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Ambitious Joe · Post by **Ambitious Joe** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 12:35 pm

I have a 3.47 GPA... can/should I round it to 3.5 for OCI's?

UndecidedMN · Post by **UndecidedMN** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 12:37 pm

Ambitious Joe wrote:I have a 3.47 GPA... can/should I round it to 3.5 for OCI's?

No. Its 3.47

rinkrat19 · Post by **rinkrat19** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 12:54 pm

Does your school not give you three digits after the decimal?

You definitely can't round to 1 digit after the decimal. And I actually thought you were supposed to leave all 3.

DavidConeSplitter · Post by **DavidConeSplitter** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 12:55 pm

Wow Joe you really are ambitious.

chuckbass · Post by **chuckbass** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 12:56 pm

You can't be serious OP...

KMart · Post by **KMart** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 12:59 pm

DavidConeSplitter wrote:Wow Joe you really are ambitious.

Ambitious Joe · Post by **Ambitious Joe** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 1:03 pm

Thanks. My school didn't provide any information on the matter.

KMart · Post by **KMart** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 1:04 pm

Ambitious Joe wrote:Thanks. My school didn't provide any information on the matter.

I don't think you need any to know you can't say you have a 3.5 when you have below a 3.5.

pancakes3 · Post by **pancakes3** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 1:08 pm

fwiw, the difference between a 3.47 and a 3.5 is a half-letter bump for a 3 credit class (over 30 credits).

Clearly · Post by **Clearly** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 1:12 pm

hahahaha Why stop there!

DavidConeSplitter · Post by **DavidConeSplitter** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 1:19 pm

I'm gonna round up my "constant shitposting on tls" to "I go to law school" when OCI comes around

Desert Fox · Post by **Desert Fox** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 1:19 pm

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pancakes3 · Post by **pancakes3** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 1:21 pm

Desert Fox wrote:In the real non legal world you could say 3.5, but 3.50 is lying in any case. Because you don't found .47 to .50. You round, at least, one less digit. So 3.5.

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Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 5:04 pm

not OP but what about rounding thousandths to the nearest hundredth? I was planning to round X.X28 -> X.X3, is that not kosher either?

whats an updog · Post by **whats an updog** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 5:10 pm

Anonymous User wrote:not OP but what about rounding thousandths to the nearest hundredth? I was planning to round X.X28 -> X.X3, is that not kosher either?

Was told by my career services rounding to two digits after the decimal is fine. e.g. 3.507 = 3.51

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 5:47 pm

So you can 3.094 to 3.1? Cuz that sounds a hell lot better. Or does that round down to 3.09 because it's a 4 and below lol.

hartfordhockaloogies · Post by **hartfordhockaloogies** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 5:49 pm

Just round the 3.5 to 4.0 while you're at it

rinkrat19 · Post by **rinkrat19** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 5:53 pm

Anonymous User wrote:So you can 3.094 to 3.1? Cuz that sounds a hell lot better. Or does that round down to 3.09 because it's a 4 and below lol.

That would round down to 3.09, so you should probably keep it 3 digits.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 3:47 am

What about rounding 3.492 to "about 3.5" if an interviewer asks?

(I get that you're supposed to round down, I'm hoping that estimating up is still fine.)

PoopNpants · Post by **PoopNpants** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 4:00 am

Gooooooooooo JOE!

chuckbass · Post by **chuckbass** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 6:37 am

Anonymous User wrote:What about rounding 3.492 to "about 3.5" if an interviewer asks?

(I get that you're supposed to round down, I'm hoping that estimating up is still fine.)

No. You have a 3.49.

rinkrat19 · Post by **rinkrat19** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 11:50 am

Anonymous User wrote:What about rounding 3.492 to "about 3.5" if an interviewer asks?

(I get that you're supposed to round down, I'm hoping that estimating up is still fine.)

I get that math is hard for law students, but you don't get to misrepresent your gpa. You have a 3.492 or a 3.49.

chuckbass · Post by **chuckbass** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:08 pm

rinkrat19 wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:What about rounding 3.492 to "about 3.5" if an interviewer asks?

(I get that you're supposed to round down, I'm hoping that estimating up is still fine.)
I get that math is hard for law students, but you don't get to misrepresent your gpa. You have a 3.492 or a 3.49.

Also your resume will be in front of the interviewer so I wouldn't lie when they can just look down and see what you're doing...

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