3.8 GPA Semi-Target

After ending my freshman year at Vanderbilt I will have either a high 3.7 or low 3.8 (both rounding to 3.8 on my resume). I’ll also have some good EC’s related to finance on campus and will have done both a search fund internship and a short term internship at a mid market PE firm this summer as well. Is the 3.8 too low? I am an applied math and econ double major - but almost all my peers have perfect 4.0 or 3.9s, making me worry that my 3.8 will be too low in comparison to them. Thoughts?

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3.8 in math and econ from Vandy should be fine.

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