IB and undergrad GPA Question?

I know that IB specifically look at GPA to weed out candidates but I was wondering if they focus on overall cGPA or specifically look at the GPA in actual prevalent finance courses. My overall cGPA out of undergrad is around a 3.1. However, my GPA in the finance-related courses is significantly higher (average of about 3.8 for all the finance courses I have taken) than in other non-finance courses, I had to take for my program. Would recruiters take this into account or is it solely based on cGPA?

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Put your finance class oriented gpa on your resume along with your cumulative. I was in similar situation. I played the angel that i was more interested in the fin classes thats why it was higher. It helped.

 
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