Do college grades matter when finding a job as long as you get a degree?
This question asks for an answer about the world "as it is", not the world as you want it to be. The question doesn't ask if grades should matter but rather "do college grades matter?" Moreover, the question relates to a college graduate who presumably has no full time work experience.Of course, grades matter. The degree to which your grades matter varies widely based the jobs/companies/industries/geography of your interest. As Michelle Ma and John Rainey noted, many large companies do have thresholds at 3.0 and certain fields desire, if not require, higher GPAs.Certainly, there are millions of jobs that don't require high grades and an equal amount of jobs that can be had through knowing the right people and having the right skills (regardless of GPA), even for a newly minted college grad. But, if you are isolating one variable - grades - and the question asks - do grades matter, yes or no, for jobs (in general), then, yes, grades do matter in the world that we currently live in.
Security CLearance - Recent College Grad?
It really depends on the agency you are applying for and the level of clearance it requires. I am sorry to say though, that the use of hallucinagenic drugs (shrooms) and considering how recent your drug use was, I would say that you will have an up hill battle. When I adjudicate past drug use for an applicant, I look at several factors: 1. How recent was the use 2. What was the age of the applicant 3. What is the future intent of drug use 4. What risks are we taking by giving this person a clearance; ergo what are the chances he will violate other rules and regulations in the future. Most important of all, be honest during the clearance process. An automatic show stopper during the process is falsification which is highlighted below in my sources. Be warned that certain agencies use the polygraph as part of their clearance process. Sorry man, I can't tell you yes or no because eveyones situation is different but I can give you some insight. Take a look at my sources below. It is some good reading. Take care, and the best of luck to you!!
How can I prove to Davidson College that I would make a great student, even though I am homeschooled?
As a homeschooled k-12 (graduated HS 10 years ago), I had no problems whatsoever with colleges and university responses when I was checking around to decide what I wanted to study and where I wanted to go. From what I encountered, many were willing to almost fight over a homeschooler. This is because they know that homeschoolers will likely study hard, do well, graduate on time, and put a good name on their school once they've graduated. Homeschoolers are generally self-starters, know how to manage themselves academically, and have had more time in high school to pursue hobbies and extra curricular activities.If you're trying to prove to someone that you're a good student, you have to show something. Whether that is fabulous SAT or ACT scores, college transcripts from a junior college (get some basics done, while exploring some interests), or write them an essay or letter that showcases your skills in that department. Know your strengths and use them. My advice is avoid student loans as much as possible. You don't even have to complete an Associates before moving on to a four year school, you can do a bunch of credits, and transfer those. I ended up doing Junior college classes for a little while and loved it. It also helped ease some of my fears about being in a classroom setting. Know that when it comes to higher education, you actually have a ton of options. Don't limit yourself. (hint:CLEP)
How exactly would Community College of The Air Force work for me?
This is a little long so please bare with me. My whole scenario is joining The Air Force to serve my country, make some money and gain job expirience(in the intel field) in the process, and earn my associates. And after my 4 year contract expires, go to Florida State University and complete my college education by obtaining a BA in Foreign Affairs and applying to work for The CIA, FBI, or NSA. I've been doing my research and I haven't really been able to find a clear answer for this, maybe someone out there can help me. Let me start by giving you my scenario. I am currently in the Air Force DEP and I do not yet have a job contract. I am attending a Community College where I have 33 credits, this semester I am taking 5 classes and a lab(a total of 16 credits): Earth Science, Descriptive Astronomy, Descriptive Astronomy Lab, Pre Renaissance Lit, General Psychology and Intermediate Algebra. So after this semester I will have 49 credits. To receive an Associate Arts degree I need 60. This means I will have 4 classes remaining to receive my AA degree. Two elective courses, and because I am currently in Intermediate Algebra(worth an elective, not math, credit) I will still need to take two Math credit sufficient math courses.(College Algebra, Statistics) So in the Air Force DEP, I am awaiting a certain job then I will sign my contract. Since I don't have a job yet, the earliest likely time for me to leave would be May - most likely a bit longer. So I may or may not have time to take courses in Summer A at my Community College before leaving. So I will enter the Air Force with my will be 49 credits - maybe more(if I can take 2 courses in summer A). Either way I'm entering the air force with 4 or less college courses to take to receive my Associate Arts degree. Would it work as simple as me satisfying those remaining credits through The CCAF and receiving my Associate's degree? And would that Associate's degree be transferable to a College like, say, Florida State University after I serve my 4 years? Thank you very much for the help.
If calls from Russians to Trump Tower were tapped by the NSA during the Obama administration, would the Special Counsel have access to them?
The NSA intercepts foreign telephone calls, including ones having one side in the United States, so we could presume that someone at Trump Tower speaking with someone in Russia would have been recorded by the NSA; howerer, my reading suggests that these calls are retained only for about a month, meaning they wouldn’t be available to the Special Counsel.I doubt that such evidence, should it exist, would be turned over by the NSA both because of the secret culture of the agency and because of potential legal problems should Mueller have access to such recordings. Since the recording were not made pursuant to a warrant, they aren’t admissible in court, and anything Mueller might get from them would taint the investigation.I am not a lawyer.
Could you get denied top secret clearance if you were fired from a job in the past?
It depends on why you were fired and what information you provided when you filled out the paperwork for your TS investigation. It probably won't have a negative affect unless you were fired for something that reflected very badly on your character- theft, drug abuse, etc.None of us are perfect, those that adjudicate clearances know this. A TS investigation digs very deeply into your background. They are not looking for saints, they are getting an overall picture of your integrity and trustworthiness. Another way of looking at it is this: Is there something about your background that would show a significant risk you could not be trusted with highly sensitive information? Have you been affiliated with anyone or anything that would affect your loyalties? Do you have financial, criminal or other baggage that could be used as leverage against you? Are there indicators that could call your integrity into question?I held a TS clearance. I am sure I have been fired from at least one job, as I had probably twenty different jobs growing up, while I was traveling the U.S. on a motorcycle and as a college student. I had a bankruptcy about six years before the investigation because of some very bad financial and medical setbacks. I had one former (disgruntled) subordinate say a lot of very nasty things about me when the investigators interviewed him (I got a chance to see the transcript of the investigation). My political views are pretty liberal, and I had posted opinions reflecting this on some online forums. None of this caused any problems getting the clearance. I was able to show that I had handled these potentially derogatory events with integrity. For example, with the bankruptcy, I had filed a Chapter 13 so maintained full responsibility for debt and paid off the plan in half the scheduled time, had since re-established credit and was not delinquent on any debt.It is widely accepted that you should always be completely forthcoming and should never lie when you provide information for your investigation. This is mostly true; the investigation is very thorough and if evidence is found you are trying to hide something, it will not bode well for your Clearance. Be advised that some investigations include a lie detector test.
How trustworthy and non-partisan is Julian Assange's WikiLeaks?
Material published by WikiLeaks should be taken at face value. Like any other source material offered up to news media, it needs to be vetted and, if possible, independently verified. There is, nearly always a motive of some kind behind the release of information. That may or may not make the data more or less true, but it means reporters need to at least consider basic questions about it: Is the material taken out of context? Is this all of it? Who benefits from its release? Who loses? And so on. That doesn't mean don't publish, but the full story that emerges might be very different from the one a single exchange of emails tells.Julian Assuage is a radical anti-American activist who blames Hillary Clinton in particular for his current legal troubles, never mind that he's also wanted in Sweden on sex charges and the leaders of a dozen or so other countries have expressed outrage at his release of NSA documents and call transcripts. Would you be angry at the person you perceive to be responsible for keeping you under "house arrest" for three years while lawyers battle over your status? Certainly. So the timing of the release of the DNC emails was intentionally aimed at Clinton, Assuage has said. It doesn't make them any less damning. If it matters, Assuage doesn't like The Donald much, either.