Do not believe anyone who tells you grades don’t matter. They do. While it is true that they do not aptly measure people’s intelligence — given the variety of intelligence that we understand today, good grades are still the best indicator of a person’s “character” and “performance”. This is the primary reason why universities and employers still look at school grades to measure people’s character. It feels imperceptive and old-fashioned, but it is still the best and most reliable way they got to presume how would people perform once they get in.
The problem with grades though is how inconsiderate it usually is. It does not account for terrible professors, incredibly hard to impress professors, and life circumstances. Let’s face it, some people just do not have the resources to excel like the next student. Some people have their time divided between working shifts and taking care of their families. Your GPA doesn’t care about this. University commissions and human resource officers will simply look at your GPA and decide your worth.
It is true that GPA doesn’t define you, but it also kind of does.