Just Lie About Your GPA
There are two types of people in this world: people who don’t remember their college GPA, and nerds. I mean, there is a third category of former nerds who are bitter about their GPA and thus banished it from their consciousness (s). But my point is that a lot of people don’t know theirs, and that you can probably still just lie about it.
Just write another, more accurate (but believable) number on your resume. Nobody will check. Except for positions in academia, I’ve never heard this number checked during an interview. I mean, what are they going to do, order your official transcripts? Have you ever tried ordering an official transcript? This – like any other process that requires extracting information from the academic community – is confusing, annoying and costly . Almost no employer will go through all of these challenges to find out the truth about your average college performance.
There are, of course, exceptions. As mentioned above, you probably shouldn’t lie about your GPA if you are applying to college as this is where they really care about grades. It’s the same with super-competitive scholarships and residencies. I don’t have anything to back that up, but I think the legal bureau might give a damn if you’re not being truthful about your GPA.
Honestly, this is not advice for doctors, lawyers, and professorial wannabes – this is for people who have completed their bachelor’s or bachelor’s of science degrees and just want to work, damn it. And for most regular jobs, you can completely lie about your GPA and get away with it completely. If you’re worried about being caught, just don’t go overboard with the number. Then, if you get caught, you can just be like “Oh my bad. I memorized wrong ”or“ Oh, that’s a typo ”- although memory is easier to blame if, like me, you have not just graduated from high school.