So at what point in your career can you take off your GPA from your resume? Is it >= 5 yrs? I went to a decent school with a mediocre GPA, just wondering when I can get rid of it...
^ please. I've run into companies that want SAT scores from experienced hire openings ( scores from 10 years ago)
If you got a good score or GPA, just leave it on the resume. There's no downside, and it'll either be neutral or positive for you, so why the heck not?
MissCleo Wrote:
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> What if you had a mediocre ugrad GPA 3.1, but
> better Masters GPA 3.5. Can I put one and leave
> the other? Leave both, put both? Also when is it
> time to pull the ol 740 GMAT off the reusme?
I don't think you need to list UG gpa if you've done a masters...GMAT score is good, so may as well leave it on
What if you had a mediocre ugrad GPA 3.1, but better Masters GPA 3.5. Can I put one and leave the other? Leave both, put both? Also when is it time to pull the ol 740 GMAT off the reusme?
BangBusDriver Wrote:
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> I went to a top Engineering school in Computer
> Science and I too have a mediocre GPA, sucks even
> more. I never had it on my Resume, I write the
> college name and my major with large font and rest
> I fill with "other achievements" in smaller font,
> like winning a robotics competition, attending
> seminars, thesis topic, and research paper; so
> that the guy who looks at it is just lost in
> collecting information and skip that part without
> thinking for another moment that there's no GPA in
> that section.
When I don't see a GPA on a resume, it's an immediate flag that shouts "it wasn't good". It's not an immediate application killer, but if it was a decent GPA (3.3+) there's no reason to leave it off.
If your GPA is above 3.5 definitely leave it on there. If it's 3.3 to 3.5, that's a judgement call. If it's less than 3.3, I personally would leave it off.
I went to a top Engineering school in Computer Science and I too have a mediocre GPA, sucks even more. I never had it on my Resume, I write the college name and my major with large font and rest I fill with "other achievements" in smaller font, like winning a robotics competition, attending seminars, thesis topic, and research paper; so that the guy who looks at it is just lost in collecting information and skip that part without thinking for another moment that there's no GPA in that section.