Hey, I am currently very stressed about my situation and would very very much appreciate some input. First some background. In March of my final year at uni I realised I had done fuck all and was well behind the curve with regards to jobs, so I started firing off applications to every firm I could think of.
I now have an internship offer with a top tier BB for IBD (starting Feb 2012 and an offer for a graduate position at a Big4 company in audit (starting Sept 2012). My current plan is to accept both, and simply use the audit position as backup incase I do not get a return offer from my banking internship.
Sounds sweet? Here is the problem. My final grade at uni was SHIT (like, really really bad) and I'm worried one or both of my offers may be rescinded. I did not lie at all on my appication form, but the final grade was worse than the one I predicted.
What should I do?? I've been considering just doing nothing and hoping for the best, or applying to anoer uni course as an extra backup incase both fall through, or even emailing the SVP / partners I interviewed with to say my grades were not as good as expected but I am still very keen on the position etc.
Any advice at all or recommendations??
Thanks
B4 Audit won't rescind your offer because of a final poor grade. They are hiring anyone that breathes these days, so you're good there. IBD might be different because of the climate.
How bad are we talking here...what was the impact on your cumulative GPA?
Im in the UK so we don't use GPA. My cumulative percentage when I applied (and got) the offer was 40%, my predicted one was 60% and my final result was 50%.
My offer was made back in June, how long after offers being made are the background checks usually done? It's an off-cycle internship.
EDIT: If for whatever reason BOTH my offers were rescinded, what would my best course of action be? Another undergrad degree?
I'm a little confused about those percentages and how that works but if you got the offer when you had a 40%, what makes you think they would rescind when you have a 50%? Odds are they could care less about what you predicted. I don't think they would base their decision on what you personally expected your grades to be this year and what you might've put down as the expected grade.
Out of curiosity, can you explain that grading system? I mean...in the US if you had a 60%, you would probably not graduate college.
My worry is because of the grade I predicted. My contract (I've signed, sent back and had acknowledged) simply says "tutor checks" and doesn't mention any specific grade, but I'm still very very worried!
The UK grading system is as follows:
40% = Fail 40-49% = 3rd 50-59% = 2:2 60-69% = 2:1 70%+ = 1st
This is going to sound repetitive... My logic is that if I had a 3.0 GPA at the time of the offer (and the company was aware of my current low grades), it would make no sense for them to rescind the offer if I all of a sudden I ended up with a 3.2 GPA in the end. Even if I put down on the initial application that my expected GPA at the end of semester would've been a 3.4.
The fact that they even looked at you and decided to bring you on with your 40%, kind of tells me that they would not go back on the offer when you now have a 50%.
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