3 decimal GPA is too mcuh

I am applying to internships, and I just got my cGPA as of this semester: 3.597.

Is it ok to round it up to 3.60?

I would think so. Most people refer to GPA with two decimals.

A lot of people look at just one decimal.

Report your overall GPA for that school exactly as it appears on your transcript. I.e.

That way, there will be no question about your honesty if an employer compares the GPA that you reported to that which is on your transcript.

The employer that raises on issue with my rounding a 3.597 to a 3.6 is not an employer I would ever want to work for so I would thank them for telling me that upfront and move on.

I would just report it as shown, there is no real difference for all practical purposes.

Don’t fudge. It’s a) unworthy of you and b) too easy to get caught.

If a potential employer wants to round, he or she should have no trouble doing it.

No employer wants to see a GPA rounded to 4 decimals – it looks silly and a bit neurotic. I’d round it.

Actually, at my university, according to career services, it can be considered an academic integrity/ honor code violation to put out a resume that lists your GPA as inaccurate. It must match the GPA on your transcript exactly, or if shortened, must always be truncated. Truncate if you wish, but NEVER round up your GPA.

Well, it’s 3 decimals in this example. :slight_smile:

Regardless, I’d rather have the interviewer roll his/her eyes, than lose a job for rounding. In the case of the OP, I don’t think it’s a big whoop to call a 3.597 a 3.60, but I personally would match the resume to the transcript, unless the application form asked for GPA in a X.XX format, and then I’d truncate. It’s unlikely that the number in the thousandth place will be a make-or-break unless the job requires a 3.60 GPA. In which case, you would not meet the requirements. Similarly, a 3.999 (which is mathematically impossible for most students, but let’s pretend) is never a 4.0

You’re supposed to truncate GPAs, so a 3.597 = 3.59 not 3.60

@skieurope My error. But I have the same comment for rounded to three decimal places. The standard on the many resumes I have looked at is 2 decimal places at most. It will make no meaningful difference if the OP writes 3.59 or 3.60 on the resume.

I would recommend that the OP consult with career placement at his/her college since there is some disagreement among posters here. Career placement staff can review/help with your resume and let you know the standard practice for GPA rounding.

Personally, I agree with truncating, but this is school-specific. Check with career services as noted above. Some colleges so enable rounding. (I got involved in a discussion about this a couple of years ago, and started researching a bunch of colleges to see what they recommended, and was surprised that more than one did round up the fourth decimal, with the exception of 3.999.)

For example Cornell recommends rounding (in this case to 3.01):

http://www.career.cornell.edu/story/resumes/upload/BeforeResume2013.pdf

I’ve also always heard it’s better to truncate.