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Hi-
I am a finance major and one thing that is on my resume (under education) is a financial modeling certification which is awarded after 50-60 hours of rigorous training, the successful building of a 3-statement financial model in under 90 minutes, and the passing of 2 exams on corporate finance, valuation methods, and accounting which when combined, has a pass rate of 11%.
This has been of great value for getting finance interviews and it always comes up in interviews. However, I am not sure law schools care. Any recommendations about if I should include this and if I do, where should I place it and how to describe it?
mashnina879
Thursday, Dec 17 2020
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There are multiple reasons why someone could take a class pass/fail. My undergrad encouraged anyone taking a class that may have been way out of their major/comfort zone to consider taking it pass fail so you still get the chance to enjoy the class and learn about a topic you maybe otherwise wouldn't without having to stress as much about the outcome for your GPA. I'm not sure admissions would just assume you were pass/failing to cover up a really low grade.
At the end of the day, law school admissions care about the numbers, so if you think the 4.0 would boost your cumulative GPA nicely, that's something I would consider. You do have to take the lower credit load into account though. A 4.0 with 5 classes is going to have a much bigger impact on your overall GPA than a 4.0 with 3 classes. I'd recommend running the numbers with your cumulative to see the impact either would have.
Thanks for the input. Ran the numbers and covering u the two 3.5's would gives me a .04 bump in cumulative GPA. Not much but def helpful.
Hey-
Due to the virtual format of my classes this year, my university is allowing us the optional "S/NS" (Satisfactory/Not Satisfactory) selection for certain grades. Satisfactory gives you credit for the class but does not count towards your GPA.
As my semester comes to an end and final grades start to get posted, I am wondering if I should cover up all my grades that are below a 4.0 with an "S". This will optimize my GPA. For example, I am in 5, 3-credit classes and have 3 4.0's and 2 3.5's. That is a GPA of 3.8. I could cover the 3.5's with "S" and get a 4.0 for the semester.
Will this be concerning for a law school to see while reading my transcript? Thanks in advance
mashnina879
Friday, Nov 13 2020
@ thanks for that insight. Definitely good to know moving forward as I will for sure be below all my schools median GPAs by about .05-.1.
Again, thank you
Hey,
I was wondering if anyone had any insight as to how law school admissions view GPA's as they approach the schools median. For example, if a schools median is a 3.8 and I have a 3.75, am I placed in the same "below-median" category as the student with 3.5? To what extent does the marginal .05 GPA matter?
Thanks
mashnina879
Sunday, Dec 06 2020
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Does anybody know how CAS will calculate my GPA if my school does not give out letter grades or percentages? My school uses .5 blocks (3.0,3.5,4.0) without regard to specific percentages. A 93% is a 4.0 just as much as a 98% is a 4.0.
For example, on my transcript it will say:
Class A 3.5
Class B 4.0
Class C 4.0
Thanks
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What financial modeling course did you use?
https://adventiscg.com/FMC-program/
The pass rate I cited was for peoples initial attempt. Taught me more than any of my finance classes in college combined and has been very helpful as I will be spending the summer in Real Estate Private Equity