GPA for on-cycle recruiting

I am going to be gradating this spring from a target school with a double major with STEM. Heading to a top NYC group (GS TMT/MS M&A/PJT RSSG). I let my gpa drop after recruiting, and it currently rounds up to a 3.9. I could get it up to a flat 3.90+, but it would be difficult and time-consuming, and not something I want to spend my final semesters in college doing. Is there any marginal difference at all for on-cycle, targeting MF PE? Appreciate any advice.

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Honestly, a 3.9 vs a true 3.90+ will not move the needle for on-cycle with that group and a target background. Most shops treat anything north of the usual cutoff often ~3.7 as a checkthe box item, so I would not burn your last semesters chasing hundredths.

 

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