Submited wrong GPA to prospect employer, now what?
i went to a community college before I transferred to a University. I always kept track of all my classes and grades on an excel spreadsheet so as soon as I graduated I knew my GPA before the official transcripts came out. Anyway, I got an interview and was asked what my GPA was. I told them my calculated GPA. They asked for a transcript so I had the university send them my official transcript. Turns out not all classes were transferred from the community college to the university and my GPA ended up being o.2 less then what I originally told the hiring manager. The hiring manager has not received the transcripts yet, my question is, what do I do? I do not want to make it seem like I lied or fudged my gpa, it was an honest weighing error on my part. any input would be greatly appreciated.
Start networking. Gonna get your offer rescinded
Can you get your transcript from the community college? Call them and tell them what happened using your CC transcripts as proof is possible and throw yourself at their mercy. Maybe if you can show how the math works out with your cc transcripts they may decide it was an honest (bonehead) mistake. Maybe not. But if they are going to see it anyways, seems like that's your best shot.
Why would you combine the GPAs anyway...that is stupid/unethical.
I didn't "combine" them, when you transfer colleges, certain classes carry over as they fulfill the requirements.
Yea, but the grade you got at the other college doesn't count for your new one. You get the credits...but not the grade. An A at a community college is not the same as an A at Harvard.
yeah, the A at the CC is probably more difficult to get
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Didn't you check your GPA throughout college and notice that the CC grades were not incorporated in your GPA? Sounds like a poor excuse if you ask me...
Agree with others that it's a crappy excuse, but you should get ahead of the ball and contact HR soon. Also, make your story a bit more sympathetic ("I f'ed up my Excel sheet" is no good) and be sure to keep it succinct.
my plan so far is wait to see if I get an official offer. if I do, then tell them about the GPA miscalculation before they get a chance to see the transcript and hope the offer still stands.
I'm actually on the fence with this one. If they gave you the offer it's because you have what they are looking for disregarding your GPA. Considering it's not that far off (0.2), they may let it slide.
thanks for all your tips. I have not heard back from them yet, but I did receive another offer. I have to either accept or reject it by the end of this week. should I try and leverage my other offer to persuade my 1st choice firm to make a decision?
It is hard to truly believe that you didn't know you were doing something wrong. The fact that you are even using the word "leverage" when talking about two offers at this point is mind boggling. I would accept the offer you have ASAP before you lose both offers. I would be willing to bet you don't have the 3.8 to 3.6 issue but rather just barely are over the min. I could be wrong but just doesn't smell right.
I was originally an engineering major but switched to finance. I had a ton of math classes that did not end up transferring or counting towards finance. When I calculated my gpa I counted them. It went from 3.4 to 3.2
Just don't worry about it. GPA's can vary. During the application process you won't have that semester's grades yet but when you receive an offer it can swing higher or lower when you actually submit the transcript. 0.2 isn't make or break assuming you had like a 3.8 and it dropped to 3.6 and their minimum was 3.5 to even apply. If the min was 3.5 and you went from 3.6 to 3.4 this would be a bigger issue.
Well that kind of changes things now doesn't it. This shows extreme incompetence and your GPA is pretty bad. I'd say high likelihood you get your offer rescinded though you haven't mentioned what kind of place this is so its possible the HR or staffer will be nice and let it slide if they really liked you.
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