Is a 3.5 GPA normal?

mikeyc765
Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:08:43 +0000

A 3.5 is nothing to be ashamed of, nor will it keep you out of banking. Although if your dreams are something like Goldman then yes, you probably won’t get that job right after graduation. However, there is still PLENTY of time to get your GPA up to a level such that even Goldman would have to take a look at you.

You should approach this semester as an opportunity to have an honest assessment of your abilities and appreciate what you’ve learned about yourself. If you were at a grade-inflated school you might feel better about yourself, but you also wouldn’t have the realistic assessment of your skills and abilities.

If you’re feeling pressure to improve your quantitative abilities, now is the time to improve them! If your abilities were “completely subar” then you wouldn’t have a chance at a 3.5, but rather you would be in the C-F range. Now you know you have brighter peers. But it doesn’t have to stay like that…no reason you can’t take steps to become one of the “bright ones” by Cornell standards.