Overall GPA vs major GPA on resume
It is unclear whether an overall or major GPA matters more for landing jobs and internships. This debate keeps applicants on the fence, because leaving the metric off entirely raises fears that employers will just assume the worst.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Listing major GPA only when overall GPA is low to cushion it
- 2Listing overall GPA by default without explicitly specifying
- 3Leaving GPA off the resume entirely
- 4Including GPA anyway out of concern that hiring managers will assume the worst if omitted
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Destroy me, looking for a full-time tax associate role. (The tax associate role I just got is part-time and just a temp)”source ↗
“Debated for a while, eventually just decided that most people would just assume worse if I didn't include it. Still on the fence about it tho”source ↗
“As for getting jobs and internships which matters more overall gpa or major gpa?”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
- 13How to hide a low GPA on a job application
- 2Should I put an upcoming internship on my resume?
- 4Why am I being forced to give minimum grades for missing work?
- 4How do I choose what grade level to teach?
- 3Do accounting internships matter more than a 4.0 GPA?
- 8How to grade open-ended assignments and tests faster