I just received my grades this semester 5 A’s and 1 B) and I was able to bring it up from a 3.0 to 3.45. 
What’s on your transcript?
My college career services office specifically said to NOT round up your GPA. They said to truncate everything after 2 decimals. For example, a 3.459 would be 3.45 on your resume according to their method.
Congratulations. Keep up the good work. If it is on your transcript, it is what it is, but you should be proud of such a great increase.
Where do you intend to put the rounded up GPA?
In any case don’t round up. The schools are going to check with your official transcript and will find the truth.
Also, congratulations on a very good semester!
If you are putting it on a resume, put it exactly as what your transcript will say (to the same number of places after the decimal point) and specify the date. E.g. if your transcript at the end of this semester shows 3.45, write “GPA as of 6/2017: 3.45”. This way, any employer that verifies claimed GPA using your transcript will see that you are telling the exact truth.
The general rule is round at the hundredth. Saying you’re a 4.0 student with a 3.95 is unethical and will look poorly on you in interviews when they congratulate you on never making an A-.
Don’t round it. For all things that matter (employment, graduate school, etc) there is no real difference.
@Jpgranier that’s wrong. The rule is to put it exactly as your school does. Most colleges truncate to the hundredth place, rather than round. At many colleges, including mine, it is an honor code violation to present your GPA other than how it appears on your transcript.
My school rounds and then adds a zero, which is completely mathematically inaccurate (ex. a 3.966 would be shown as a 3.970 on my grades portal) so I use 3.97 unless whatever I’m putting it into asks for a different number of decimal places.
@bodangles gahh that’s frustrating… so mathematically inaccurate!
But yeah, for example, when I self calculated my GPA with my school’s scale is a 3.X5949 (and some more decimal places) but it displays on my transcript as a 3.X5 not a 3.X6
If I were to list 3.X6 on my résumé, instead of 3.X5, my school would bring an honor code violation charge against me.
No.
And agree- truncate, don’t round.
Agree, your GPA on your resume should match the GPA on your transcript.
And I don’t think anyone will hire or not hire you because you have a 3.45 instead of a 3.5.
Congrats on bringing up your GPA. Keep things moving in that positive direction.
My undergrad GPA is a 3.89x… Well, I’ll just use the combined GPA of classes I took at the community college etc for the 3.91
Doesn’t 3.45 round to 3? Just kidding, bit I think good etiquette is to list GPA to the decimal point computed by your school. I have seen some students report GPA to the thousandth.
Best news - after that first job, no one cares and you don’t list GPA on a resume.
Depends. If you want to look for internships again while in graduate school your GPA becomes relevant again
~GPA helped me get my first job in my major, but again, looking for internships because government work doesn’t really give you the experience you want in engineering.