I totally agree with Al, and for those of you who are getting ready for your first year at college, I offer you a few tips.
First, have fun, lots of fun, but remember why you are there. If you mess up your grade point early on, it takes a huge amount of work to get it back up while it seems to go down rather easily
Second, look for your graduation GPA bogey minimum to be a 3.0. Lately GM hasn't even been looking at resumes with a lower than 3.0 GPA. Along the same lines even if your graduating GPA is above 3.0 remember your transcripts!! If you turn in a great resume but then your interview calls for a sealed transcript, and they see you bombed out of a bunch of classes that quickly ruins your great GPA/resume.
GM (and many other large companies) has some policy's now where without a degree you are held firmly in the lower ranks of the company.
Lastly, Graduate School (Who wants to think about that at a time like this??) However, with just a B.S. GM will pick up the tab for you to continue your education while still working. Right now I am getting my masters from Kettering and still getting a full paycheck! One class at a time.