Low GPA—STEM major

What is the opinion on a 3.3-3.4 in a stem-related field? Granted that most of the classes that are taken during sophomore year are aimed to weed out students, I wanted to know whether banks give a little bit of leeway for someone in majoring in these areas. Obviously your chances at a first round are compounded with strong extracurriculars, networking, and school, but I wanted to see whether banks show a little bit of lenience when it comes to reviewing your resume. 

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2mo 
wannabetmtbanker, what's your opinion? Comment below:

CS major here at a tough engineering school. From the people I've spoken to, there's definitely lenience, and if you're at a target/semi target, there's usually specific teams for reviewing specific school applications, typically alumni from the school. There's usually consideration since they went to the school and understand the rigor of different majors.

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[email protected], what's your opinion? Comment below:

I was a CS minor and made it with a 3.2 gpa, non diversity, you just have to put your efforts in networking, gpa is just a checkmark, if your mother "skills" are well your gpa shouldn't matter that much

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randomuser_583828, what's your opinion? Comment below:

Hi, I sent you a PM if you might have some time to answer a couple of questions I had. 

2mo 
[email protected], what's your opinion? Comment below:

I was a CS minor and made it with a 3.2 gpa, non diversity, you just have to put your efforts in networking, gpa is just a checkmark, if your mother "skills" are well your gpa shouldn't matter that much

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Grizzled Guru, what's your opinion? Comment below:

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