i have interviews coming and they will certainly ask for gpa. How can i pitch this?
you went to BC and you have a low GPA? I dont know how it’s possible to pitch it. Maybe mention you were working on perfecting the faux hawk during this time?
yeah im going end up graduating with a 2.9 if all goes well this semester. i have an upward trend averaging about a 3.3 junior year and up.
Are you finance classes GPA higher? Recalculate GPA, “I got a 3.7 in my finance and accounting classes.”
Yeah my finance GPA is around a 3.4 or 3.5ish, BC has ridiculous requirements for pysch, theology classes that i just did not care for. I’m pretty lucky that i am getting interviews right now.
Just put your finance (or business) classes on your resume. Employers should not care if you slept through Theater Appreciation (like I did).
The fact that you’re getting interviews coming out of BC shows that those employers don’t really care about credentials/pedigree to begin with, so I wouldn’t worry too much about it. I wouldn’t put a non-cumulative GPA on the resume unless the cumulative is also there – raises too many questions about why the cumulative isn’t on.
I think that a lot of employers look for an upward trend in GPA. See if you can spin it in a positive light, maybe if you pull out freshman year and talk about how the past 2-3 years you were never below a 3.2 or whatever. Show that after a period of adjustment you came on strong and really turned it around.
CzarHC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think that a lot of employers look for an upward > trend in GPA. See if you can spin it in a > positive light, maybe if you pull out freshman > year and talk about how the past 2-3 years you > were never below a 3.2 or whatever. Show that > after a period of adjustment you came on strong > and really turned it around. Except that I wouldn’t put a 3.2 (or 3.3 as he said) on the resume either.
I was talking about in an interview. If they ask you about your GPA you need to be prepared to talk about it and tell a good story about why it was bad freshman year and how you turned it around.
I was always under the impression that you should omit the GPA if it’s under 3.0.
CzarHC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was talking about in an interview. If they ask > you about your GPA you need to be prepared to talk > about it and tell a good story about why it was > bad freshman year and how you turned it around. Yeah that’s fine. I wouldn’t proactively bring it up though.
Agreed. I think the bottom line is that he won’t get hired though since he went to BC. Sorry, rival school. We hate you guys, especially your bball team. Good luck though!
SMIRK Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wouldn’t put a > non-cumulative GPA on the resume unless the > cumulative is also there – raises too many > questions about why the cumulative isn’t on. I agree wtih this
A lotta BC hate going on, yikes! Just leave your GPA off of your resume and when asked say “Cummulative around 3.0 and Finance GPA of 3.5.” Lying with rounding. I have a buddy that had a GPA in the mid 2’s and got several offers by leaving his GPA off his resume and no one ever asked about it. So don’t sweat it.
We’ve discussed this previously. Lying about a GPA can lead to a ding. Be honest with your accomplishments.
How is that lying? “Around 3.0” if your GPA is 2.95 or so is totally fine. Rounding is perfectly acceptable.
It depends how much you are rounding. If you tell an employer that you had “around a 3.0” when your GPA was a 2.8 and they find out you were lying you’re done. If you had a 2.95 and you say you were “right around a 3.0” that’s true. IMO anyone knows you are below a number if you say “around x”
I’m not saying say round from 2.8 to 3.0, that would be stupid. The point is to mention the cummulative GPA in the best possible light, then bring up the more impressive, and relevant, finance GPA. Either way I would be unimpressed, but its better than just saying a number in the 2’s with no context.
fair enough