, 2011

EEnano
hahaha thats interesting.. thats what u call cheating😛 haha.. i know a few people who are reallyy good at exams writing. they dont know anything before the exams and literally walk out of the exams have more knowledge then walking in.. lol... weird..
And these MNCs prefer them! Oh my god!!! 😲
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aashima

@aashima-eO93l9 • May 14, 2011

Well, I have seen different cases. I have seen people with record breaking academic records being rejected and people with backlogs getting selected. Many companies even implement an upper cut off which means students scoring more than a certain limit are not eligible.
What I feel is it largely depends on the individual. If you are able to leave an impression on the interviewer, an impression good enough that he is convinced he is making a right choice in selecting you, BINGO! There you are.
As quoted in above posts, most of the companies provide project specific training immediately after joining. So somewhere they know that they will put into you the knowledge they need to put into use. It is your Out of Box capability, like your confidence and X-Factor which they primarily seek.

-Aashima
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