<p>I am a Civil Engineering who is attending University of Illinois at Chicago. I currently have a internship. I will be graduating by next spring. I am looking for a little resume and career advice. Any help is greatly appreciated.</p>
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<li><p>I currently have both my major and cumulative GPA on my resume. My major is about 3.4 and my minor is about 3.2. Should I just put the better of the two. </p></li>
<li><p>I was a transfer student. Should I include my community college on my resume?</p></li>
<li><p>Any personal opinions on how I'm looking once I graduate? What kind of salary range should I expect?</p></li>
<li><p>Is there any way to look up the average GPA in Engineering at UIC. I was trying to look, but I couldn't find it and I was just curious. </p></li>
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<p>Put your GPA exactly as it is reported on your transcript. E.g. “GPA through spring 2012: x.xxx”. That way, it will match any verification check that an employer may do when hiring you.</p>
<p>Since you were a transfer student, you may have to list two GPAs, perhaps like this:</p>
<p>University of Illinois - Chicago:
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering expected 6/2013
GPA 9/2011 through 6/2012: x.xxx</p>
<p>____________ Community College:
GPA 9/2009 through 6/2011: x.xxx</p>
<p>Consider applying to graduate school as well. If you get no job offers, but do get into a graduate program with funding, that may be better than the unemployment line.</p>
<p>I was worried that if I put my community college a possible employer would look down on it because it was a CC so I figured I wouldn’t put it on. Is this a correct assumption?</p>
<p>I see I made a typing error. I ment Major/Cumulative GPA. I figure I’ll just put one on there. I wasn’t talking about asking for a salary I ment what kind of salary range should I expect? $40,000 to $50,000? etc</p>
<p>Your transcript likely lists cumulative GPA, so put that there exactly as your transcript shows; put major GPA in addition if you want (if your transcript shows that, put it exactly as your transcript shows).</p>
<p>I am a hiring manager (ChemE, biotech) and I don’t look down on people who did their first few years at a CC. In fact I recommend it to my friends who have kids looking at college and aren’t exactly sure what they want to do. There are many reasons that people go to CC, and employer that judges you negatively because you went to a CC isn’t worth working for.</p>
<p>“I was worried that if I put my community college a possible employer would look down on it because it was a CC so I figured I wouldn’t put it on. Is this a correct assumption?”</p>
<p>No employer (and I interview executives for a living) will care that you went to community college for two years as long as your grades at your current BS program are solid (which they are). Don’t be embarrassed about it one bit.</p>
<p>It would look stranger if you had only your final two years of college on your resume. Then it might look like you are trying to cover something up.</p>
<p>I would put both your major and your cumulative GPA on there. If you put only your GPA for your major on there, the employer will think that your cume is lousy.</p>
<p>This kind of brings up another question then. If I should put my CC on there should I maybe list my CC GPA, my CC GPA is slightly above 3.0 and my University GPA is at about 3.45. Should I possibly put my CC GPA, University GPA, Major GPA, and cumulative. So that they can see I am doing much better in my later years?</p>
<p>Assuming that your GPA at your community college was good, put it on there. It’s not a big issue if you leave it off, however.</p>
<p>No reason to break down your community college GPA into major and cume (did you really have a true major in two years?). Just put your cume down, and only if it’s good. Employers won’t pay much attention to your community college grades.</p>