My grade was around 3.6 but I took 2 senior Econ classes and I fucked up them: they are simply too difficult... I know the cutoff line for IB is 3.5, can I say my GPA is still 3.5 even if I got 3.49? I can work harder next semester and boost my grade over 3.5 again by, well, Dec, 2016.
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well imma a transfer student and if i mergerd my grade from my former school into one, I ll get a grade over 3.7....
That seems pretty unethical, putting down 3.5 when you really have a 3.49.
Putting 3.50 down would be unethical. Rounding is ok though as people round all the time.
I feel like if you're so close to a 3.5 I would leave the 3.49. Otherwise if I see somebody puts a 3.5 down I personally always assume they have a 3.45.
This makes no sense
Thx. I found someone combined their GPA from community college with their real grade and it was regarded as "OK". Can I use my "cumulative“ GPA on my resume? aka, combined my grade when I was a freshman at another college with my current grade, in that case, I would be more than 3.7
On your resume you can list 3.5/4.0 no problem (but not 3.50/4.00) - it's a marketing doc, not an official application.
If you're applying online and there's a drop-down menu that has 3.49 and 3.50 or they ask you to list your GPA out of 4.00, then you have to go with 3.49. If the options are 3.4 and 3.5 / list your GPA out of 4.0, then go with 3.5.
Just saying 3.5 (not 3.50) is fine.
If a company decides whom to interview based on whether they have GPA of 3.49 versus 3.5, you don't want to be associated with that organization anyways.
Why not? A GPA filter could get you stopped at the HR resume screen and have little to do with the hiring team.
I applied for one AM entry level analyst role that I found out had over 1000 applications. I'm sure a lot of banks see much higher. They've got to robo filter somewhere.
Lol, I never applied for any job that involved HR until AFTER I got the job. I guess I am a little biased here.
I also have not worked for Goldman Sachs 2 years and then Blackstone for 2 years, so I rather prove my worth to my future colleagues directly rather than to some resume screener, robotic or human.
What does a company do when it reports earnings? how many sig figs are included in an annual report?
How many time have you spent 20 minutes chasing down a variance in a model to find 4 sig figs in some input field that are not included in the referenced annual report?
This question gets asked at least twice a week. Yes, round it.
If I had a 3.49 and knew that there was an electronic threshold to be pushed to the "qualified" candidate pool, I'd select 3.5 in the drop down box. Rounding is not a lie.
It's .01 of a grade point average. I'd say round it up if you are actually worried that a .01 discrepancy in GPA is going to bar you from receiving an interview. That will not be the case though. There are many other factors that are important, if not more, when selecting interview candidates i.e. relevant internship experience, school attended, extracurricular activities, and the caliber of the opposing applicants. If you have a strong connection with someone at the firm, you could get an interview with a 3.0 GPA, it's been done.
I came from a non-target and when we were in undergrad my buddy landed a S&T SA position at Goldman when he had a 3.2. I know it's not IBD, but the point I am trying to make is that there are many other factors that go into candidate selection besides GPA.
If you apply to a position and do not receive an interview, I don't want you to be sitting up at night thinking that you didn't get the interview because your GPA was .01 below what people tell you the "IBD GPA standard" is. That is completely asinine.
Good luck to you.
Ok just to make this easier on the OP: YES, do it. No big deal. Reviewed 100s of resumes for banking/PE and can tell you its a non-issue. Background checks will work out fine too. That's not a misrepresentation or exaggeration.
Dont think this is that big a deal?
This thread being this long is hilarious
Probably wouldn't want to work for anyone who would ding you for rounding up .01.....just saying.
I NEED TO RANT. SERIOUSLY KID? WTF. IS THIS WHAT YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT IN LIFE?
IF YOU PUT 3.49 YOU WONT MAKE THE FIRST ROUND INTERVIEW CUT AND YOU WILL END UP JOBLESS AND A FAILURE. IF YOU PUT 3.5 YOU WILL LIVE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE BEING A FRAUD AND WILL MOST LIKELY GET CAUGHT AND END UP JOBLESS AND BECOME A HEROINE ADDICT.
Nobody cares if you round up by 0.01 or the difference between a candidate with 3.49 or 3.5 - it is completely immaterial. Focus on more important things.
I'm not entirely sure why people give such high importance to such an irrelevant issue. 3.49 or 3.50, whatever, do not let a number decide what you go for. The idea is simple, if you are good enough and if you are applying for the correct reasons and because you genuinely like the industry, you have nothing to worry about.
However, if you're applying cause you think its well paid and it sounds cool, and that is what feeling I get from your post, just forget it. IB isn't what it used to be and the only way you make it there nowadays, is if you thrive off that insane environment.
Just put the 3.5 HR will not care enough to deal with. DON'T put 3.7, then have to explain to HR that it isn't a "lie" it's a 'blended weighted-average GPA between a school I did not provide a transcript for and where I graduated from since it was the highest way I could make my GPA pop out'.
Edit: Implied reasoning explained: Your resume will be seen by bankers and both transcripts and resume will be seen by HR. HR will only look closely at the two AFTER the bankers have given you an offer.
What about people putting their major gpa instead? I could see people doing this if the application doesn't explicitly ask for cumulative?
If you're going to round, round right! 4.0 son!
no, i put my gpa as 3.1415926
GPA Rounding Issue Question (Originally Posted: 10/23/2010)
I know I may be making a big deal out of nothing but wanted to get some feedback in seeing if I should be concerned.
For recruiting I rounded my overall GPA from a 3.46-->3.5 and rounded my major from a 3.86-->3.8.
Will my recruiter care? Will this be significant? Should I let her know?
Only reason I'm asking is because I finally landed an offer and wouldn't want it to be jeapordized in the future.
Thanks
why would you round a 3.86 to a 3.8 and not a 3.9?
probably didn't want to be asked how he rounded the overall gpa as well
3.9 man... if you're gonna round, then do so favorably.
No one is going to care about GPA rounding.
you deserve to be auto dinged for listing your major gpa as a 3.8 when you have a 3.86
I guess I did it to even things out in case someone had a problem with a 3.46--> 3.5
Round both favorably and call it a day. No sense in adjusting the higher gpa downward to even out a 3.46 --> 3.5
I rounded from a .22 to a .3... fuck the haters.
No one cares about .04 GPA. And why would you round down your major?
I round to the nearest whole number. 2.2 -> 3.0
=)
Round up. If you have total GPA 3.5, it looks very good vs. anything below it.
Just be consistent in whatever approach you choose. Rounding up to the nearest tenth is very common, and a lot of people will even push a 3.44 to a 3.50. Be consistent. Be confident. Quit making mountains out of molehills.
Can't you get in trouble and have your offer rescinded if your lie about your GPA. I mean a 3.46 is not a 3.50, which is the cutoff for most banks. I heard of a kid that was expelled from my school for "rounding" his GPA. Just curious to know how many of you have rounded a 3.4x to a 3.50 and were (or were not) you called out on it?
GPA is just one of several factors that get you an interview. After that, everyone is in the same boat, and the GPA really doesn't matter anymore.
I'm sure more people than not round their GPA reasonably. Consistency is key, and if you ever get called out on it, explain your method/reason for rounding. I have never been asked about my GPA in any interview, and it is rounded to the nearest tenth. If I am ever asked, I will state that it is rounded to the nearest tenth, but every legit process requires a transcript that has the GPA to the hundredths place, and interviewers can put two and two together on their own.
GPA: 3.5 / 4.0; Major GPA: 3.9 / 4.0
Bold GPA and Major GPA and call it a day.
GPA rounding? (Originally Posted: 05/18/2017)
Is it ok to round a 3.543 to a 3.55? Just curious if that's ok, have seen a couple rounding posts but nothing this precise
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