<p>hi,
i am a third year at uchicago and looking to go into consulting or financial services. although i am pretty worried about my GPA and how it will appear to recruiters. i am really just getting into the world of interviews and networking. i have a 3.4 over all GPA, plus lots of EC's and a passion for using economics to solve concrete problems. just wondering if i should worry about my GPA. thanks.</p>
<p>yeah.. you'll need to network pretty well w/ that GPA to get most firms to even read anything below "education". Got any finance/consulting-related work experience?</p>
<p>no, are you familiar with Uchicago grading system or are you just saying that based on my GPA? i don't want to spend my summer working in a bank <em>yawn</em> sucking up to people i really don't care about so that maybe they will remember my name in a few years. i'm doing various internships right now, research study talking to hospital patients, working in chicago public schools, i really believe i am making a difference. i want to study economics because i believe it is the best way to look at problems of inefficiency in the education system and social security programs. i think consulting would be exciting, and i could see my ideas put to use.</p>
<p>i am mainly interested in what the possibilities are for someone who has taken very difficult classes at a very rigorous school, but whose GPA may seem low to a recruiter. (or does it seem low to a recruiter familiar with uchicago?)</p>
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<p>A bunch of 400 level classes with a 3.4 GPA would look better than a bunch of 200 level classes with 4.0 GPA.</p>
<p>De-emphasize GPA in your resume, and highlight the relevant classes you took.</p>
<p>In this environment, a 3.4 GPA is definitely low, even from UChicago. You will need either previous banking/consulting experience or have made a substantial, quantifiable impact in your current/previous internships to get an interview. ECs are definitely a plus, but will not make up for the GPA unless you are high up in the leadership chain/have highly relevant ones (Blue Chips, Eckhart Consulting, etc.)</p>
<p>Is your major GPA greater than your overall GPA? If so, list that. </p>
<p>And if you don't want to work in a bank sucking up to people, why are you even applying for financial services/consulting? Unless you find an internship with a very small firm, that is what you'll be doing.</p>
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<p>Lucy you gots some splaining to do. </p>
<p>You don't have this passion... get out of here. You're gonna have to suck up everywhere you go.... Its just that at an IBank, your 100% salary bonus(once was) depended on how well your superiors liked you.</p>