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Hi,
I am a student in the UW CFRM CFIN certificate program. This certificate is a portion of the coursework for the first year of the UW CFRM MS program. If all goes well with the certificate, I plan to complete the MS program, online.
Recently, we have been studying utility functions. I concluded that there is diminishing marginal utility of GPA scores. It seems that the twice the effort/stress is required to earn a 3.8/3.9 GPA vs. earning a 3.5 GPA, yet the utility of a 3.8/3.9 GPA does not warrant this effort/stress. I concluded that risking one's time, effort, physical health, and sanity to achieve a near-perfect GPA is not as fruitful as accepting the "certainty equivalent" of a 3.5 GPA, which can be earned in relative comfort
Aside from the UW MS coursework, my resume includes about 5 years of software development experience with object-oriented programming languages like C# and Java, extensive experience with Oracle SQL and PL./SQL, scripting language experience with Perl and PowerShell, and HPC cluster computing experience using PBS/torque and optimized C code. Finally, I am co-author on three bioinformatics publications from 2011-2014.
Taking all of the above into consideration, is the difference between a 3.5 GPA and a 3.8/3.9 GPA really going to make enough difference to a prospective employer to warrant the additional personal sacrifice?
I am a student in the UW CFRM CFIN certificate program. This certificate is a portion of the coursework for the first year of the UW CFRM MS program. If all goes well with the certificate, I plan to complete the MS program, online.
Recently, we have been studying utility functions. I concluded that there is diminishing marginal utility of GPA scores. It seems that the twice the effort/stress is required to earn a 3.8/3.9 GPA vs. earning a 3.5 GPA, yet the utility of a 3.8/3.9 GPA does not warrant this effort/stress. I concluded that risking one's time, effort, physical health, and sanity to achieve a near-perfect GPA is not as fruitful as accepting the "certainty equivalent" of a 3.5 GPA, which can be earned in relative comfort
Aside from the UW MS coursework, my resume includes about 5 years of software development experience with object-oriented programming languages like C# and Java, extensive experience with Oracle SQL and PL./SQL, scripting language experience with Perl and PowerShell, and HPC cluster computing experience using PBS/torque and optimized C code. Finally, I am co-author on three bioinformatics publications from 2011-2014.
Taking all of the above into consideration, is the difference between a 3.5 GPA and a 3.8/3.9 GPA really going to make enough difference to a prospective employer to warrant the additional personal sacrifice?
