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Relevant Coursework and GPA question
 

brutalglide's picture
VC
 
Points)
 on 7/9/10 at 8:34pm

Should I include relevant coursework on my resume? I'm majoring in Financial Math and Econ but I have low GPA (low 3's). However, I already have alot of stuff to put on my resume (internships at F500 financial services, F500 tech, small VC advisory, MO at BB).

Anyways it'd look something like this:

Relevant Coursework: Calc 1, Calc 2, Calc 3, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Statistics and Data Analysis, Probability, Theoretical Statistics, Math of Finance, Elementary Programming Concepts, Economics of Crime, Experimental Econ, Intro Microecon, Intro Macroecon, Intermediate Microecon, Intermediate Macroecon, Game Theory, International Finance

Current Coursework: Financial Management, Principles of Accounting, Probability Theory, Numerical Methods with Financial Applications, Advanced Calculus, Discrete State Stochastic Processes, Industrial Organization and Performance, Corporate Financing Decisions

Once again, my resume space is already pretty tight given I have four internships, but do you think putting my coursework on my resume is a good idea (cause my difficulty of courses may help offset my low GPA)? (for FT recruiting, looking to get into IB)

John Rolfe's picture

If you do decide to include

AM
(Orangutan, 361
 
Points)
 on 7/9/10 at 8:53pm

If you do decide to include coursework on your resume I would advise you to tailor the relevant course work to what your employer is interested in. ie:lets say you apply at a prop shop, I don't think they would be as interested in knowing that you took Principles of Accounting versus Probability Theory.

peggy_ice's picture

Your listing is pretty

CO
(Monkey, 38
 
Points)
 on 7/9/10 at 10:18pm

Your listing is pretty redundant. Doesn't the fact that you've taken Calc 3 imply that you've taken 1 and 2? The same going for intermediate macro/micro and intro macro/micro. In fact, I'd just get rid of those macro and micro courses as they are really par for the course for any econ major.

And if you're looking to get into IB, you can easily get rid of some of the others (Industrial Organization and Performance for example).

OGBanker's picture

Agree with trackstart2k2. If

RE
(Orangutan, 315
 
Points)
 on 7/9/10 at 10:19pm

Agree with trackstart2k2. If you're going into trading then not all of that is relevant. If you're going into IBD then most of it isn't necessary to list. And you don't need to list lower courses when higher courses are there. For example, you don't need to say calc 1 and calc 2 and calc 3 when calc 3 basically says that you've covered 1 and 2. Same for econ. You don't need to list intro micro and intro macro when you've also got intmdte micro and macro. That'll save you some space and redundancy and not make it feel like the recruiter is combing over your transcripts.
As for GPA, everyone knows that it's going to be more difficult to maintain a superb GPA in hard sciences like math as opposed to history or english lit. The real driver of your resume looks like it's going to be your work experience anyways

brutalglide's picture

So would you guys advise me

VC
 
Points)
 on 7/10/10 at 6:50pm

So would you guys advise me just take off all coursework on my resume or just shorten it up / make it more specific?

Also, if I had a major GPA of a 3.2 and cumulative of 3.1, you guys think there is any benefit in listing major GPA even though it's only slightly higher

jkhan's picture

Since the difference is

CO
(Monkey, 36
 
Points)
 on 7/17/10 at 10:54pm

Since the difference is marginal, I would say no. Makes it seem like your overall would be even more lacking.

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