Dec 13, 2012

3.6 v 3.61 v 3.605

So I graduated with a 3.605 GPA, I've always listed 3.6, but should I change it to 3.61? I'm thinking that putting it out that extra decimal point shows that you are on the lower end of a 3.6, where as if you put 3.6, you could be a 3.64 maybe even a 3.69 (but who rounds down?)....

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HF

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Yeah you should round then footnote it

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CF

11y

When my GPA was 3.81, I threw on the extra .1 to signal that I wasn't rounding a 3.72 up or anything.

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PE

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SECfinance:
rounding a 3.72 up or anything.

now how does that work?

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BTbanker:
SECfinance:
rounding a 3.72 up or anything.
now how does that work?

People do weird shit man.

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helpmepleasethx

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Not sure what you mean by footnote it, I assume you're joking,

If you go the extra decimal do you write:

3.61/4.0

or

3.61/4.00

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IB

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helpmepleasethx:
Not sure what you mean by footnote it, I assume you're joking,
If you go the extra decimal do you write:

3.61/4.0

or

3.61/4.00

3.61/4.00 ... As someone mention before, I too added the 1 when I was in this situation before to show I wasn't rounding up... I'm sure it didn't matter either way.

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helpmepleasethx:
Not sure what you mean by footnote it, I assume you're joking,
If you go the extra decimal do you write:

3.61/4.0

or

3.61/4.00

Always match the decimal place. If you write 3.5/4.0, that is correct (and will likely have people assuming you are the 3.46 kid rounding up to look better). If you write 3.5/4.00 and do not have 3.5 on the dot, you are lying; the level of specificity given by the hundredths place in the denominator that you ignored by only going to the tenths place to round up is not accurate. If you write 3.61/4.0, that's equally inane. Make your decimals match. If you have a 3.575, you could either write: 3.6/4.0 3.58/4.00 3.575/4.000 3.575 (because people know that going out to the thousandths place indicates no rounding on your part; typically people with 3.9+ do this to show how close they are to 4.0)

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PE

11y

put 3.61

you dont want anyone to think you were a 3.55

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helpmepleasethx

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Thanks so much for the help guys, I'll change it to 3.61/4.00

O

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NR's Theorem of Optimal GPA Rounding: -A monkey should decide the decimal format of his/her GPAs on a resume such that the sum of all GPAs listed makes the following formula greater than or equal to zero: (format used) - (alternative format)

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Tommy Too-toned

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somebody shoot me

HF

11y

this is unreal...

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PE

11y

I say just round that ßitch to 4.0 and dare them to do a background check.

PE

11y

Definitely round it up.

I hear all the BB's on the street now set their cut-off line at 3.61. If your resume says 3.6, you're second rate in the sandlot

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GrandJury:
Definitely round it up.
I hear all the BB's on the street now set their cut-off line at 3.61. If your resume says 3.6, you're second rate in the sandlot.

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Use consistent decimals. I would go with:

GPA: 4/4

PE

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SirTradesaLot:
Use consistent decimals. I would go with:
GPA: 4/4

Might as well just reduce that to 1.

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