What to use as my GPA on resume?
Hey guys,
I'm a sophomore that is transferring into a target/semi target this fall (effectively, entering my junior year - this is the time I need to be submitting my SA19 apps). My final GPA at the community college i'm at is a 3.6.
The issue lies in the fact that my applications are going to be sent out over the next few weeks for IBD; what do I list as my GPA at the new school? The old school is no longer going to be on my resume, there is literally no room to add it - everything on my resume is very important and differentiating.
Should I list a 4.0/4.0, 3.6 even though it's from my old school, or no GPA?
If I don't list a GPA i'm concerned that i'll be an instant dump and filtered out. ALSO, some apps ask for the GPA at my new school, what do I put on the online apps that ask this?
List 3.6 but explain in interview
I believe your student portal (or whatever it's called at your school) will list your cumulative GPA including the transfer credits, so you should have an accurate GPA to put on the resume. I had transfer credits as well and that's how it worked for me.
I would use the 3.6. You haven't earned the 4.0, as you haven't taken any classes at your new school. A 0.0 would be more accurate (kidding).
It would also look strange to me if I was reviewing your resume to see that you are starting at your new school this fall but already have a GPA for it, let alone a perfect one.
These things are highly verifiable, and risk/reward of misrepresenting your GPA is not worth it.
0.0/0.0 is more accurate than 4.0/4.0.
I think there's significant risk putting your 3.6 at Target U with no mention of the CC on your resume. You've said yourself you don't have a 3.6 at Target U.
Sorry, but this is not true. Your education history goes at the top of your resume because, at this stage of your life, it's your most important qualification. You may not want to put your CC on your resume, and I get that, but the idea that you have a full page of information more important than your educational background doesn't hold water. Would you really try to tell that to an interviewer? I didn't have room so I had to mislead you? Maybe some people would understand, but I'd end the interview right there.
When you're filling out an online app and it literally doesn't give you an alternative, then absolutely you put the 3.6 and you explain why once you get to the interview. But on the resume document where you have full control of the content, "I don't have room" sounds totally disingenuous to me.
^That's my take, but hopefully others who have gone through the transfer --> recruiting process can chime in as well.
Yeah agreed.
Just put:
New School: 2018 - present
CC: 2016 - 2018 GPA: 3.6 CC Activities, etc
or something like that. It will show you worked hard in CC and are currently a student at the more reputable school.
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