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Ask HN: How do I show employers that my grades are much higher than they appear?
I have a 3.43 overall GPA, because of classes I took over 6 years ago while I was a history major. Since starting school for CS in the fall of 2012(at a decent public research university), my grades have been much higher than the rest of the class in every class I've taken--I usually end up with grades around 10 points higher than the next highest grade in all of my classes.
All of my professors last semester added a few points to shift the grade distribution over a bit, but since I was the only person in the class who had anywhere near a perfect score without the curve, my final numerical grades ended up like this.
System level programming - 116
Data Structures - 107
Computer Org (Assembly) - 107
Calc II - 100
One of my professors told me that no one has every made a 100 on all of his tests, but in the end I got an A and so did the people who made 20 points lower than me.
How do I show on my resume that I've made perfect scores in every class I've taken since starting back in Fall 2012?
- lethain 13y agoGenerally the advice is to breakout GPA by major courses and overall (e.g. 4.0 GPA in major, 3.43 overall).
- jlgaddis 13y agoExpect most employers to not care about your G.P.A.
- akirn 13y agoEmployers don't care about your GPA. Really. Concentrate on finding the best ways to showcase your software engineering (as opposed to CS) skills, ability to work on a team, understanding of key business processes, etc.