Background Check - Paranoid

Hopefully someone who has HR experience can put my mind to ease about this. I recently got an offer to join the AM division of a BB and have just begun the (grueling) background check process. When I started my interview process, I had a 2.95 GPA which I obviously rounded to 3.0 on my resume. Since the interviews have concluded, I got some final grades back from last semester which dropped my GPA down to a 2.93.

Is this a cause for concern? I don't want them to think I lied or misled them throughout this process. I have a spotless criminal record, all of my prior internships can easily be verified, etc. Someone please put my mind to ease!

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At the time of application your gpa can be verified as a 3.0 so you will be fine because you never lied about anything. When they hired you it obviously wasn't because of your gpa, so they won't care that it went down a bit

 
jgx101

At the time of application your gpa can be verified as a 3.0 so you will be fine because you never lied about anything. When they hired you it obviously wasn't because of your gpa, so they won't care that it went down a bit

You sure they dont care he rounded a 2.95 to a 3.0?

 
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how did you get in with a 3.0 GPA anyway?

Throughout college, I put a lot of emphasis on getting as much work experience as possible. All in all, I finished with over 3 years of experience with 3 different BB firms (one of which was in NYC). I also co-founded a financial/economics magazine on campus, was a sector manager at our student-run equity fund (managed 22% of a $1.6 million portfolio), and have some volunteer experience as well. GPA was the thing that had to drop, unfortunately.

 
ToughStreet jgx101:

At the time of application your gpa can be verified as a 3.0 so you will be fine because you never lied about anything. When they hired you it obviously wasn't because of your gpa, so they won't care that it went down a bit

You sure they dont care he rounded a 2.95 to a 3.0?

2.95 rounds to a 3.0. If he put 3.00 it might be an issue, but even then I doubt it because to be honest, 3.00 is still extremely bad and he must have impressed them in different ways.

 

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