Should I start recruiting now with a 3.3 or wait until I have a 3.4 next semester? I am going to be a junior in college.
I had a rough freshman year, but my GPA has only improved ever since. I am confident I can bring it up to a 3.5 by senior year, but I am obviously not going to start recruiting then.
I know a 3.4 isn't great, but for some reason it sounds so much better than a 3.3. Thoughts?
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You could possibly put your projected GPA on your resume. Markets are forward-looking.
Don’t bother, they are equally bad
^this. Or spend more time with regional boutiques who potentially have lower thresholds.
Pro forma run-rate adjusted GPA. j/k All jokes aside, it will be an uphill battle. But network, tell your story, have your technicals down cold and see what you can land. If your core course gpa is higher that will be helpful too.
Agree with showing an adjusted figure. Maybe re-calc your GPA based on Sophomore and Junior year, and then put a reconciliation from Adjusted to Actual as an appendix to your resume.
I had a 3.3 for junior recruiting and got interviews at 2 MMs and a BB and ended up with an offer from a MM so it’s possible
Thank you all!
I guess recruiting starts NOW.
I'm confused. Is your GPA a 3.4 after finishing this spring semester or are you taking summer classes? If it's the former, then update the GPA on your resume to a 3.4. If it's the latter, just update your GPA to a 3.4 once you're finished the class.
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idk man, kids from my school(US news T20) get screened out with GPAs like 3.4
This is completely wrong. If you come in through a traditional resume drop you will be immediately discarded. You can work hard on the networking side to get some looks and make sure you're top notch once you get a shot, but it will hurt you. Honestly, depending on how good the resume stack is, 3.5's may be trashed to as these kids are seen as meeting the bare minimum.
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No one is saying they don’t believe you (congrats on your accomplishment - btw) but you saying GPA doesn’t matter that much is simply not true.
Top banks receive literally hundreds of thousands of applications every year. Do you really think there is no screening mechanism and banks have people sitting around reading every kid from Eastern Illinois State extra curricular activities to see if they were president of the chess club? Of course not. Most, if not all, banks use some type of filter - of which GPA is most common.
This isn’t a debate or a novel idea.
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congrats on the UChicago education
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