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Disagree... If it is not on there, I think the usual assumption is 3.0.
Agreed. From a basic resume screen, anything with a gpa of less than 3.5 gets dinged.
If anything less than a 3.5 gets dinged.. would leaving it off give you a better chance? Or is no gpa an auto ding as well.
Definitely disagree... I would leave it on.
I agree w/ the banker. Leave it off. The usual assumption is that if it is left off it's 3.5... I definitely wouldn't want to advertise a 3.3 on my resume.
I think it also depends on how the person is receiving your resume and how the rest of your resume stacks up.
I heard this as well. One of my buddies who is now an analyst was just telling me how his boss said to take it off his resume after he landed the gig (he had a 3.4).
What if you have substantial work experience, (enough to put you in the top candidates)
But you have a low gpa.
For example, you might have worked an IB position for GS/MS/JP but have a sub 3.5 gpa.
Do you leave it off or on?
Disagree big time, if its below 3.2 then maybe...but if you are 3.3+...leave it on
I think it depends on the rest of your resume, whether you have a lot of work experience. If you do and your GPA is less than a 3.3, I'd leave it off.
Completely agree with this one. I'd leave it off either way if under 3.3.
I think it depends on where you are in your career. If you're just starting out and don't have a lot of exp, you may want to leave it on there. If you have exp, nobody really cares. I have actually never had it on my resume (even when starting out), and still don't, but that's simply because I never thought it a big deal and didn't go through the whole recruiting process most did to break into the industry. I was pretty unconventional in how I started out and just kinda fell into Finance. FWIW, I had a 3.4 in Undergrad.
Leave it on, I landed many IB interviews with a 3.3.
Did you have a lot of relevant work experience or did you network a ton?
Depends, are you at a point in work experience where your education shouldn't be at the top? In those cases most people dont list GPAs regardless of what it was.
I have a 3.2 and left it on my resume. However I did move my "Work Experience" to the top because I have a BB internship along with other good internships/leadership experiences. A Director at BB suggested this, rather have a recruiter see the BB experience first rather than the 3.2.
The timing would be looking for an SA or FT, so a Junior or Senior in college.
I don't think you can choose to leave off your GPA on resume when u do OCR if you actually want to land interviews.
employers (banks and consulting firms) usually state that 3.5 is minimum GPA. What that means is that if they don't see 3.5+ GPA listed on your resume, either because you chose to leave your gpa off or that your gpa is below 3.5, you won't likely to pass the screener and won't get that first round interview regardless...
bottom line: for banking and top consulting, you are most likely fucked if your GPA is lower than 3.5-3.6, unless you somehow manage to grab coffee with dozens of MD's who are willing to give you first round interviews
grow a pair and put that 2.9 on.
I would love a 2.9. My 1.75 has gotten me dinged!
lol is it really? i thought my gpa would beat any of you monkeys on here.
Leave it off and you won't get an interview
Depends where you are in your career. If you're more than a few years out of school then I would not want to draw attention to a GPA lower than 3.5. I'd rather emphasize the work experience I gained post-college.
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