GPA Fuck Up After Accepting SA Offer
I Applied with a 3.75 GPA, and received an offer. I, unfortunately, failed a class this semester (global diversity class) and because I have a lot of transfer credits from community college it hammered my GPA.
I will be going from a 3.75 --> to probably a 3.35
If you count my transfer GPA it would be 3.6/3.7 but I believe they only want the most recent school and dont give a f about CC gpa
How fucked am I? I never lied about my GPA, but if they see a 3.35 will that raise some flags? I attend a upper nontarget.
I plan to retake the class before graduation and can have the F replaced but its full next semester, and me and the prof arent on the best terms.
Bank is a Mid BB
Currently shitting my pants about potentially losing the offer. Call me paranoid but with layoffs and an interesting economic outlook.... wouldn't shock me
Was in a similar situation for my BB SA a few years ago (received offer with a ~3.6, dropped to a ~3.3 by the time they asked for transcript). HR called me directly about it before the internship to basically tell me to not mess up the spring semester, ended up being fine
Unpopular opinion - if you're the kind of person who does this (drops GPA materially after getting an offer), I would also assme you're the kind of person who would do the bare minimum once they receive a buyside offer. I wouldn't want to work with you.
If you dropped from 3.75 -> 3.60, then sure, you were enjoying college and I'll give you that. But a 3.35? Global diversity ain't rocket science...
I see your point. However the transfer credit situation makes this impact my gpa 2x what it would without it. If all my college courses were counted I’d have above a 3.6.
I maintained good grades in all other courses.
also the class was failed because I paraphrased a source without proper citations and was accused of plagiarism. I was given the chance to fight it and risk suspension, and a mark on the transcript or take the F and move on.
Fair enough dude, take it as a learning opportunity if nothing else - VPs will also be anal about sources / footnotes :)
I would disagree respectfully, For SA maybe you are right but after I got my return I pretty much got C in all my classes senior year, why well because I felt like I was learning nothing and 2 I already got the job I wanted and 3 most of my College years I grinded to get the job and the return so taking 2 semesters to around and not be stressed all the time is like a break for myself. Because once you enter banking you have to go back to the grind again
After I got my PE offer I pretty much coasted on working 40-50 hours a week, why well because I felt like I was learning nothing and 2 I already got the job I wanted and 3 most of my IB Analyst stint I grinded hard as a first-year and to recruit for on-cycle so taking a year to not be stressed all the time is like a break for myself. Because once you enter PE you have to go back to the grind again.
Do you see what I mean though? Like fair play if you're able to bounce back and keep consistent performance on the job, but I'd draw a strong similarity between the two attitudes. Not that I care about you being a Company Man or anything like that, it's just that analysts who stop trying create work for all of their peers...
chill Karen
I’m currently in my undergrad so take what I say with a grain of salt. I don’t understand why you can’t show your transfer credits to the bank. It will show it on the transcript anyway and will have your cumulative gpa on the bottom. Also, is there a way you can set up a meeting with the professor or someone in the department to talk about the situation and explain how you didn’t know better or something like that rather than “fighting” the accusation?
Just pull your GPA back up next semester. Doubt you'd get an offer rescinded, might get a call from HR asking about it but doubt it would be that big of a deal.
Yeah think you'd be fine. Do they make you apply again after the SA stint? I kind of doubt it.
Usually you just get the return based on your performance in the summer
Don't stress. If anyone asks, have a honest answer for why it happened, and what you've done to rectify it moving forward. Make sure it doesn't continue and you're ok.
Which bank is this? Mine didn’t even pull the transcript
Be upfront. Reach out to your recruiter and tell them there is going to be a drop this semester explain it's because you put all of your effort into preparing for the interviews because this is your dream job. Mention how this GPA is an outlier and will rebound going forward.
This seems ridiculous that they would care so much about one grade
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