Hey guys
Im a rising senior attending a semi-target and want some advice from you guys. So my old school's gpa is 3.8 and my current school's gpa is around 3.2 So i was thinking about putting two gpas in there. However, I have some misdemeanor charges in my old school so I am afraid that it might show up while they are doing background check.
Are HR or background check company going to request my old school's transcript for background check?
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I don't think I would because the GPA resets after you transfer.
I have seen some internship applications that require transcripts for a certain timeframe. For example, I transferred to a different college and will start classes in a week but the internship I'm planning on applying to in November requires transcripts for at least the past 12 months. Had they not specified this I would just be submitting my sparkly new grades. Also, I've been searching for the correct response for this in the older forums and there is a lot of useful info regarding GPA and transcripts. You might find a more direct answer there to supplement this thread.
The truth is, there's no definite answer.
While it IS sketchy to "combine" GPA, in the real world, if you had a 3.6 at your new college and a 3.7 at your old one, and you put a 3.65, I don't think that small .5 is going to make that big of a difference.
However, if you combine a 3.2+3.8, HR probably will not be as accomodating.
the background checks are pretty in depth and they almost certainly will find out you were a transfer student even if you don't tell them. in fact they definitely will because they verify education dates and if yours aren't 3/4 years at your current uni then they're gonna ask questions. however, all they do is verify dates and grades in 90% of cases. any written academic reference will be from your current university so i would put both. if the offenses aren't serious (non-violent/fraud related) then honesty is the best policy.
...you cant combine GPA from two schools...
Like someone said above, your GPA resets after you transfer.
Is your MisD a criminal record? Could be a problem.
Or is it on the school records only? Should not be a problem. Can explain further?
sorry for a quick thread hijacking but a quick question....
Current gpa is 3.19.
transffered from 2 different schools to my current school. Will employers probably find this out since im graduating in a year. Or is their anyway to hide this. On my transcript now, it just says transfer credts. So I assume if I tell them my reasons for trasferring it would be somewhat ok
Background Check question regarding gpa (Originally Posted: 03/06/2008)
I just had a question regarding the background check. I transferred schools at the end of my freshman year. At my previous school my gpa was just a 3.41, at my current school my gpa is a 3.78. I wanted to list my previous school on my resume, but when I submitted it for approval through my school's online system, I was told to only put the school I am currently attending, or schools from which I have received a degree. Therefore I only listed my current school and gpa. Also, my school states that my official grade point average is the grade point average from my current school and my previous school's gpa is only there for information purposes. My previous school was not a community college or anything of that nature, but a 4-year university which is actually ranked higher in the Businessweek Undergraduate Business rankings.
On my resume I just listed my current school and gpa, which I rounded up to a 3.8 (not a 3.80)
I don't think this will cause any problems, because I can explain the situation and I have actually done much better academically at a school that has tougher admissions criteria. I just wanted to make sure that this was alright. I have listed my previous school and gpa of 3.4 from that school on the online background check application so I am not trying to hide anything or misrepresent data. I just did not list my previous school on my resume and actually my offer letter states that the offer is being extended to me in accordance with the policy set forth by my school's career center, which I am following.
Everything else on my resume is fully accurate.
Thanks for your help.
I would really like some input about this because I definitely don't want to deal with any HR calls after I'm working.
You're fine - really wouldn't worry about it.
No worries, you didn't lie about anything. I know a guy who majored in econ, transferred to a different school, changed his major to something else, and took two/three more econ classes to finish up his econ major, got A/A- in them and only listed his econ gpa on his resume (but labeled it that way too). That way the GPA on his resume was around 3.9, even though it only represented very few classes. This is almost lying, but technically he was still saying the truth (because he labeled it "econ major gpa"). He passed his background check just fine. I wouldn't recommend doing this, but you can see that as long as you're not lying (which you're not), you are fine. Plus your case is not even close to this guy in terms of 'tweaking the truth'.
Good luck!
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