GPA help! Urgent!
Hi guys -
For context, I go to a non-target school on the east coast. I recently got invited to a superday with JPM San Francisco office for IBSA, and now i need some help.
So, on my resume I had my MAJOR gpa listed only (3.7/3.8) and then on the application I put 3.5 for my cumulative. Lone behold, I applied back in early July before I could 1) take the summer classes that ended beginning of August and 2) calculate in retakes for the fall (your GPA can get boosted by taking a class a second time, thus on your transcript audit it shows up as if you'd never taken the class before). So long story short I wanted to take a bunch of classes to try and bump up my GPA, but I was interning in IB so i ended up getting 2 B's and 2 A's for the classes I took this summer. I'm planning on retaking one of those B's in the fall to boost it higher, and so my audit had me listed at a ~3.4.
Now JPM asked for an unofficial transcript and my GPA listed there is a 3.3. I'm kinda freaking out because it's obviously going to seem like i lied or inflated everything, I'm wondering if i should email HR when i send in my transcript and be upfront OR hope they don't care too much / address it when they bring it up.
Any help is much appreciated
I mean it's going to seem like you lied and inflated everything because you actually did. I don't see why you are trying to play the victim here.
I'm not, I wanted to reflect the expected result for the classes I was currently in
Expected by whom? Yourself? If you're gonna lie at least make it happen and get the grades.
@ibank2019" said it pretty well, you inaccurately displayed your GPA. That said, I would do my best to explain that when adding your GPA, you initially put your expect GPA, prior to finishing the classes. You were on track to get As when applying, and you had no reason at the time to expect anything less. Due to your hectic summer, you came up a little short, and thus, your expected GPA did not match your actual GPA. Hope for the best and expect the worst, not sure why you decided to do this but you may have fucked yourself. Good luck
For the time being should I just withdraw my applications then, both there and elsewhere?
Are you asking if you should withdraw your app at the location where you already have a superday? Definitely not. I would either A. Not bring it up OR B. Email HR stating that you put your expected GPA (many places have the option of letting you state your expected/actual). Here you could say you did this because you expected to have said GPA by the end of the summer courses (which you were enrolled at when you entered the GPA) and that it was an honest mistake.
I'd recommend B
photoshop that bitch
If your GPA's did not match the transcript you lied. If they did at the time of application you didn't.
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