GPA on Resume
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:34 am
GPA is X.X55. Listing it as X.X6 on resume okay or not?
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Anonymous User wrote:What? Not OP, but why would this not be ok? 3.455 should be rounded up to a 3.46, no?
+1Anonymous User wrote:I think it depends on the school. my school gave specific instructions on when it can be rounded up and when it cant...
Check with your school's grade reporting policy. I know at my school this is considered a serious infraction of the honor code and could lead to disciplinary actions if you were caught doing so. Unless you outright state that you're rounding up (and who would do that instead of just putting their actual GPA), the only reason you would ever round is to misrepresent your grades as being higher than they are. It's fraud, plain and simple.Anonymous User wrote:What? Not OP, but why would this not be ok? 3.455 should be rounded up to a 3.46, no?
For us too. You'd be in serious trouble for rounding up. I would just list your gpa- it's not worth it.Anonymous User wrote:Check with your school's grade reporting policy. I know at my school this is considered a serious infraction of the honor code and could lead to disciplinary actions if you were caught doing so. Unless you outright state that you're rounding up (and who would do that instead of just putting their actual GPA), the only reason you would ever round is to misrepresent your grades as being higher than they are. It's fraud, plain and simple.Anonymous User wrote:What? Not OP, but why would this not be ok? 3.455 should be rounded up to a 3.46, no?
luthersloan wrote:Yeah, it varies by school. I was told to round to nearest hundredth.
You should do whatever your school tells you to do.Anonymous User wrote:OP here. We were told to round to the nearest hundredth. I take it the recommendation would be to still play it safe and not round, correct?
Why? if the school standard is 3.XX, then of course its rounded to the nearest hundredth. It's not like people say, 3.XXX (rounded to the nearest thousandth).TiberiusTyrone wrote:you could always say: 3.46 (rounded to the nearest hundredth)
If the school says to round then round. At my school we were told to round to the hundreths but not to the tenths.dabbadon8 wrote:luthersloan wrote:Yeah, it varies by school. I was told to round to nearest hundredth.
I did what the school told me to last year, which was round 3.X89 to 3.X9.ajax adonis wrote:don't round up ever. You can truncate. But don't round up.