Have been admitted to a top three university in France for a msc, but my grades from last year at bachelor took a beating and destroyed my GPA. How important is the gpa from bachelors compared to grades from the masters when applying for competitive jobs?
Someone advised me to retake the exams that went badly and postpone the masters a year. Should I consider it?

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If your master GPA is good, they won’t ask you for anything more. No need to postpone

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Appreciate the feedback

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I would just go for the masters! As long as you do well nothing else will matter.

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Appreciate the feedback. Thank you.

You can proceed. No need to retake the exams. A lot of factors may affect your application and GPA is only one of those factors.

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Appreciated, thank you.

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