[GPA] can I say my GPA is 3.5 if I got 3.49?

My grade was around 3.6 but I took 2 senior Econ classes and I fucked up them: they are simply too difficult... I know the cutoff line for IB is 3.5, can I say my GPA is still 3.5 even if I got 3.49?
I can work harder next semester and boost my grade over 3.5 again by, well, Dec, 2016.

 

Thx. I found someone combined their GPA from community college with their real grade and it was regarded as "OK". Can I use my "cumulative“ GPA on my resume? aka, combined my grade when I was a freshman at another college with my current grade, in that case, I would be more than 3.7

 

On your resume you can list 3.5/4.0 no problem (but not 3.50/4.00) - it's a marketing doc, not an official application.

If you're applying online and there's a drop-down menu that has 3.49 and 3.50 or they ask you to list your GPA out of 4.00, then you have to go with 3.49. If the options are 3.4 and 3.5 / list your GPA out of 4.0, then go with 3.5.

 
vanillathunder:

Just saying 3.5 (not 3.50) is fine.

If a company decides whom to interview based on whether they have GPA of 3.49 versus 3.5, you don't want to be associated with that organization anyways.

Why not? A GPA filter could get you stopped at the HR resume screen and have little to do with the hiring team.

I applied for one AM entry level analyst role that I found out had over 1000 applications. I'm sure a lot of banks see much higher. They've got to robo filter somewhere.

 

What does a company do when it reports earnings? how many sig figs are included in an annual report?

How many time have you spent 20 minutes chasing down a variance in a model to find 4 sig figs in some input field that are not included in the referenced annual report?

 
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It's .01 of a grade point average. I'd say round it up if you are actually worried that a .01 discrepancy in GPA is going to bar you from receiving an interview. That will not be the case though. There are many other factors that are important, if not more, when selecting interview candidates i.e. relevant internship experience, school attended, extracurricular activities, and the caliber of the opposing applicants. If you have a strong connection with someone at the firm, you could get an interview with a 3.0 GPA, it's been done.

I came from a non-target and when we were in undergrad my buddy landed a S&T SA position at Goldman when he had a 3.2. I know it's not IBD, but the point I am trying to make is that there are many other factors that go into candidate selection besides GPA.

If you apply to a position and do not receive an interview, I don't want you to be sitting up at night thinking that you didn't get the interview because your GPA was .01 below what people tell you the "IBD GPA standard" is. That is completely asinine.

Good luck to you.

The fool thinks himself to be a wise man, while the wise man thinks himself to be a fool.
 

I NEED TO RANT. SERIOUSLY KID? WTF. IS THIS WHAT YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT IN LIFE?

IF YOU PUT 3.49 YOU WONT MAKE THE FIRST ROUND INTERVIEW CUT AND YOU WILL END UP JOBLESS AND A FAILURE. IF YOU PUT 3.5 YOU WILL LIVE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE BEING A FRAUD AND WILL MOST LIKELY GET CAUGHT AND END UP JOBLESS AND BECOME A HEROINE ADDICT.

Nobody cares if you round up by 0.01 or the difference between a candidate with 3.49 or 3.5 - it is completely immaterial. Focus on more important things.

 

I'm not entirely sure why people give such high importance to such an irrelevant issue. 3.49 or 3.50, whatever, do not let a number decide what you go for. The idea is simple, if you are good enough and if you are applying for the correct reasons and because you genuinely like the industry, you have nothing to worry about.

However, if you're applying cause you think its well paid and it sounds cool, and that is what feeling I get from your post, just forget it. IB isn't what it used to be and the only way you make it there nowadays, is if you thrive off that insane environment.

 

Just put the 3.5 HR will not care enough to deal with. DON'T put 3.7, then have to explain to HR that it isn't a "lie" it's a 'blended weighted-average GPA between a school I did not provide a transcript for and where I graduated from since it was the highest way I could make my GPA pop out'.

Edit: Implied reasoning explained: Your resume will be seen by bankers and both transcripts and resume will be seen by HR. HR will only look closely at the two AFTER the bankers have given you an offer.

 

I rounded from a .22 to a .3... fuck the haters.

Still not sure if I want to spend the next 30+ years grinding away in corporate finance and the WSO dream chase or look to have enough passive income to live simply and work minimally.
 

Can't you get in trouble and have your offer rescinded if your lie about your GPA. I mean a 3.46 is not a 3.50, which is the cutoff for most banks. I heard of a kid that was expelled from my school for "rounding" his GPA. Just curious to know how many of you have rounded a 3.4x to a 3.50 and were (or were not) you called out on it?

 

GPA is just one of several factors that get you an interview. After that, everyone is in the same boat, and the GPA really doesn't matter anymore.

I'm sure more people than not round their GPA reasonably. Consistency is key, and if you ever get called out on it, explain your method/reason for rounding. I have never been asked about my GPA in any interview, and it is rounded to the nearest tenth. If I am ever asked, I will state that it is rounded to the nearest tenth, but every legit process requires a transcript that has the GPA to the hundredths place, and interviewers can put two and two together on their own.

 

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