Do my experiences make up for a low (3.4) GPA?

Thinking of graduating a semester late to get more experience and raise my gpa for FT recruiting but not sure if its worth. Pls be brutally honest. 

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I would be surprised if this hasn’t come up in interviews but how did you get that big scholarship and now have a 3.4?

 

I had very strong essays as I have a natural gift for creative writing. I am also dumber now than I was in hs.

 
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Thinking of graduating a semester late to get more experience and raise my gpa for FT recruiting but not sure if its worth. Pls be brutally honest. 

You didn't post any experiences?

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Updated the post, I had to take it down cause i accidently had my school on there 

 

There are terrible lines on your resume. Don't you notice this? Put half a space below the lines. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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