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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy
Well, grades can KIND OF matter. I mean, if two people are interviewing for the same position and are both equally likable and have the same degree, but one graduated Magna C*m Laude (it's hilarious that the middle word is censored) and the other didn't...it's not hard to tell who's going to get the job.
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Oh I think it's different here, we don't have any of those Latin distinctions. There's basically just "graduated with honours" (which usually just means the degree that you got was an honours Bachelor's degree) or just "graduated" (with a regular old degree). Some programs don't even have honours degrees! But of course, the person with the better degree might get hired first, only because they have the better degree. Getting the honours degree doesn't mean you got better grades than the person with the regular degree - it just means you passed all the courses you needed to pass, and employers honestly aren't going to be completely nit-picky over the fact that you may have gotten a D in History (for example). If they are, then it's probably not a good place to work.
I'm not saying that grades don't matter AT ALL - of course they do - but in the grand scheme of things, it's not a big deal. So freaking out just because you didn't get straight A's is a waste of time and mental energy.