Major and GPA ...

Hi,

I am a rising junior in a decent European university,
I plan to apply for some major consulting/banking firms in the US for a summer internship.

In our school we get grades on a 0-20 scale, best students have usually 16, worst rarely less than 6.
This is a major difference with your A, B, C..
I found on a website a conversion model to convert my grades into a GPA, I figured that would speak much more to a US recruiter, especially because the GPA i get is 3,75 (over 2 years).

However, I don't think there is anything official with that, and for sure my school will never provide me with any official transcript with a GPA on it.

Question, should I put it or not ? what would you do ?

2nd question : I am a finance major
I heard that the finance major always get loads of technical questions during I banking interviews.
Do you think Finance major is a real plus (cause I know I bank take people from various majors) and I should keep it, or it is such a disadvantage during interviews that it's not worth it ?

I 'll appreciate your insights !

 

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