DOUBLE DEGREE AND GPA LISTINGS ON RESUME

Hi everyone, I'm currently a junior in a semi-target college looking for a ibd internship. I'm doing a double degree (B.S. Business administration; B.A. Computer Science) with a music minor and I got a problem when I try to list them on my resume:

I try to fit them into one line with sth like
Dual Degree: B.S. Business administration; B.A. Computer Science, Minor: Music with Expected 2015 right aligned.

But it seems to be toooo crowded in a line.

I'm wondering if there's any better way to list this?

Also, ppl always find it strange that I receive a B.A. in CS and a B.S. in Business -- that's just because CS is a degree from liberal arts college.

ALSO, I managed to receive a cumulative GPA of 3.91 for both majors.
Should I just list cumulative GPA: 3.91? Will the recruiters KNOW that this is a cumulative GPA for both business major and cs major? Do I even need to bother listing my major GPA, which, btw are all almost 4.0.

THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!

 

... i swear kids need more and more handholding every year. list out the degrees on two lines separately. screw the music minor unless you can fit it in hte computer science line.

for gpa, just write cumulative gpa: 3.91 in the line under both the degrees.

 

Your GPA is an easy number to compare to other people. Just because you have an easy major, it doesn't mean your elective classes are easy.

At the end of the day, it is your decision to double major. If it is dragging your GPA down, you can drop a major. If the job you are applying to only need a bba, why are you majoring in stat as well (or vice versa)?

 
Entrepreneur100:

I want to show that I also have quant skills. I mainly want to stand out from the other 500 BBA students in my class. I really don't want to be lost in the crowd in terms of getting great jobs, especially in finance/investment banking.

If majoring in statistics is how you want to stand out, then stand out by double majoring and still getting a higher GPA than most (~3.8-3.9). That would show you're smarter, harder working, etc. than others. If you don't think you can do that, then obviously you aren't better than the 500 others at Ross academically, so just get a high GPA at Ross and choose to stand out in different ways.

Your double major is only impressive if your GPA is in line or above that of others and should honestly be something you do because you're genuinely interested, not to stand out.

 
Entrepreneur100:

Thanks for the advice, brooksfit! I am still a little confused though. The average Ross GPA is ~3.6-3.7. Does a dual degree student with a 3.4 have any advantage in terms of employment (or just in general) over a BBA student with a 3.8, assuming everything else is equal?

He just told you. The dual degree would be helpful if your GPA was inline with the average GPA, but it's not.

 
Entrepreneur100:

Ok, thanks. I had another question: What if a person with a dual degree and a person with a BBA got the same job in the same company? In this scenario, is it still true that after your first job, your college degree becomes a lot less important?

Yes. No one gives a shit what you major in after you have work experience.
 

With a BBA and Statistics degree, if I plan to go into the quantitative side of banking or finance, then my work experience would be different from the work experience I would have had with just a BBA, right? Consequently, the type of jobs I get in the future will be influenced by the quantitative work I did before, right?

 

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