Investment Banking with 3.4 GPA
I’m currently studying Finance with a minor in Computer Science at a semi-target university. I’m an analyst in the two most selective finance clubs at my university (each with ~5% acceptance rates), and this summer I’ll be interning in high-yield credit at a well-known bank.
As I head into fall recruiting, I’m on track for a ~3.4 GPA, largely impacted by one math course in my CS minor that I performed poorly in. At the time, I misjudged the trade-off between academics and extracurricular commitments, as my club obligations conflicted with the course’s lecture schedule. Additionally, I did not manage the material asynchronously as effectively as I should have. It was a clear learning experience around prioritization and execution.
Given this GPA, I’m trying to assess how realistic investment banking is and, more importantly, how I can position myself as competitively as possible. I’m highly motivated to pursue IB and would appreciate any concrete, honest advice from those who have been through the process.
Realistically, GPA cutoffs for BB’s sits at around 3.5 with EB’s at around 3.7 (give or take a couple points) and any lower would need the leverage of some sort of connect or a really strong background considering you don’t go to a target school.
With that being said, GPA is not everything and if you can showcase your >3.4gpa intelligence while networking and in interviews, you should be fine.
Just try and get your GPA to atleast around the 3.5 mark, considering that it shouldn’t be that difficult to maintain a B+ average.
Great, thanks so much. Do you think I should list it on my resume, or leave it off completely?
Definitely keep it on as it’s better to have it on even if it’s not as high.
I agree with what the other guy said as well about possibly separating the GPA per major.
At the end of the day a 3.4 isn’t so horrendous that you won’t get a single interview, but it’ll come down to your networking process, people you speak to, and obviously the interviews. Just try to raise even a couple points as that’ll put you close enough the target range that no one will bat an eye.
I throw away resumes that don’t have GPAs on it, wouldn’t recommend doing that.
I’d recommend having your “finance gpa” and then the cumulative. If your finance GPA is a 3.8 or whatever, it’s easy to figure out the comp sci is the dropper.
Just my advice/what I’d do to reflect it properly
Second this.
Kind of like not including EBITDA in a CIM. Raises more questions than it hurts
Are you a sophomore or freshman and whats’s your current cumulative GPA? A single math class really should not drop your GPA to a 3.4 but regardless highlighting your major GPA is the way to go.
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