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Undergrad GPA on 1L resume?

Post by prelaw14 » Thu May 29, 2014 10:31 am

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Re: Undergrad GPA on 1L resume?

Post by FSK » Thu May 29, 2014 11:49 am

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mountaintime

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Re: Undergrad GPA on 1L resume?

Post by mountaintime » Thu May 29, 2014 11:50 am

Short answer: no.
Cum Laude and dean's list sound better. Only consider putting it on if it's over 3.7, or maybe 3.8. With you UG honors, everyone will assume you had a good/"great" gpa.
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Re: Undergrad GPA on 1L resume?

Post by Arboreal » Thu May 29, 2014 2:46 pm

mountaintime wrote:Short answer: no.
Cum Laude and dean's list sound better. Only consider putting it on if it's over 3.7, or maybe 3.8. With you UG honors, everyone will assume you had a good/"great" gpa.
Yeah, the italicized cum laude paired with a top 20% of graduating class statistic probably looks better/more preftige-y than the 3.6/3.7 it represents.

I wouldn't sweat this, though.
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Re: Undergrad GPA on 1L resume?

Post by jbagelboy » Thu May 29, 2014 5:21 pm

Do not put a letter GPA. Latin honors are fine.
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Jchance

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Re: Undergrad GPA on 1L resume?

Post by Jchance » Thu May 29, 2014 11:10 pm

Only for patent pros. gig, otherwise no
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