xjis

I told over the phone interview my GPA is 3.08,
but I realized it's actually 3.07 (i had calculated my winter GPA wrong)

I was given the onsite interview.

However, I just sent an e-mail to the HR recruiter to please correct my GPA from 3.08 to 3.07...

Can they rescind my interviewee status because of this?

I'm a little concerned, but I thought sooner the better I correct this. below is the e-mail i sent to the recruiter.

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Hi. Would you please change my GPA from 3.08 to 3.07? (GPA given during the
phone interview)

One of my course grade from this winter is going to be changed, and I
realized a new calculated GPA came to be 3.07 instead of 3.08.

I would think it's not too big of a deal since 3.07 and 3.08 are differences
in hundredth, but I do not wish any trouble because of this difference in
hundredth later on during the hiring process, so I thought I should make the
correction now. I'm sorry for the trouble.
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ken285

Wow, no it will not make a difference. I don't even report my GPA to the hundreths; only to the tenth. For most companies, there are only 2 or 3 important GPA cutoffs for determining who gets an interview- 3.0 and 3.5. Otherwise, it probably won't make a difference, especially since you already had your interview.

I know someone who once reported her GPA to the thousandths place though; if that doesn't say overly obsessive, I don't know what does.

scorp

So what does a 3.16 become? a 3.2 ?

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To be honest:

Last semester, my GPA was a 3.54 in EE
It appeared as a 3.6 on my resume

How did that happen? ;/ Well, I still got calls back and had the interviews. The HR recruiters saw my resume/transcript because I had sent both of them. No questions or complaints. No one brought it up. Still got the job - I've accepted the job offer.

I guess it depends on who is viewing your resume. But, again, I've done this with many other companies - Boeing, BAE Systems, Intel - still got calls back from them, even though there was that slight discrepancy.

scorp

But did they see your transcript? Or did they simply assume that that was the GPA you got?

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Not sure about the HR lady if she saw it or not - I didn't interview with her. I'm sure she looked it over.

However, she did send it to the other people (4 of them) who interviewed me. I know they saw it because they were looking at it while interviewing me.

Brendank

That's such a small difference it doesn't matter. If it were several tenths off, then it would be important.

When your GPA gets really high or really low, I think the sensitivity increases thus justifying reporting to higher precision. A .01 difference when your GPA is 3.950 is of much greater significance than a .01 difference with a GPA of 3.000.

inkbottle

Obviously, people take it differently. HR/technical mangers have their differences, not gloss over individual philosophies. Just correct it to the exact precision given on your transcript. No need for a lossy channel here eh?

ken285

My school only calculates it to the tenth, so the only way you'd know you have a 3.16 is if you calculate it yourself, which is not so fun after 8 semesters.

red sox 7327

would a 3.16 be a 3.1 on your transcript or a 3.2? Because I know some schools chop off the last number.

Shackleford

I would just truncate it to the tenths place.