Just graduated a target and am thinking about lateraling to a different group at a bigger bank (TMT > industrials). Got a full time MM offer w/ 3.61 in the Fall, managed to bump that to 3.64 in my last sem. For subsequent laterals to higher tier MMs/BBs, do you think it would be too far of a stretch to round the GPA to 3.7 to avoid getting auto-cut? My double major (Econ & CS) GPA is 3.93, would round that down to 3.9 as well to keep it consistent. thx
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I don’t know what the rules are at your school, but mine has set rounding guidelines on what they consider appropriate. If you do not follow that, they put on some major repercussions. I don’t know if that will hurt/make you care with you being out of school. As far as the firm goes, I think that it will be very firm dependent. Some seem to put more emphasis on GPA than others and they might pay closer attention to that line and notice the discrepancy between what you listed and what your transcript says if they ask for it.
Our school only gives honors guidance, but no intel on rounding.I am primarily worried about lateraling through recruiting firms and not having a worthwhile profile for them to 'pitch' for firms w/vacant spots. GPA is obv a very important metric that recruiting firms look at and put weight on. Cumulative 3.64/4.00 might not pass through some filters that would work fine with 3.7/4.0, albeit my major had much more relevant courses to the job, all of which I had done well in.I also have a few friends who are about to begin at BB industrials, a coverage group I grew to be passionate about this last sem. Don't want to have them scalped for referring a candidate who has effectively inflated his GPA, while at the same time I do see myself getting substantially impacted by those 6 basis points.
I get that. Try and see if you can lean on your network there. Sounds like you’re a good candidate and if you are the right fit, I don’t think those .06 points are going to be the make or break it factor. Don’t bluntly ask right away probably, but once you build up the rapport.
Thanks.
Hopefully will remember to update the thread once I initiate the process to help others in a similar situation.
Not trying to be a dick here, but in what universe does a x.64 ever round up to x.70? Even without any official guidance from your university, it just mathematically doesn't make sense.
You're not asking about rounding rules, you're asking how much you can bend the truth and get away with it. It's likely that you won't get in trouble for this though, small difference only.
You’re absolutely right. It does not round.
Caveat with my situation is that it is .01 from being close enough to be rounded to a 3.7, combined with the fact that I’d round down my major GPA (although of course at a lesser detriment).
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