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Just put your old GPA from the transfer school listed underneath your current school. On your current schools GPA put an expected GPA, be modest with it too.
is an expected gpa a good idea?
def put your old school's gpa. the recruiters will know that you are starting new from your resume.
An expected GPA is fine. Just make sure that you denote it as that in the resume. Just make it moderate and in the interviews, if you surpassed the expected GPA then you can use that as something to talk about.
This is coming from someone that transferred.
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Being at the target is key to getting your resume dropped at the banks.
As long as your GPA at both the non-target and target are high then you'll be fine. The thing about the target is they are going to have a lot more pull with the banks in terms of recruiting. At the non-target you would just have different, not as large, banks coming to recruit. The difference in difficulty may play a decision at some places, but it is not a tell-all sign. The fact that you are in at the target means you were worthy enough to get in there. They'll understand that you won't have a GPA there, but if you put a good expected GPA and show that you are dedicated to achieving good grades just like you did at the non-target then it shouldn't be a problem.
If you're able to land an interview then you can talk about the transition to the target, where school has been a little tougher, but you have strapped on your boots and achieved a 3.75 GPA in your first semester while taking 15 hours (taking 17 hours first semester after transferring was pure hell for me) or whatever you are taking.
Also I don't know if you have joined any organizations at the target but that is something to highlight on your resume as well. Shows you are taking an initiative after transferring.
They aren't going to make a decision based off of your performance this semester, unless you fucking bomb the shit out of the semester and perform poorly, and talk about it in an interview, or hand them a current resume at the interview.
thank you so much for your input. and yea im taking 17 credits this semester as well and it is HELL. not to mention some are junior classes and im only a sophomore.
Obviously use your old GPA and explain the situation to them. At the end of the day, we are all normal people and understand varying situations.
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