u become a senator


with classic cars

LMAO

Coming from a person with Low GPA Coming from a person with Low GPA , Dumb thread.

You are from another planet really...

Wen u hear somebody saying GPA no matter na wetin dey your head .
Abeg if anytin dey your head u for no fail,where d higher institution is a place for smart pple nt pple who think reading alone will make u pass

Advantages ke? low gpa get advantages?? op is probably in denial after he saw his result

This post is just sweetened with honey.... A hidden fact is that it could lead many astray...

sketcherJ:
Having a good gpa is a dream of every students, but in most cases, this doesn't work out,

Disclaimer : this post is not written to incite students against having good grades, nor is it to undermine a good gpa,encourage laziness or promote mediocrity

But this post is written to encourage students who are currently managing a low gpa or have graduated with a low gpa, it is not the end of the world, to everything there are advantages and disadvantages..

These are the unknown advantages that are attached with getting a low gpa

Note that If you are planning to go to professional school, graduate school, working in academia, or a large corporation, this write up might not be for you because if you don't have a solid GPA, it is going to be next to impossible to overcompensate with your side activities or even internships when applying to these positions, as big businesses are bureaucratic and conservative, while academia really does require excellence in your subjects.

Furthermore, this write up is also based on the fact that you were combining your education with other life benefiting activities while in school ,building your social skills etc and since a good cgpa requires time optimization and 99% of your time, it is justifiable that you get a low gpa

Of course you won't be able to sit for dream companies/placements , apply to top colleges etc etc.
But if you really care, there are lot of things that are achievable without a GPA.
They are:

1) allows you to pursue your passion: having a low gpa gives you chance to think about your other unannexed talents like singing, dancing designing etc..it gives you chance to pursue your passion and who knows? That might just be your purpose in life, we have a lot of world class entertainers in the world today who dropped their school degree to follow their passion and now they are glad they had done nothing else.


2)you have more time to improve your skills: you have more time to improve your skills, more time to learn new skills,like programming, graphics designing etc which might be a huge plus for you because these days a lot of employers don’t ask about your GPA anymore. They are more interested in whether you have relevant work experience so that you can transition seamlessly in the job position. If you have a low GPA I recommend doing multiple internships to gain more hands-on experience in the corporate world.

3 encourages new startups and entrepreneurships: major entrepreneurs leading in the industry today were once dropouts or graduated with a low cgpa, but they didn't let this hitch put them down, they created new businesses, new startups that have generated into multimillionaire companies where first class students even applied for employment into.

A high GPA Doesn’t Mean You’ll Be Good At Your Job - having a high GPA means you are good at digesting textbook knowledge. Textbook knowledge is completely different from a real life work environment. You can be great at studying and get a high GPA but lack the social skills to thrive in a work environment. And as it has been stated before, some employers don't even require your GPA anymore, what they want to know is the skills you have learned that could be of benefit to the company..
If you're planning on working in an industry that focuses more on creativity or is less conservative, GPA doesn't matter nearly as much. In fact, it's even less important than what you do on the side. i.e, if you're a photographer and you can take fantastic photos and use relevant computer software well, that's all you really need. If you're a software developer and you have a rock solid Github account with impressive, impactful apps, then you're golden even without a good GPA.



Studentswise
http://www.studentswise.com/2017/04/advantages-of-having-low-gpa.html

This is the only meaningful post on Nairaland today. Thumbs up op. By the way, the op is not saying having a low Gpa is good but rather, he's just trying to encourage the ones that do. If you want to quote me only to spit rubbish, may you run mad

Well, I finished with a low grade though like every other rational person I wished I finished with a high grade, but the truth was that I wasn't academically brilliant I was just average and judging from the University I attended ( OAU Great IFE ) being average was not enough. I decided to develop my skills where I know I was good at which is leadership I contested and attained many leadership positions which gave me the opportunity to work with outside politicians, to the glory of God today I work as media assistant to a former Governor and some other current political and aspiring political officers , I render SPS Special Political Services by linking up political office holders with each other to grace events and other matters , my monthly earning is in its six digits. Infact I have managed to connect few of my mates who finished with the so called first class with jobs after roaming the streets.
So in a nut she'll whether Ist class, low or high grade just develop your skills or talent and pray to God to direct you.

Qriousity:
This is the only meaningful post on Nairaland today. Thumbs up op.

U and the op should continue wallowing in your self-inflicted ignorance. I just pity the students already struggling with their grades that might read that bullshit.

Keep comforting people with low Cgpa.

I started with weak second class lower and graduated with a second class upper division,and still learnt a trade while in the university,it all depend on Gods help and ones determination

SirWere:
This is how we promote mediocrity; how we let the bar of academic acceptance become non-existent.

Now note here, devoid of unlucky factors and student unionism, people with low GPA's are kidding themselves if they think the OP's point are "on point".

1) Pursue your passion : This is tripe. The whole purpose of studying a course should be because you're intrested in it; so why the hell would "pursue your passion even come up"??

Take a look at Bill Gates and Mark. Both dropped out of Harvard. Both HAD GOOD GRADES. Both PLANNED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL! So, WTF you talking about??

Let's bring it back home. Falz, the son of femi Falana, studied LAW and graduated with Honors.
Yet; he's a MUSICIAN (and a dang good one at that).
Funke Akindele; Jenifa's diary's owner; studied LAW also and graduated well.
Yet, she's an ACTRESS!

What more excuse do you have

In any case, many talented musicians;
-I'm talking about real talent, not the nonsense debasement of musical instrument and useless lyrics that constitute as music nowadays-
graduated from universities with good grades!
Lagbaja, Fela, Falz, Simi even Olamide all went to Institutes of Learning and came out well. So what nonsense is this.


Let's stop celebrating mediocrity please.

What is bad is bad.

You are smart.. You deserve a medal..

Society itself has roles and responsibilities for whatever class of degree you come up with after school. Those with First Class are to go back to the Higher Institutions to lecture, Second Class Upper will end up as technocrats in the Big Corporations and Multinationals. Second Class Lower will end up as Civil Servants and Third Class and Ordinary Pass will go to Politics. The irony of it is that those come out with 3rd Class or Pass will later control/dribble or mess those with 1st or 2nd Class when they come to the Senate to defend their nomination or Departmental Budget e.g Magu and...

Misterdhee1:

U and the op should continue wallowing in your self-inflicted ignorance. I just pity the students already struggling with their grades that might read that bullshit.

ibu nzuzu. Please when i posted here i did not mention you so biko don't ever quote me again except you have something of utmost importance to tell me. Anofia!

Nice write up

Why can't we blacks use our sense for once? Why can't we engage in a simple conversation intelligently? Must we resort to insult. The op made his point clearly that he is not encouraging poor grades, instead he doesn't want people to see it as the end of the world. He is trying to make those with poor grades see the good in their situation.

Even if you don't agree with the op, start your point without insults. Stop embracing a mentality that takes us many years backwards.

The only major advantage is that you may become a Dino albeit only possible in Nigeria.

tosyne2much:
Well, I think our level of comprehension when reading differs because I have read this write-up over and over again and I never saw any phrase or sentence that shows the OP is celebrating "mediocrity".

Yes I agree with the OP even if many are saying that the post is riddle with mediocrity. I won't be surprised of most bashing the OP as a mediocre may graduate with good grades, but check their lives and you will see that they are in any way living better lives than some of their colleagues in school who ended up with low grades

I believe everything in life has its ups and downs and I agree with the fact that having a low grade doubles up your hustling spirit. Reason being that, some of them already know their grades may not fetch them white color jobs, therefore, they venture into what many of us cannot do because we want we want our shoulders high as "graduates"

The essence of this write-up is just to boost the morale of people who graduated with low grades never to look down on themselves or think they can't reach heights in life

To each his own opinion

bro, you deserve a medal
.I wish I could give you a million likes..

despite noting the fact that you're not encouraging a weak GPA in your write up some diluted hypocrite olodo still couldn't get it. I wonder what they came out with in their institutions, if they can't comprehend this little write up

op, i must say kudos to u, see I like it when someone touch someone lives either directly & indirectly. you ve one way or the other touch some people dt ve low Gp lives

for those people that has low GPA, don't be distracted with all those bombastic comments above. this is a commendable write up which would guide u on where to start


have u as a graduate QST yourself why you a first class would still want to remain civil servant when you can still used that brain u, used in building that cgpa to built your wealth thru some entrepreneurial skills

I ve reiterated this timelessly, we won't overcome unemployment syndrome until we see education as empowerment rather than the employment.

graduate go bck to your drawing plan, govt cannot curb this unemployment challenges alone

Adebowale89:
despite noting the fact that you're not encouraging a weak GPA in your write up some diluted hypocrite olodo still couldn't get it. I wonder what they came out with in their institutions, if they can't comprehend this little write up

op, i must say kudos to u, see I like it when someone touch someone lives either directly & indirectly. you ve one way or the other touch some people dt ve low Gp lives

for those people that has low GPA, don't be distracted with all those bombastic comments above. this is a commendable write up which would guide u on where to start


have u as a graduate QST yourself why you a first class would still want to remain civil servant when you can still used that brain u, used in building that cgpa to built your wealth thru some entrepreneurial skills

I ve reiterated this timelessly, we won't overcome unemployment syndrome until we see education as empowerment rather than the employment.

graduate go bck to your drawing plan, govt cannot curb this unemployment challenges alone

Bro, if people can't comprehend this simple article, then what else can they comprehend? SMH

I had to read the article over and over again if the write-up was thrash, as many claimed

sketcherJ:
Having a good gpa is a dream of every students, but in most cases, this doesn't work out,

Disclaimer : this post is not written to incite students against having good grades, nor is it to undermine a good gpa,encourage laziness or promote mediocrity

But this post is written to encourage students who are currently managing a low gpa or have graduated with a low gpa, it is not the end of the world, to everything there are advantages and disadvantages..

These are the unknown advantages that are attached with getting a low gpa

Note that If you are planning to go to professional school, graduate school, working in academia, or a large corporation, this write up might not be for you because if you don't have a solid GPA, it is going to be next to impossible to overcompensate with your side activities or even internships when applying to these positions, as big businesses are bureaucratic and conservative, while academia really does require excellence in your subjects.

Furthermore, this write up is also based on the fact that you were combining your education with other life benefiting activities while in school ,building your social skills etc and since a good cgpa requires time optimization and 99% of your time, it is justifiable that you get a low gpa

Of course you won't be able to sit for dream companies/placements , apply to top colleges etc etc.
But if you really care, there are lot of things that are achievable without a GPA.
They are:

1 allows you to pursue your passion: having a low gpa gives you chance to think about your other unannexed talents like singing, dancing designing etc..it gives you chance to pursue your passion and who knows? That might just be your purpose in life, we have a lot of world class entertainers in the world today who dropped their school degree to follow their passion and now they are glad they had done nothing else.


2)you have more time to improve your skills: you have more time to improve your skills, more time to learn new skills,like programming, graphics designing etc which might be a huge plus for you because these days a lot of employers don’t ask about your GPA anymore. They are more interested in whether you have relevant work experience so that you can transition seamlessly in the job position. If you have a low GPA I recommend doing multiple internships to gain more hands-on experience in the corporate world.

3 encourages new startups and entrepreneurships: major entrepreneurs leading in the industry today were once dropouts or graduated with a low cgpa, but they didn't let this hitch put them down, they created new businesses, new startups that have generated into multimillionaire companies where first class students even applied for employment into.

A high GPA Doesn’t Mean You’ll Be Good At Your Job - having a high GPA means you are good at digesting textbook knowledge. Textbook knowledge is completely different from a real life work environment. You can be great at studying and get a high GPA but lack the social skills to thrive in a work environment. And as it has been stated before, some employers don't even require your GPA anymore, what they want to know is the skills you have learned that could be of benefit to the company..
If you're planning on working in an industry that focuses more on creativity or is less conservative, GPA doesn't matter nearly as much. In fact, it's even less important than what you do on the side. i.e, if you're a photographer and you can take fantastic photos and use relevant computer software well, that's all you really need. If you're a software developer and you have a rock solid Github account with impressive, impactful apps, then you're golden even without a good GPA.



Studentswise
http://www.studentswise.com/2017/04/advantages-of-having-low-gpa.html

1 allows you to pursue your passion: having a low gpa gives you chance to think about your other unannexed talents like singing, dancing designing etc..............So you need a low GPA to pursue your passion? Really?



3 encourages new startups and entrepreneurships: major entrepreneurs leading in the industry today were once dropouts or graduated with a low cgpa,......So you need a low GPA to create a start-up or become an entrepreneur? Really?

napoleon77:




1 allows you to pursue your passion: having a low gpa gives you chance to think about your other unannexed talents like singing, dancing designing etc..............So you need a low GPA to pursue your passion? Really?



3 encourages new startups and entrepreneurships: major entrepreneurs leading in the industry today were once dropouts or graduated with a low cgpa,......So you need a low GPA to create a start-up or become an entrepreneur? Really?

no bro you don't.. Read the post well..these advantages are like second chances for those who couldn't get a good GPA.. I d recommend the full post at the link to you..for your proper understanding

linearity:
Change the title to: "If Education don't work for you, Try these..." or "Being An Olodo is not the end"

people make this mistake thinking this way. Let me tell you something my friend., bad grades or good grades do not prove intelligence, and certainly do not guarantee failure or success in life.

THE fact that someone graduated with a third class dosnt mean he or she is an olodo.

In life, most of the time, it's not the "A" students that turns out successful, it's usually the "C" and "F". The "A", students are usually great employees

@op, why waste your time in university at all? Get out there and start making that money you believe is growing on trees.

Even d richest man in d world is a college drop out., yet he can buy nairaland without any hitches. D first african to win nobel laureate in person of wole soyinka came out with 3rd class. With d way dis country is going, coming out with first class doesnt mean shit again.. .

WhoBeThisMan:
people make this mistake thinking this way. Let me tell you something my friend., bad grades or good grades do not prove intelligence, and certainly do not guarantee failure or success in life.

THE fact that someone graduated with a third class dosnt mean he or she is an olodo.

In life, most of the time, it's not the "A" students that turns out successful, it's usually the "C" and "F". The "A", students are usually great employees

I didn't not say an academic failure wouldn't be successful, there myriad of school dropouts who are millionaires today.

An 'Olodo' is another name for someone, who is not successful academically, at least that is my usage.

Yes, if you graduate with a third class, it will not be wrong to adjudged that individual as unintelligent academically, but just like every categorization in life, there are a small percentage errors or mis classification, but it still follows that, a larger percentage of that category are unintelligent academically.

As the OP has indicated and I concurred, being an academic inept is not a show stopper to success or riches, there may be other things you may excel at....the same goes, that generally all first class graduates makes it in life, but again, a few percentage of them don't make it, they are poor and miserable, but these few statistical errors wouldn't change the general statistic for this category of people.

tosyne2much:
Well, I think our level of comprehension when reading differs because I have read this write-up over and over again and I never saw any phrase or sentence that shows the OP is celebrating "mediocrity". Despite your disclaimer, I weep for the kind of graduates we have in Nigeria because they all read but lack of comprehension is their biggest contender

Yes I agree with the OP even if many are saying that the post is riddle with mediocrity. I won't be surprised of most bashing the OP as a mediocre may graduate with good grades, but check their lives and you will see that they are in any way living better lives than some of their colleagues in school who ended up with low grades

I believe everything in life has its ups and downs and I agree with the fact that having a low grade doubles up your hustling spirit. Reason being that, some of them already know their grades may not fetch them white color jobs, therefore, they venture into what many of us cannot do because we want we want our shoulders high as "graduates"

The essence of this write-up is just to boost the morale of people who graduated with low grades never to wallow in low self esteem, not to look down on themselves or think they can't reach heights in life

To each his own opinion

Boss you don dey here. Na you oo...

First off, the OP has heavily modified his intial post. There was NO disclaimer at first. NONE. Had it been you read it at first, it ounded like all those snide complaints you hear daily from those with low G.P's.

Secondly, don't you see the OP's "advantages" as tripe

It sounded a lot like consolation to me..

SirWere:

Boss you don dey here. Na you oo...

First off, the OP has heavily modified his intial post. There was NO disclaimer at first. NONE. Had it been you read it at first, it ounded like all those snide complaints you hear daily from those with low G.P's.

Secondly, don't you see the OP's "advantages" as tripe

It sounded a lot like consolation to me..

Lol..you said "heavily modified".. All I did is to write disclaimer and bolden it in front of those lines so that people like you could see it and read well

tunahper:
Even d richest man in d world is a college drop out., yet he can buy nairaland without any hitches.D first african to win nobel laureate in person of wole soyinka came out with 3rd class.[b]With d way dis country is going, coming out with first class doesnt mean shit again .

From which school?

False. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/07/i-made-second-class-upper-soyinka/

Nigeria is not the only country in the world.