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Anonymous User
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Top Third? Upper Third? Top 1/3? Top 33?
What is the preferred way to report on one's resume that his/her GPA fell in the "upper third"?
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Law Sauce
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Re: Top Third? Upper Third? Top 1/3? Top 33?
Just list GPA, firms know about where gpas are, or better may guess you're higher than you are
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Tanicius
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Re: Top Third? Upper Third? Top 1/3? Top 33?
Not always true.Law Sauce wrote:Just list GPA, firms know about where gpas are, or better may guess you're higher than you are
Just say you're in the top one third of your class.
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wingding
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Re: Top Third? Upper Third? Top 1/3? Top 33?
Doesn't your school provide guidelines?
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Anonymous User
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Re: Top Third? Upper Third? Top 1/3? Top 33?
OP here.wingding wrote:Doesn't your school provide guidelines?
OCS and Academic Services offer the suggestion that if you're ranked within the top 35%, then you should include your rank. It's clear that most other percentiles -- e.g. Top 10%, Top 25% -- would be expressed as "Top ##%". "Top 33%" looks funky to me, though, and I thought "Top Third" or "Upper Third" seemed more appropriate. Can't seem to find consensus, however.
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bulinus
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Re: Top Third? Upper Third? Top 1/3? Top 33?
You are weird.
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igo2northwestern
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Re: Top Third? Upper Third? Top 1/3? Top 33?
Should be %. I've never seen it any other way.Anonymous User wrote:OP here.wingding wrote:Doesn't your school provide guidelines?
OCS and Academic Services offer the suggestion that if you're ranked within the top 35%, then you should include your rank. It's clear that most other percentiles -- e.g. Top 10%, Top 25% -- would be expressed as "Top ##%". "Top 33%" looks funky to me, though, and I thought "Top Third" or "Upper Third" seemed more appropriate. Can't seem to find consensus, however.
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redsox
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Re: Top Third? Upper Third? Top 1/3? Top 33?
I agree that it should be expressed as a %, but 33% isn't nearly precise enough. "Top 33.33%" would be more appropriate.
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BigZuck
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Re: Top Third? Upper Third? Top 1/3? Top 33?
My school only tells us top 25% and top 50% and says we aren't allowed to take a stab at what our GPA% would be and report that to reporters. So I just list my GPA. I can't imagine that being a big deal.
I would just put top 33% if that's what the school tells you you are and be done with it.
I would just put top 33% if that's what the school tells you you are and be done with it.
