Can I round my GPA up from a 3.449 to a 3.5?
I just graduated from undergrad with a 3.449 GPA, and it took an ass ton of work.
My first two years of college was really, really rough because I was in a car accident my senior year of high school and suffered a traumatic brain injury which dropped my IQ by 20 points for 2-3 years.
High on the whole “IQ doesn’t matter” propaganda, I didn’t take a gap year and went straight to college. I did miserably, and I also found out later that I also have a pretty severe case of ADHD which was exasperated by the TBI.
My junior year, I put my nose to the grindstone and I was somehow able to get straight A’s my Junior and Senior years. I’m now at an incredible company doing work I love, but while I was updating my resume, I couldn’t decide if I should mention my GPA.
Obviously if I go for an MBA, I will show a 3.449, but that doesn’t matter since I still fall in the 3.4-3.59 GPA bucket. I was just wondering in terms of what I put on my resume, because I have heard that you shouldn’t put your undergrad GPA on your resume unless it is a 3.5+.
My Major GPA (Finance and Data Science) was a 3.9, but I don’t think I can just put a Major GPA without the overall GPA. Can I round my 3.449 GPA up to a 3.5?
Thanks!
No
How did you get through finance and data science without knowing basic math?
Welcome to grade inflation.
Just put the major GPA
Just do it
the difference between putting 3.45 and putting 3.5 is almost nothing in terms of what the person will think about you based on your gpa
You should aim to round to 2 decimal places. I suppose that is common practice to avoid people inflating their GPA. Definitely mention both GPAs: before the interview stage I don't think the difference between 3.45 and 3.5 will make a difference. If you make it to the interview stage your major GPA will probably matter more.
Problem with this at least for my college was that our admissions/students office was only allowed to confirm or deny the GPA when asked by any companies. So if you put 3.5 they will have to deny it.
Yeah all the cool kids do it
I relate to this... can I round by 3.52 to a 4.0?
Anything above 2.0 can round to 4.0 because it is closer to 4 than 0
always.
Look man I feel for you and respect the hustle, but giving 5 paragraphs of backstory doesn't change the way rounding works
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Am I missing something here? Can they not put 3.5/4.0 on resume? Of course if firm wants X.XX/4.00 then he has to put 3.45 but out of 4.0 he's fine to put 3.5
Are you OP justifying your own post or do you really think 3.449 rounds up to a 3.5?
Did you skip high school or something? 3.449 rounds to 3.4/4.0 or 3.45/4.00. Not to 3.5/4.0, since this implies that OP's full GPA is superior to 3.45, which would be a lie
imagine MSing everyone who can do basic rounding... oh wait that's you
I d0N’t C the PrObLEM. Using the transitive property of equality we know if a=b and b=c then a=c. So if 3.449 rounds to 3.45 and 3.45 round to 3.5, 3.449 must round to 3.5. Continuing this: We know 3.5 rounds to 4.0, so 3.449 must round to 4.0.
I’d say slap 4.0 on your resume and call it a day.
I realize you just got a heat from the community here... but in all honestly - I'm fairly sure when you apply to BSchool they will get a transcript from your undergrad school... so the GPA will come out. Just round honestly and try your best to make the rest of your application stand-out. Also if your heart is set on an MBA - try and get some really interesting / unique experience pre-MBA - that may help you overcome the GPA hurdle, rather than just having the same cookie cutter application that all of Wall Street has.
Can I round 3.67 to a 3.7 for PE recruiting?
Just put both.
No you don’t seem like someone who can BS a good story why.
If you do this, you’ll actually need to spend hours polishing and practicing a story why so that you don’t get shafted randomly if someone asks. If you don’t prep, then when you get asked you’ll get nervous and someone will dig hard and or take offense and screw you.
Still easier than getting an A instead of A- though
Just put the major GPA and say 3.5 in interview if it comes up.
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