Including GPA after work experience
After how many years of experience is it alright to drop GPA from your resume? I have one year of experience as an assistant trader at a top trading firm. I graduated from an Ivy in a difficult STEM major with a mediocre (3.2/3.3) GPA. Not currently looking for a different job, but there is a non-zero probability of being fired within the next six months or so, so it's important to know.
I feel like if I do have to look for another job, the low GPA would be a major roadblock. I have good SATs but I feel like it would be very weird to include those as a counterbalancing measure on a resume, particular after you have work experience.
Any comments greatly appreciated. Thanks!





rf17: After how many years of
After how many years of experience is it alright to drop GPA from your resume? I have one year of experience as an assistant trader at a top trading firm. I graduated from an Ivy in a difficult STEM major with a mediocre (3.2/3.3) GPA. Not currently looking for a different job, but there is a non-zero probability of being fired within the next six months or so, so it's important to know.
I feel like if I do have to look for another job, the low GPA would be a major roadblock. I have good SATs but I feel like it would be very weird to include those as a counterbalancing measure on a resume, particular after you have work experience.
Any comments greatly appreciated. Thanks!
After you start FT, having SAT is weird enough IMO, but having SAT WITHOUT a GPA would look extremely strange to me, and almost surely make me assume your GPA was horrible--in all honestly probably much worse than it actually is. Generally speaking resumes without a GPA are assumed to be below 3.0, so if it's higher you should keep it on there. Additionally, if you were in an extremely difficult major, almost all employers will understand the courseload and will be okay with a less-than-stellar GPA as compared to business or liberal arts majors. From what I understand, 3.2-3.3 in a STEM major would be comparable to a 3.6-3.7 business or liberal arts major. That's definitely not terrible, and should probably stay on your resume, solely because many employers would assume even worse
Thanks. By counterbalancing I
Thanks. By counterbalancing I meant including the SATs in addition to the GPA (to say "hey, I'm not an idiot"). But I think the standard for someone w/ 1 year experience is just including GPA like you said.
No GPA or SAT needed. After
No GPA or SAT needed. After a few years, it definitely looks weird. Sort of like you are expecting your mediocre record at work to be wiped out by good grades or SATs from years before
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You can drop the gpa once you
You can drop the gpa once you have enough quality work experience to override it or you recieve a higher level education
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Leave a solid gpa on resumé
Leave a solid gpa on resumé
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