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do ibanks look at which and how many classes you've taken or just GPA?
 

jim3481's picture
IB
 
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 on 9/27/07 at 12:48am

do ibanks look at which and how many classes you've taken or just GPA?

subhro's picture

you can list classes you've

ST
(Chimp, 9
 
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 on 9/27/07 at 3:04am

you can list classes you've taken on your resume

buysideguy's picture

generally just look at gpa,

PE
 
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 on 9/27/07 at 3:09am

generally just look at gpa, might take a glance at your resume if they ask for it before your interviews and mak sure you did decent in quant/econ/businesses classes and spot check gpa

jerome123's picture

yes

IB
(Orangutan, 343
 
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 on 9/27/07 at 11:01am

most any bank will ask tosee you transcript! better not lie either; best to have a good story to explain that one bad class!

altfp's picture

GPA

IB
(Baboon, 111
 
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 on 9/27/07 at 12:50pm

For both majors and classes, it's quality not quantity.

It's rationale too. In banking, no one cares if you can handle being on 8 deals at once if you you produce B quality work.

tbroker's picture

Def bring a transscript and

IB
 
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 on 9/27/07 at 6:44pm

Def bring a transscript and def list classes on your resume under: relevant coursework. Also, yes explain your bad grades but if it is pre Junior year and not a D or F and your grades are good now do not worry.

darkxfriend's picture

hmm

 
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 on 9/27/07 at 10:19pm

Not sure what some people are talking about.

It's all about GPA...and your major. I'm going to assume most everyone goes to a school that forces a relatively rigorous core curriculum upon its students. If not, then it's probably not a target (could be wrong here but doubt it). Recruiters will look at GPA, and adjust slightly depending on perceived difficulty of major. Nobody wants to read through 50 transcripts. Maybe if you have a joke major, they'll check that your 3.9 has some meat behind it. Otherwise, just make sure GPA is high and forget about taking 7 hard courses at once as if you're impressing anyone.

One more thing. In my interviews, the only time courses came up was in the question "what was your favorite class and why," and that came up a lot.

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