<p>I am currently a college student but I decided to ask this question on the parents forum because I figured the people here would have more experience with such matters. Is it acceptable to round your GPA on a resume? Lets say you have a 2.96. Is it ok to list it on your resume as a 3.0?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t do it. Through an employer’s eyes, even the slightest deviation from the truth can/will be interpreted as dishonesty.</p>
<p>Agreed with LTS that you don’t want to give any apearance of impropriety.</p>
<p>It would be ok to use a letter grade, though if your school gives them. If that’s in the range that’s considered a B average at your school, you could say it that way (though if your school gives plusses and minuses you’d have to add that too).</p>
<p>As someone who has reviewed a lot of resumes, I’m not sure you really have to put your GPA. Anyone who wants your GPA is probably going to ask for a transcript any way.</p>
<p>Employers care more about credentials (# of credit hours, degrees earned), since they have specific job eligibility requirements to meet. (I’ve never seen a job description that called for a particular GPA.)</p>
<p>Prestige of the program probably would also come before GPA. Also be sure to mention any awards or significant accomplishments in ECs that are relevant to the position.</p>
<p>I never put my GPA on my resume.</p>
<p>No, no, no. Your GPA is your GPA, not rounded to the next highest whole number. My GPA was important for my last “real” resume, so it is listed (along with the classes I took, also important for that position). I got the position. I was up against young (20s) kids, I needed to show I had what it took to be in school & work (even at MY age).</p>
<p>Well, being a mathmom and all, if you listed your GPA, by the time you listed the mean, median, mode, and standard deviation, and made all the graphs and charts showing the grade distribution, so that the employer would know how to interpret your GPA, you’d run afoul of the one page rule. :)</p>
<p>Nobody’s going to object if you truncate and report it as 3.9.</p>
<p>But that’s not what you wanted to hear, right?</p>
<p>I never put my GPA on my resume… and in all of my interviews, I was only asked once. (and it was NOT at the job I wound up getting)</p>
<p>Marian you meant 2.9 right? Or 3.9 ala Marilee Jones!!! I would agree that if you report it, report it as 2.9 or 2.96, not 3.0</p>
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<li><p>Don’t put your GPA on your resume, if the resume is used for job interviews. It always looks strange.</p></li>
<li><p>If your GPA is 2.96, who cares about the hundredths? If you round it to 3, I wouldn’t object. Who cares? Outside of academia it wouldn’t draw the slightest notice. ESPECIALLY if it is for an interview for your second or fifth job. After you land the first post-college job, no one cares what your grades were. (Sorry if that startles any students around here.)</p></li>
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<p>The rule of thumb I always heard, was put your GPA if it is really good. Otherwise, leave it off. (For first few years out of college, --2 different job seeking missions-- I certainly included my GPA 
) Don’t round GPA past 2 digits… 3.xx</p>
<p>A cynical view would be that you should put your GPA on your resume only if it’s lower (but just a tad) than that of the person making the hiring decision.</p>
<p>I was told to only put your GPA if it is above a 3.5 and that you should not put it on your resume after your first post-grad job.</p>
<p>However if you graduate with honors, you may put that on your resume. :)</p>
<p>Round to two decimals; 2.96, not 3.0.</p>
<p>Sometimes while still in school it’s appropriate. After first job I don’t think it is, though “with honors” or “summa cum laude” is in bounds.</p>
<p>Many major corporations have GPA cut-off. If you don’t put, it would look as if you are below the cut-off. My company will not interview you.</p>
<p>Agree with TheDad: round it to two decimal places.</p>
<p>Yes, for all us parents who d</p>
<p>Does everyone calculate GPA to 2 decimal places? I seem to remember only 1 decimal place on my old school records. I’m pretty sure that would have made a 2.96 show up as a 3.0. Now I want to dig out my old grade reports to check. I can’t see much point in the additional decimal place. A 2.96 is much closer to a 3.0 than a 2.9.Yup, I just checked. My official college GPA was calculated to 1 decimal point only.</p>
<p>Well, my S has been to 3 schools. All 3 calculated to 2 decimal places.</p>
<p>The practice of reporting GPA to the nearest hundredth strikes me as obsessive. Is there some kind of real difference between a 3.71 and 3.74? I think not. The nearest tenth is fine in the less-obsessed world.</p>