Is this unethical? GPA Question
Hey all, so I snagged an acceptance to my school's business school as a rising junior (think Ross, Emory, U.Va, Haas). This summer, I took an online course and got an A. Little did I know, this didn't contribute to what I thought was my GPA (3.61) but to my Business School GPA (4.0). Frankly, I joined the business school a little late bc I didn't know what I wanted (thought I was a CS major so that explains lower GPA) so a vast majority of other B-school students already have impacted courses.
Besides financial accounting, I haven't actually taken any business school courses yet as I start next semester. This means I frankly only have four credits to my B-school GPA. But on my transcript, course scheduler, EVERYTHING - it says I have a 4.0. My transcript still has the 3.6 but if you go down it'll say Business GPA - 4.0.
Now, my 3.6 GPA definitely isn't terrible, but it's a little less up to par with MBB/BB's and a 4.0 would obviously look significantly better. How unethical would it be to put:
Major/Business School GPA: 4.0
OR
Cumulative GPA: 3.6
Business School/Major GPA: 4.0
The thing is, I'm really not lying, nor am I even being misleading. The companies can even check my transcript - I guess they would only see one course, but it would say 4.0 Cumulative Business GPA. Obviously, I don't want to get myself in trouble - so what do you think?
...and here comes the monkey shit hahaha
I'm confused... how could something only contribute to your business GPA and not to your cumulative GPA? I thought cumulative was all-encompassing, meaning if you get an A in a business class, it affects both your business AND cumulative GPA? Can you elaborate on why this isn't the case for you?
What internships/ECs/leaderships do you have? Getting into MBB isn't easy, even with a 4.0 GPA...
Yeah, it is pretty confusing. I guess "cumulative" was the wrong word. From what I understand, my B-School GPA and L&S/College/Pre-BBA GPA are separate. Once I join the business school my pre-bba GPA becomes frozen. What's odd is that they're both called "cumulative GPAs". So I have a "pre-bba cumulative GPA" and a "b-school cumulative GPA". It is confusing as hell, no idea why it's like that.
With regards to my EC's, they're pretty solid with good leadership. Frankly, not enough to pull off a 3.6 for an interview with McKinsey, but just might get me an interview with a 4.0.
This summer, did some internal strategy work with a tech start-up internationally, which was great experience (e.g pitched and started a mass-market subsidiary brand for X company in order to cater for young professionals living in co-living spaces, developed investor decks which were presented at HK stock exchange, etc.)
I would just put the 3.6 lol.
Put 3.6 cumulative GPA and stop overthinking it. It's one class. You may not be lying about your GPA, but it is a clear misrepresentation of your performance overall as a student.
Yeah frankly, that's what I was thinking as well. This scenario sounds a little too good to be true. However, for the sake of argument - the 3.6 isn't exactly a precise representation of my GPA either. With the class I took over the summer, my GPA should at least be a 3.63-3.65. However, nowhere on my transcript are the courses are the courses I took over the Summer represented on my GPA - except on my "B-School cumulative" GPA. What's odd is that after Spring 2018, my entire "cumulative pre-bba GPA" became frozen.
I think it's fair for me to be a little obsessive over my GPA as companies are frankly kind of ruthless about GPA's nowadays - "just network and don't worry about grades" just hasn't been indicative of reality for people going through recruiting the year above me.
Do you think listing both would be unfair as @poasb40" mentioned? Obviously military is a different scenario, but..
Major/Business School GPA: 4.0 (Pre-BBA Cumulative: 3.61)
or something of that sort?
I personally would omit it entirely and just put your Cumulative GPA. Believe me, if I could use my major GPA over cumulative I would. (3.85 vs 3.68) but that's how it goes. Is there an advising department at your school? They might have a better grasp of the situation.
Hah, I had this dilemma when I was recruiting. I had a 4.0 after I came back from serving in the military but had below 3.0 before I left. Had around 3.4 by the time I started to recruit. I did
Post military GPA: 4.0 (cumulative GPA: 3.4)
with the first part in bold.
Did it end up working out for you? Military and Business School are quite a bit different. Did you pull up your GPA from a 3.0->4.0 or did your GPA just reset when you got back?
I pulled it back up. I think most people understood that I fcked up prior to military and pulled it back up. If anything, finance is all about adjustments anyways lol I personally think it is fine as long as you disclose the cumulative gpa.
But I would definitely advise against not putting your cumulative in there. That's flat out lying and misleading at the least.
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