Stellar undergrad GPA, poorer grad GPA

Graduate School
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Hey everyone.

I’ll keep this short and simple. With the future in mind, I know some jobs might look at GPA as a cutoff for the interview pile. However, my undergrad and graduate GPAs seem to be going two different ways.

I graduated with a 4.0 in undergrad, but my graduate GPA seems to be sinking towards a 3.0. I mainly attribute this to fewer credit hours in grad school meaning Bs weigh you down more. I anticipate one B this semester, which one of the classes I took I’m one of the very few to pass at all–no As whatsoever are being given, so I’m pretty grateful for that.

Regardless, in your opinion, should I put my undergrad GPA first when filling out applications, and then graduate GPA? I’d like to be the most competitive applicant I can be; I’m just not sure if prospective employers are going to discriminate against my most RECENT GPA not being within their cutoff. I don’t intend to lie, but instead try to frame my profile in a different way that displays my aptitude.

2

You seriously think the order of the GPAs listed in the application will make any difference?

3

It won’t matter which you put first and which you put second. They will see both. I think education is usually listed as most recent to least recent. You could opt to just leave both GPAs off. I wouldn’t include the undergrad GPA and omit the grad GPA, though.

4

Leave off both. They will only hold you back as different employers have dissimilar expectations.

5

Most jobs don’t have GPA cutoffs anyway. The few that do will probably specify which GPA they want in which slot, so they can easily distinguish between undergrad and grad GPAs.