Engg: May pag-asa pa ba ang mga may bagsak sa magandang trabaho pag nagraduate na?

[alphaDUDE]

Eng'g student po ako ngayon pero nagconsider magshift since may dalawang bagsak na ako na subjects na importante sa Eng'g curriculum (isang ES at isang Math-- though nabawi ko na mga 'to sa second take). Tinanggap na ako sa course na gusto ko sanang shiftan-- yun nga lang, pinayuhan ako ng maraming tao (at pati na yung nasa mga online forum) na mas maganda professionally na makatapos ng Engineering.

Basically, I just wanna know if I have a chance in landing a job at a great company when I'm fresh out of college despite some setbacks in my undergrad (read: failures in some subjects) or do a lot of these companies place grades over most factors when hiring somebody?

So sa mga Eng'g dyan, particularly na sa mga graduates na nakabagsak din at least once or twice sa undergrad:

What subjects did you fail? How did you redeem yourself? And how was your experience come job-hunting time? Did the employers ask for your TCG, ask you why you had such fails? Also, how did you get the job despite previous failures, were your grades a MAJOR factor when landing a job (particularly sa mga big-time companies like Unilever, Emerson etc. for example), did the failures affect your salary, etc. Tsaka... kamusta naman kayo ngayon? :P



pa-share naman ng mga stories of redemption ninyo.
salamat na in advance sa mga makareply, hehe





Made a new thread while waiting for the admins to read my concern and delete my old thread which was messed up by time and date errors. Salamat ulit kay galing up sa tulong sa previous thread ko--kailangan ko pa nga lang ng ibang input-- so I made a new (and more straight-to-the-point) thread

[xctrekker]

Kung may pag-asa? OO naman!! Meron nga dyan, ni hindi naka-gradweyt pero maganda ang lagay sa buhay.

[kelunji]

Normal lang yan na magkaroon ng 5.0 sa college. Nabawi mo naman di ba? No need to be grade-conscious. Tsaka may board exam naman ang engg course mo di ba? Gawin mo na lang ginawa ko (di ako College of Engg, pero College of Science), i-top mo ang board exam niyo hehe. Sigurado hindi na mauungkat ang mga 5.0 na yan.

[flipmartz]

dalawa. ES 11 and ES 12. di rin naman tiningnan ang TOR ko masyado.

[asargc]

ok lang yan.. do good sa remaining subjs.. been there.. hehee... jst pass the board exams at diskarte lang sa apply/work.... ganyn talaga basta collge life.. minsan nadadapa....

[alphaDUDE]

anyone care to share other inputs? like stories naman.. haha.. mga dialogue between you and the interviewer... etc.. pati na yung mga nakapunta sa mga top companies like P&G, etc..

[asargc]

*** happened sa sem na lowest point ko.. hehehe.. jst answered him : some fam issues... at minsan since mawalay tau sa fam, we were influenced by our envi... we were weak.. since bata pa tau.. but after some realizations, recover from that set back by making good for the remaining courses... and pass the prc exams.. but says a lot..

[alphaDUDE]

*** happened sa sem na lowest point ko.. hehehe.. jst answered him : some fam issues... at minsan since mawalay tau sa fam, we were influenced by our envi... we were weak.. since bata pa tau.. but after some realizations, recover from that set back by making good for the remaining courses... and pass the prc exams.. but says a lot..

thank you very much for your reply, asargc! It makes perfect sense... yeah I can relate.. thank you very much for that

[asargc]

ur welcome... warning me tuloy dati.. max parang 13 units lang pinayagaan.. hhehehe.. but yan talaga buhay... fair shair of ups/down... nong yr ka na ba sa engg?

[alphaDUDE]

oo naman... hindi naman ako naging kumpyansa na just because lenient yung ibang company e pwede na akong magslack-off.. haha.. incoming 3rd year na po ako.

[xctrekker]

Here's something you may have heard from the old hands: Sometimes, its not WHAT you know, but WHO you know.

[ayamiharu]

haha. Naku. gusto ko tong post mo. I was from Engg, now at NCPAG dahil nga sa mga bagsak ko. and simula freshie year daladalwa ang bagsak ko (4 at 5, INC at 5 combination).

[alphaDUDE]

haha. Naku. gusto ko tong post mo. I was from Engg, now at NCPAG dahil nga sa mga bagsak ko. and simula freshie year daladalwa ang bagsak ko (4 at 5, INC at 5 combination).

Aw. Sorry to hear that, Ayamiharu. Sayang. Haha. Anong Eng'g ka ba that time?

[ayaraine]

oo naman! of course hindi ka magsisimula sa mataas than usual, but you'll still be offered better than many other univ grads.

ako i'm an engg grad, and may dalawa akong na-singko na major subject, isang forced drop na major, i also dropped ES12 (pero bumawi ng 1.5 sa second take ) and nadelay pa ako ng isang taon dahil sa thesis. but it didn't matter, after all, sa simula mas mataas lang siguro offer sa mga classmates mo na mas ok ang grades. pero after a year or two, the grades won't matter na, what matters is the experience gained na sa work.

[alphaDUDE]

oo naman! of course hindi ka magsisimula sa mataas than usual, but you'll still be offered better than many other univ grads.

ako i'm an engg grad, and may dalawa akong na-singko na major subject, isang forced drop na major, i also dropped ES12 (pero bumawi ng 1.5 sa second take ) and nadelay pa ako ng isang taon dahil sa thesis. but it didn't matter, after all, sa simula mas mataas lang siguro offer sa mga classmates mo na mas ok ang grades. pero after a year or two, the grades won't matter na, what matters is the experience gained na sa work.

hey, thanks for the reply ayaraine! waaa... hindi ako kasi nakaexperience ng fail nung highschool at medyo grade-conscious ako so nung nangyari yung pagbagsak ko, inisip ko na end of the world na for me. haha..

anyways, napag-usapan ba ninyo ng potential employer mo yung mga bagsak mo come interview time? if so, pa-share naman ng dialogue nyo... haha...

^Bump up. Guys, pa-share naman ng mga stories of redemption nyo for being employed kahit may failing grades

[ayamiharu]

Aw. Sorry to hear that, Ayamiharu. Sayang. Haha. Anong Eng'g ka ba that time?

Same course as yours, IE din ako. haha

[alphaDUDE]

Same course as yours, IE din ako. haha

waaaa... medyo nakaka-demoralize naman 'to. xD well, so far-- nabawi ko pa naman mga bagsak ko when I took the course again the second time around..

Positive stories anyone? hahaha.

[tuko_sa_ubelt]

Siguro naman may pag-asa pa!

di pa ako grad. 2 taon pa. sana grumad on time!

[popop]

Kahit may bagsak sa college, makakapasok pa rin naman sa magagandang companies 'no! Yung iba kong batchmates and orgmates, nagka-singko pero ayun, nasa maganda, reputable, at well-established companies sila ngayon.

Sabi nga, normal lang ang magka-singko sa Eng'g. So wag maging pessimistic sa buhay kung makakuha ka ng singko! Hindi pa katapusan ng mundo no! Bawiin mo na lang yung 5 sa next take mo. Ganun ginawa ko nung nagka-singko ako sa isa kong major. Hahaha.

Pero as much as possible, iwasan nang bumagsak ha. Mas maganda pa rin talaga yung puro pasado kasi isa yung proof kung gaano ka kadisiplinado sa sarili mo.

[enrikino]

Of course naman ano ba