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They might ask for a resume, so you'd better update it. Unless you're down with lying. Probably won't care unless they're some library warriors.
The fuck did you take that dropped you so much in a single semester? Unless you're a sophomore or something, that's kinda ridiculous.
I'm graduating in 3 years due to the number of transfer credits I obtained, so essentially I am a sophomore by the number of graded credits I have taken at university. The class that fucked me was ridiculously bullshit - I had a lot of conflicts between exams and I spent my time focusing on exams that were more difficult and more meaningful for me. I know that a 3.72 won't fuck me in absolute terms but I'm more worried about the 0.23 drop.
To be completely honest, if they ask me in an interview, I'm thinking about simply saying that I did well in the other, more difficult classes and this class simply wasn't my forte. I don't want to give the name of this class because it is quite unique and could be an identifier but the material is basically the same as a marketing class, except it was taught in a manner that even marketing professionals would find useless (e.g. Here's a graph showing ad frequency - what is the name of the strategy used by the firm? Pulsing? Thrusting ... Who gives a fuck?!). I may even mention that. Not sure if that is a great strategy to utilise in an interview though. What do you guys think?
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Dude, count your blessings lol.
No one really cares about gpa as much once you're in the interview, and they're unlikely to ask you for an updated resume (although you should bring one just in case). For the upcoming OCR's, it'd be unethical to use your old GPA, but for the old ones, you got lucky and you should ride with it.
If asked why my GPA dropped, what strategy should I go about using? I'm considering explaining that it was all because of just 1 class and explaining that I did poorly because I was unable to see the usefulness of the class in any way, shape or form (not even for a professional in that specific industry).
say you had a personal issue/family stuff and it messed up your thinking the day of your final
Thanks. Alternatively (and this is true), I could say that I had to rush through the exam and leave very early because I had a flight to a superday very, very soon after the exam was scheduled to end. The exam was late at night so it wasn't possible to book a later flight.
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