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Grade rounding on resume
My GPA is, let's say for the sake of argument, 3.596. For resumes that I send out on my own, outside of my school's career services channels (which do have their own rules, requiring 3 decimal places on the GPA), would it be acceptable to round my GPA to 3.60?
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I would personally round to 2 places, and put "(unofficial)" after it, just so you don't look like you're lying if anyone notices.Anonymous User wrote:My GPA is, let's say for the sake of argument, 3.596. For resumes that I send out on my own, outside of my school's career services channels (which do have their own rules, requiring 3 decimal places on the GPA), would it be acceptable to round my GPA to 3.60?
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I think employers care more about your class rank than the accuracy of your GPA to four one-thousandths of a decimal place.
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My class rank is not reported by the school.Lxw wrote:I think employers care more about your class rank than the accuracy of your GPA to four one-thousandths of a decimal place.
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Say you have a 2.7846 -- could you round to 2.79 or is that going too far?
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Re: Grade rounding on resume
That's not rounding.Anonymous User wrote:Say you have a 2.7846 -- could you round to 2.79 or is that going too far?
hth
You could do like GPA: 3.60 (to 2 decimal places)Anonymous User wrote:My class rank is not reported by the school.Lxw wrote:I think employers care more about your class rank than the accuracy of your GPA to four one-thousandths of a decimal place.
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don't round up. when the employer sees "3.60", they will know automatically that it is rounded, which is drawing attention to the fact that it is actually lower. plus, they will eventually see a transcript if they are really interested in you (maybe not for all jobs, but for the sake of general advice, they will), and while it might not kill your chances, it's somewhat inappropriate to round up. just put your actual gpa.
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Agree. The employer has seen a lot of GPAs before and is not gonna be like "3.59? That sounds pretty bad to me. If only he had a 3.6..."aguacaliente wrote:don't round up. when the employer sees "3.60", they will know automatically that it is rounded, which is drawing attention to the fact that it is actually lower. plus, they will eventually see a transcript if they are really interested in you (maybe not for all jobs, but for the sake of general advice, they will), and while it might not kill your chances, it's somewhat inappropriate to round up. just put your actual gpa.
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Re: Grade rounding on resume
Many law schools post official rules for listing GPAs on your resume, such as allowing truncation but not rounding, e.g. 3.497 becomes 3.49 instead of 3.50.
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Why would they think an even gpa is rounded? I know my gpa came out to a perfect 2 digit number when taken out even taken out 3 decimal places.aguacaliente wrote:don't round up. when the employer sees "3.60", they will know automatically that it is rounded, which is drawing attention to the fact that it is actually lower. plus, they will eventually see a transcript if they are really interested in you (maybe not for all jobs, but for the sake of general advice, they will), and while it might not kill your chances, it's somewhat inappropriate to round up. just put your actual gpa.
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My opinion is yes. But every career person I've talked to continues to adhere to the 'you can't round' conventional wisdom. They also don't like exact numbers, but given the options, I'll extend out my gpa as far as necessary.
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It's ok but only for firms where they ballpark the numbers whenever filing things with the court. The firms that don't frown on it.
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Re: Grade rounding on resume
OCS: do not round. report exactly what's shown on your transcript.
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My school's guidelines say to TRUNCATE ONLY, never round. They make a lot of noise about it like it's a big ethical problem if you round at all.
E.g. 3.299 --> 3.29, NOT 3.3
E.g. 3.299 --> 3.29, NOT 3.3
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This.im_blue wrote:Many law schools post official rules for listing GPAs on your resume, such as allowing truncation but not rounding, e.g. 3.497 becomes 3.49 instead of 3.50.
I've always been told to truncate, not to round.
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Re: Grade rounding on resume
betasteve wrote:That actually is rounding, and is the correct way in that case (if rounding to hundredths).Lxw wrote:That's not rounding.Anonymous User wrote:Say you have a 2.7846 -- could you round to 2.79 or is that going too far?
hth
Actually thats incorrect. It is 2.78betasteve wrote:That actually is rounding, and is the correct way in that case (if rounding to hundredths).Lxw wrote:That's not rounding.Anonymous User wrote:Say you have a 2.7846 -- could you round to 2.79 or is that going too far?
hth
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I rounded my 3.6 to a 4.
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+1gglr24 wrote:betasteve wrote:That actually is rounding, and is the correct way in that case (if rounding to hundredths).Lxw wrote:That's not rounding.Anonymous User wrote:Say you have a 2.7846 -- could you round to 2.79 or is that going too far?
hthActually thats incorrect. It is 2.78betasteve wrote:That actually is rounding, and is the correct way in that case (if rounding to hundredths).Lxw wrote:That's not rounding.Anonymous User wrote:Say you have a 2.7846 -- could you round to 2.79 or is that going too far?
hth
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Re: Grade rounding on resume
2.7846
rounds to 2.785
2.785
rounds to 2.79
right? or did I miss something in 5th grade
rounds to 2.785
2.785
rounds to 2.79
right? or did I miss something in 5th grade
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- Dick Whitman
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Re: Grade rounding on resume
You don't round at each decimal place, just the first one not shown. So 2.785 would round up to 2.79. 2.7849 does not.JPU wrote:2.7846
rounds to 2.785
2.785
rounds to 2.79
right? or did I miss something in 5th grade
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Re: Grade rounding on resume
this is all academic unless the interviewer knows your curve, really.
I would not round to 3.6.
I would not round to 3.6.
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No, you're correct.JPU wrote:2.7846
rounds to 2.785
2.785
rounds to 2.79
right? or did I miss something in 5th grade
Then 2.79 rounds to 2.8, which rounds to 3, which is now almost a third of a letter grade higher. OP, just put 5 as your GPA, with a note that it's rounded to the nearest 5, and that you got a B.A. in English, not math, and will be able to bill 2000 hours your first week (with some rounding).
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+1cake wrote:No, you're correct.JPU wrote:2.7846
rounds to 2.785
2.785
rounds to 2.79
right? or did I miss something in 5th grade
Then 2.79 rounds to 2.8, which rounds to 3, which is now almost a third of a letter grade higher. OP, just put 5 as your GPA, with a note that it's rounded to the nearest 5, and that you got a B.A. in English, not math, and will be able to bill 2000 hours your first week (with some rounding).
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