Would it be better to put a 3.79 over a 3.8?
So I am a sophomore who just finished sem 3. I have a 3.788 technically, which would round to 3.79 on a standard two decimal system. I know some people just have one decimal, but would it be better for me to just keep it at 3.79 instead of 3.8 because people could assume I rounded at as low as a 3.75? I highly doubt any job would place a meaningful difference to my resume over that, but just hypothetically, would it be better to just say 3.79?
I know half the online applications just bucket you to the nearest tenth anyway.....
No one will care. 3.79 vs 3.8 will look exactly the same to bankers. I can guarantee you that they will only glance for one second at your GPA to make sure it's not below the cutoff and then move on
Yeah, I just meant that some people have expressed that they don't like one decimal place because it seems like you're hiding something.
Why is there a topic dedicated to rounding?
You’d be surprised how many times this shows up in the IB forum.
IncomingIBDreject financeabc Why is there a topic dedicated to rounding? You'd be surprised how many times this shows up in the IB forum.
Yeah, I never go in the IB forum, so I would not know. It just seems like such a trivial little thing. I have always rounded my GPA up. I would not even think twice about rounding to the highest 10th. Now, no one has the rounding skills of a @MaxEbic"
You should be alright. I round my 2.5 to a 3.5.
3.5->4.0
This is incorrect rounding. It is 3.5 -> 4.
I would put 3.79. It seems more precise. 3.8 definitely means you don’t have a 3.81 or 3.82 etc as no one rounds down. It seems like it is 3.7X putting 3.8.
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Put 3.79, it doesn't make a huge difference but I respect people who just own up to whatever gpa they have. Rounding to 2 sigfigs is bullshit and we all know it
This is so stupid, put 3.8. If someone is weeding you out because of 3.79 vs. 3.76 then they have their priorities wildly misaligned from what’s important.
As a reminder, Goya was looking for sophomore internship advice not even 2 years ago...... so yeah, let's take his advice over someone who has been in the industry for 6 years.
Yeah I graduated early and work at an EB wassup? Aren't you the same dude who didn't understand why we have a vaccine for covid when we need to take flu shots every year? Also, I never said anyone would weed you out for rounding your gpa- I just said I personally respect people who put the gpa they earned
put 3.79, attention to detail
Yes, a 3.79 looks much more impressive actually.
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