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Top Third? Upper Third? Top 1/3? Top 33?
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 9:05 pm
by Anonymous User
What is the preferred way to report on one's resume that his/her GPA fell in the "upper third"?
Re: Top Third? Upper Third? Top 1/3? Top 33?
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 9:10 pm
by Law Sauce
Just list GPA, firms know about where gpas are, or better may guess you're higher than you are
Re: Top Third? Upper Third? Top 1/3? Top 33?
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 9:12 pm
by Tanicius
Law Sauce wrote:Just list GPA, firms know about where gpas are, or better may guess you're higher than you are
Not always true.
Just say you're in the top one third of your class.
Re: Top Third? Upper Third? Top 1/3? Top 33?
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 9:44 pm
by wingding
Doesn't your school provide guidelines?
Re: Top Third? Upper Third? Top 1/3? Top 33?
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 9:57 pm
by Anonymous User
wingding wrote:Doesn't your school provide guidelines?
OP here.
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.
Re: Top Third? Upper Third? Top 1/3? Top 33?
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:24 pm
by bulinus
You are weird.
Re: Top Third? Upper Third? Top 1/3? Top 33?
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:41 pm
by igo2northwestern
Anonymous User wrote:wingding wrote:Doesn't your school provide guidelines?
OP here.
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.
Should be %. I've never seen it any other way.
Re: Top Third? Upper Third? Top 1/3? Top 33?
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:46 pm
by redsox
I agree that it should be expressed as a %, but 33% isn't nearly precise enough. "Top 33.33%" would be more appropriate.
Re: Top Third? Upper Third? Top 1/3? Top 33?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:12 am
by BigZuck
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.