<p>I'm applying to several jobs/internships, and I was wondering if it's okay to round my 3.945 to a 3.95 on my resume? My employers will see the transcripts anyways. If it's not okay, should I put 3.94? Writing 3.945 just looks ugly when you carry it out to the thousandths place.... But I definitely want to at least list it to hundredths place (since a 3.94 does look more impressive, albeit slightly, than a 3.9)</p>
<p>And I know many people chose not to put GPAs on resumes- but I have pretty solid grades, and I feel it would make me a more competitive applicant.</p>
<p>wow…</p>
<p>a 3.94…5???</p>
<p>your parents must cry themselves to sleep at night with worry for your future. ;)</p>
<p>Well in general, would you round up to the nearest hundredths place if you had a x.xx5-9?</p>
<p>3.945></p>
<p>3.95>> (rounded to hundredths)</p>
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<p>aaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnndd</p>
<p>presto.</p>
<p>Employers will think you are very annoying if you put your GPA out to the hundredths place. Just put 3.9 and be done with it.</p>
<p>i see no problem with it</p>
<p>If it’s just a number on your resume, there’s very little difference (0.01 to be exact) between a 3.95 and 3.94. You could put either one without any real problems. A 3.94 won’t make you look more stupid, and a 3.95 won’t cause you to lose a job offer because you ‘lied’.</p>
<p>If you write it 3.95, that is exactly correct, because the number of digits is specifying the precision and normal rounding rules would apply. If you wrote 3.950 it would be misleading someone, but that isn’t what you are proposing here. </p>
<p>It would also be accurate to write 4 as your GPA, but if you put in a decimal point and one digit then it has to be 3.9 not 4.0 because of the rounding rules again. </p>
<p>I would go with what looks usual and customary - 3.95 fits the bill. I agree with jayo2nice (although I can’t guarantee that subconscious envy isn’t involved) that writing 3.945 or more digits appears unusually precise and looks more like bragging, ironically, that does 3.95 because one could decide that you wanted to include all the digits to draw attention to that extra .005. It is ironic because the cleaner and totally accurate, honest 3.95 does not give that impression, but at least for me, that is the effect of the two alternatives. </p>
<p>If anyone mentions that number when interviewing you, you can bring upl the more precise value but do it as part of a wider reply that mentions other aspects of your academic performance, such as favorite types of courses or categories/subjects where you did best.</p>
<p>Friends, Romans, countrymen, (and gobears10), LEND ME YOUR BRAINS!!!
What an amazing gpa haha. especially from cal.
Round up. they won’t care :)</p>
<p>3.945?? All hail gobears10!</p>
<p>Haha, well I’m a Poli Sci major. So while a 3.95 is higher than the 3.3 or 3.4 average in the department, and is definitely impressive, I would say it’s easier to get all A’s in Pol Sci than in MCB, Engineering, Physics, Math, and Chem, and to a lesser degree, Business, Economics, Philosophy, and English.</p>
<p>I have muchos muchos respect for any of the above majors who have above a 3.6</p>
<p>Thanks for the helps guys btw!</p>
<p>Are you interested in graduate school, maybe say, law school? Cause if so, you’re pretty much a shoe in…</p>
<p>You should never, ever round-up a gpa on a resume.</p>
<p>if they will see your transcript, i think it would add an interesting dynamic if you rounded down to 3.9 and then they see your transcript for a 3.945. adds a certain air to your personality.</p>
<p>if they wont see your transcript, round up to 3.95.</p>
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correction:
also, it depends on a few other tidbits. for instance:
you should not round up if there is a specified “cut off” for GPA. if your employer will only accept applications 3.5+, it would be a waste of time to apply with a 3.45 and round up to 3.5 to be eligible for the job, because they will reject you (or even worse, accuse you of lying and then not hire you in the future [depends on the industry, but word can spread, especially if you are hired under false pretenses…])
if it’s something like this, though, i’ve seen plenty of people round up from something like a 3.67 to a 3.7 and life was good.</p>
<p>wow long thread about something so dumb</p>
<p>^ maybe this should be a dumb thread about something so long instead.</p>
<p>yeow :s</p>
<p>I find this thread risible.</p>
<p>Anyway, how hard is political science at Berkeley? If I attend Berkeley, I might major in PS rather than MCB because it is easier.</p>
<p>^Most people get B+s in their classes. You have to be an idiot not to get a B at the very least. Getting A minuses is generally tough- you have to know your material inside out and must have done the readings very thoroughly. Getting solid A’s is even harder- you need to be a very clear, strong, and succinct writer, something many Berkeley students even within the humanities fail at because of inadequate high school education. (Only a small minority of high schools have great humanities teachers that prepare you for A level papers and essays at Berkeley- everyone else gets screwed over their first few papers and must either figure out how to improve writing, or continue getting screwed).</p>
<p>It’s by no means easy. It’s a very relevant subject and something good to learn. If you’re aiming for the highest law schools, you would want to get all As or A minuses at the least, and that would require a lot of work.</p>
<p>And how is this ludicrous? It’s a legitimate question that many people in similar situations would want to know (say someone had a 3.558- should he/she round up to 3.56?) Is that okay for employers? Will they accuse him/her of lying for doing that (since they will see his/her transcripts?)</p>
<p>^Thank you for the felicitous information, I needed it. </p>
<p>I find the thread unnecessary and risible because I see any act of distortion as a sign of duplicity. Although it would be expedient for anyone to round up their grade point averages, I think inserting anything on your resume that differs from the reality delineated on your transcript is simply an attempt of chicanery.</p>