Does Your GPA Really Matter?

Studies have shown college graduates earn up to 75 percent more than people with just a high school diploma. So students earn good grades, study for the SATs and rack up an impressive list of extracurricular in their quest for that oh-so-important acceptance letter. But now that you're in, can you relax? Just how important are your college grades to future employers? Are those long hours at the library and those all-night study sessions really worth …

…grades fall below that cutoff, only list your major average. If both averages are higher than a 3.0 and your major GPA is at least three tenths of a point higher than your overall average, feel free to list both. Always round to the nearest tenth of point. And remember what President George W. Bush told a group of graduates in 2001: "To all the C-students, I say, you too can be president of the United States."