<p>I go to a top ten undergraduate Business school (USC) and my first semester here is winding down. I loved my business classes but had a much..poorer relationship with my other two classes. At the end of the day my GPA is shaping up to be a 3.4 (My major GPA is a 3.6...but I have only taken two major classes so I am not sure what that means)</p>
<p>I am currently in a Major/Concentration + double minor program</p>
<p>Business Administration with focus in Business Econ
Minors in Management Consulting and Operations </p>
<p>I am hoping to go into management consulting, I took the corresponding course this semester, got the A, did research with my professor and have his rec letter. However, I hear that getting your first internship can be rough and I am not sure how much the 3.4 GPA hurts me. </p>
<p>So I guess my question is this.</p>
<p>Is a 3.4 GPA for a business major good (enough) to land an internship during school </p>
<p>Yes I know the application is much more than the GPA but will an employer look down on me for it and would I have to do amazing things out side of the class to get myself on equal ground with everyone else?</p>
<p>Have you start looking at internships yet? You shall be busy with applying for internships through job postings at USC’s Career Services and attend Career Fairs. Your school’s Career Center is the best resource to help you obtain an internship and answer your questions. Personally I do not think 3.4 GPA will hurt you. In this economy, however, getting an internship is going to be difficult regardless. So be proactive and apply to as many internships as possible.</p>
<p>if people tell you it’s not good enough, what are you planning to do? regardless of your GPA or chosen field, you should be applying to every internship that you can find (that you would be willing to do).</p>
<p>It is VERY difficult to get consulting internships before your rising senior summer, so honestly don’t get your hopes up for getting a real internship this year (though there’s no harm in trying!). It will help you to continue trying to improve your GPA and to bolster your resume. GPA gets your foot in the door, but experience and personality gets you offer letters.</p>
<p>Assuming that when you apply for jobs you will have a decent bit of experience on your resume, a 3.4 GPA would exclude you from the top consulting firms (off hand I am thinking of Bain, BCG and McKinsey) unless the rest of your application is tremendous. A 3.6 will put you in the conversation just as well as a 4.0 would, but it all comes down to experience and fit.</p>
<p>A LOT can change in a few years, though, so don’t start planning based on four or five classes’ worth of GPA. You haven’t even gotten into your major courses yet, and those are the ones that really matter the most.</p>