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Grades And Their Influence On GPA
According to Williams (2012), “People often consider grades first when evaluating academic achievement. This includes schools, which rank students by their GPA…Grades carry more weight in some industries, especially technical professions such as law, medicine and finance. Other industries place less importance on GPA, particularly creative professions such as writing or art and occupations such as sales where people skills are more crucial than technical

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