[MarcusHawkins]

Originally Posted by LordCarlos

Even a bare 3.0 is acceptable to most institutions and employers if you have other nice credentials such as lots of sports, extracurriculars, classes on the side, maybe an cool internship or something impressive that you did.

The only thing that's really bad is under 3.0 because that's a huge cutoff line for a lot of employers and schools, and they auto-fail your application. The difference between 2.9 and 3.0 is a big deal.

I think 3.5 would be a more reasonable GPA to look at.
That's the mark for the Honor Roll at my school district, at least!