Damn you started school young <| sep |> That cat looks like it should live in a hut and give advice to travelers . <| sep |> See this post by uSoulShaker to help me last night though only time will tell if it helps long term <| sep |> GPAs aren ' t useless . They are a good indicator of how well you know the course material and the amount of effort you have put into it . This is especially true when you are looking at your inmajor GPA since there generally aren ' t easy fluff classes there . Honestly it sounds like you are grasping at straws to try and justify whatever grades you have gotten . a Some people are smart enough , hard enough workers , or a combination of the two that it doesn ' t matter what classes they take . b So you are criticizing people for doing assigned coursework ? I honestly can ' t wrap my head around this point . c Why not both ? d This just sounds desperate . Obviously you need soft skills and technical interviews will show whether or not the applicant actually knows what they ' re talking about . However , this whole post just sounds like your GPA isn ' t what you want it to be and instead of putting in the effort to fix that you are trying to get reassurance to justify why you are actually better than people who have had more academic success .