Everyone I meet who go into university seems to be doing it for the money

It feels like I'm the only one who does it to accomplish something that isn't money-related. I want to feel a higher sense of self-worth and to get to a point where I can actually achieve something of importance. My grades don't really matter to me as long as I pass the class to be able to continue to attend classes. My grades definitely wouldn't matter if I didn't feel like I was learning something of value.

A classmate of mine said that he barely remembers anything from the course we just had, as if that would be an achievement.

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Alfarrobas · 31-35, M

The problem is to join the thing you like into a thing that makes you money to have a confortable existence.
IF you do a thing that you love, but don't generate you enough money to live, how do you manage doing the thing you love in the first place?
And grades are important. Yes, it's more important to understand the subject you are having, but when you are choosen for a job based on the CV, they don't know if you know the things better than another one that had a higher grades. For that they would need to mark interview with you, but in the middle of hundreds of aplications, they need to analise and choose they better CV, or the more interesting ones. Not the ones the will just be guessing if this person is good, or not. It consumes time and resources to recruit and search for new people for a work.

Pinkstarburst

@Alfarrobas Jobs don’t look at grades or gpa’s. They only want to know if you have a piece of paper worth $30K.
Even then they will still want you to have experience.

Alfarrobas · 31-35, M

@Pinkstarburst there are a lot of things in the mix when they avaluate candidates. It's simples. If it where you to avaluate a potential employe. You have the same person, from the same University, but one with a average of grades ending the degree of 14 points in 20, and another with 10 in 20.
You would choose what person?
And now multiply that for... pfff... a lot. And that depends on the job you are applying for. Some don't care about degrees or averages, you are just meat for the line, others look at that, and where you studied for it. And there's a diference in those jobs sometimes, and sometimes is the opportunities and financial benefits you get that are better and higher.

Pinkstarburst

@Alfarrobas I promise. They don’t look at grades. Places of employment do not ask for transcripts.

Pinkstarburst

@Alfarrobas The only time I have seen request for transcripts is at the master’s level.

Alfarrobas · 31-35, M

@Pinkstarburst Applying for jobs, normally public offices that require degrees, the degree you have is a bonus point when comparing to other candidates. The same as the grade you have in that degree. That is the simpler and more direct place to check that, it's public information and open to everyone.
If you talk about low level jobs, they don't care much about degree, or not. Maybe later, it's a bonus for some promtions.
If you say about managing information systems, for example, where all the aplications from candidates will be people with degrees, they will to start seeing degrees, grades, places of study, etc etc.

Pinkstarburst

@Alfarrobas That has not been my experience when dealing with helping students.

Alfarrobas · 31-35, M

@Pinkstarburst that happens when you live in diferent places. And there is another thing. There always exceptions to the "normality".

Pinkstarburst

@Alfarrobas True. Different countries operate differently.