I've seen several threads where people say you should round your GPA to one decimal place. But why would you do that? If you have a 3.54, why would you round down to 3.5?
Besides, if you choose to use only one decimal, 3.45 and 3.54 would both become a 3.5. Surely you would want to list the higher GPA of 3.54??
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no one cares. you can show as many decimals as you'd like, though i'd suggest stopping at 2. round up if it gets you to 3.5. can't round up to 4.
Perhaps you should stop giving so much resume advice if you can't even answer this question ;) Round up when possible. Never round down. But it's best to avoid rounding entirely and just deliver the truth. Bump up a 2.97 to a 3.0 or a 3.48 to a 3.5 because that can be a deal breaker but don't round a 3.7 to a 4.0.
LOL changing a 3.7 to 4.0 isn't rounding at all, that's called lying on the resume.
Just round up to 1 decimal if beneficial Otherwise, show 2
Always round up. If you have a 3.67, round up to a 3.7. But if you have a 3.64, leave it at 2 decimals. No sense in rounding down.
I always rounded to a 3.3 to hide my 3.25 dogshit non-target-esque GPA. It didn't help.
I thought you went to Wharton
What I think he is saying is that employers dont care if you use 1 or 2 decimals.
My bschool is pretty stringent on rounding rules. We're technically not allowed to round a 3.79 up to a 3.8. For me, I only ever rounded up if it was .04 or less, but usually I show 2 digits. I think a 3.83 looks more legit than a 3.8, if only because that way no one will think I rounded up to a 3.8
More importantly though is keeping the number of decimals consistent. If you have multiple GPAs/majors, they both/all need to be the same number of digits.
This. And I think its even more so if you are hovering around the bottom cut-off ... (i.e. 3.53 vs. 3.5) since some people may auto ding for being under 3.5 you don't want to give them a free pass to assume you might be under 3.5 and are just rounding up.
A lot of it is psychological, and realistically in the grand scheme of things: doesn't matter
Comparing a GPA from one school is unrealistic to a GPA from another.
But then again, there is a psychological impact between pricing an item at $1.99 vs $2
GPA question - Better to put 2 decimal places? (Originally Posted: 12/29/2012)
Hey guys, people generally say it's better to put 2 decimal places. Should I still do that if I have exactly a 3.70. I just think it looks weird putting 3.70/4.00 instead of 3.7/4.0 which looks cleaner. What do you guys think?
go with 3.70/4.00. but thats not the type of detail that will make or break the resume.
Just put 3.70, everyone knows a GPA is out of 4.0
3.70...It's as simple as that.
Either seems fine, nothing at all to stress about. 3.70/4.00 looks a bit better visually than 3.7/4.0 as the others have mentioned
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