<p>Hi - when you use the term "major GPA", does that mean classes specifically within your major department (ie only CS classes)? Or would it include classes like calculus?
Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m a ME major and my major classes includes calculus. Usually non major classes are the ones you have to talk, but you have a selection out of which ones you can take, aka core classes.</p>
<p>For me it just includes engineering classes. Not just my major specific classes, but required engineering classes from other departments. Calculus classes don’t count for me. Check your universities website it should say.</p>
<p>I couldnt find anything about it through my school (probably email my advisor). If I dont include calculus, my CS GPA is a 4.0, whereas if I include it, it drops to like 3.5, so it would be pretty convenient if it didnt count haha</p>
<p>In what context are you asking about “major GPA”. </p>
<p>If it is within your school, then by all means check your school policy. I’m sure they will vary by school. </p>
<p>If you mean when applying for a job, then it gets a little fuzzy. If I was considering hiring a college applicant, then I would ask for an official transcript. I would calculate a “major GPA” using all STEM related classes, so it would typically include classes outside your department. I was using it as an indication of your intellegence. There would be quite a bit of additional education that would occur as on the job training and I wanted to get an indication of whether you could pick it up easily. I’m sure different companies and different managers within those companies would do things differently. If you really want to know, ask.</p>
<p>I’m mostly asking with respect to internship applications (what to put on my resume). For jobs that dont ask for a transcript (at least immediately) I don’t want to try to be intentionally misleading…</p>