Brilio.net - Cumulative Achievement Index (IPK) is a number that reflects a student's academic achievement during their studies. This value is obtained by calculating the average of all courses that have been taken, based on the number of Semester Credit Units (SKS) for each course. In general, IPK is a benchmark for students' academic achievement and is often used as a graduation requirement in various study programs.
Each department has different GPA graduation standards. Students must reach the minimum GPA limit determined in order to be declared to have passed a course or study program. It is no wonder that many students struggle to get a high GPA, in the hope that they can get a job more easily after graduating.
But is GPA really the main factor in the world of work? A study from Cornell University revealed that work experience has a greater influence on a person's chances of getting a job than GPA. In addition, interpersonal skills and social skills also contribute about 15 percent in determining a person's success in the world of work.
Even so, GPA still plays an important role. High academic grades indicate that someone has perseverance, discipline, and good analytical thinking skills. Not only does it affect the world of education and work, it turns out that there are also situations outside of academics that make GPA a determining factor.
A TikTok post from the account @joshwy provides an interesting example of how GPA can play a role outside of the world of work and education. In the video, a person is seen wearing a toga, signifying the moment of graduation. However, instead of celebrating academic success , the caption in the video highlights a unique fact about GPA:
"GPA can only be used to find work and go to college," he wrote in the caption, quoted from Brilio.net , Wednesday (12/3).
This upload also attracted the attention of netizens, giving rise to various discussions about the extent to which GPA really plays a role in a person's life.
photo: TikTok/@joshwy
In the next post, it was discovered that there was a boarding house owner who required his tenants to have a high GPA. It was written that the landlady gave an average GPA limit of 3.5. It was discovered that the boarding house owner was an elderly lecturer.
The landlady monitors regularly so that the value of her boarding house tenants does not decrease. She also said that this was done so that her boarding house tenants would not waste their time because they had traveled far away. It would be a shame if they had spent a lot of money but their GPA was low.
"The children here must have a ministrator mother, their average GPA is all above 3.5 because their mother is an old lecturer, so she monitors their study results. It's a shame they have to go all the way to a high-cost college with a low GPA," wrote the mother.
photo: TikTok/@joshwy
In another post on the Twitter account belonging to @nelagitidur, it was revealed that the boarding house was also intentionally not equipped with a kitchen. The reason was because it was better for the boarding house children to study than cook. This tweet also reaped pros and cons.
The post went viral and attracted the attention of netizens. Many said that it was very difficult for engineering students or other science students to rent a boarding house there. Moreover, for some majors, it is not easy to get a GPA of 3.5.
From the time the video was posted until this article was written, the @joshwy account has collected 801 thousand viewers. In addition, there are also 75.6 thousand accounts that gave likes and 1,527 comments.
"If your GPA drops, you'll stay in the boarding house," wrote the account @rifdadyah.
"Red flag for the landlady, there are definitely no engineering students boarding there," said the account @apasihsokiye.
"I want a landlady like this. Besides thinking about what to eat tomorrow, I also think about where to sleep tomorrow," said the account @sa_linfen.
"If it's like this, I'll study hard to keep having a place to live," commented the account @shezaazehs.
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