Quote from: Quail! on April 12, 2007, 08:26:02 PMQuote from: mumbling2myself on April 12, 2007, 08:21:33 PMQuote from: apollok on April 12, 2007, 08:17:58 PMisn't it a bit silly that some schools "forbid" you to post your GPA (however calculated) on your resume despite the fact that firms can get your transcript? i mean, if they wanted to, they could easily calculate it themselves and rank their candidates. what gives?The idea is that everyone has the chance to interview, and firms can't have arbitrary GPA-based cutoffs (someone with a 3.25 might actually be a better fit for the firm than the next guy with a 3.30, but if that's the cutoff both firm and applicant miss out). You'll provide the transcript at the interview, and have the chance to explain it.But if the firms aren't selecting you anyway then this wouldn't be a problem. From what I understand, Cornell assigns the interview slots randomly, so the firms would never even have the chance to do that. Unless they're worried about the firms going through everything and not taking certain interviews seriously? I think it might be that last bit. Northwestern assigns its OCI randomly as well. The dean gave us an anecdotal example of a student with a 3.2 getting a job at a firm with a stated cutoff of 3.7 or thereabouts, because he blew them away at the interview. By not including the GPA, he walked into the interview with the same standing as someone else witha 3.8 might have. It would ensure that they actually read his resume and any other materials submitted, which might just be ignored if they predisposed to ding him.
Quote from: mumbling2myself on April 12, 2007, 08:21:33 PMQuote from: apollok on April 12, 2007, 08:17:58 PMisn't it a bit silly that some schools "forbid" you to post your GPA (however calculated) on your resume despite the fact that firms can get your transcript? i mean, if they wanted to, they could easily calculate it themselves and rank their candidates. what gives?The idea is that everyone has the chance to interview, and firms can't have arbitrary GPA-based cutoffs (someone with a 3.25 might actually be a better fit for the firm than the next guy with a 3.30, but if that's the cutoff both firm and applicant miss out). You'll provide the transcript at the interview, and have the chance to explain it.But if the firms aren't selecting you anyway then this wouldn't be a problem. From what I understand, Cornell assigns the interview slots randomly, so the firms would never even have the chance to do that. Unless they're worried about the firms going through everything and not taking certain interviews seriously?
Quote from: apollok on April 12, 2007, 08:17:58 PMisn't it a bit silly that some schools "forbid" you to post your GPA (however calculated) on your resume despite the fact that firms can get your transcript? i mean, if they wanted to, they could easily calculate it themselves and rank their candidates. what gives?The idea is that everyone has the chance to interview, and firms can't have arbitrary GPA-based cutoffs (someone with a 3.25 might actually be a better fit for the firm than the next guy with a 3.30, but if that's the cutoff both firm and applicant miss out). You'll provide the transcript at the interview, and have the chance to explain it.
isn't it a bit silly that some schools "forbid" you to post your GPA (however calculated) on your resume despite the fact that firms can get your transcript? i mean, if they wanted to, they could easily calculate it themselves and rank their candidates. what gives?
Can someone explain the whole lottery thing?
HLS = assign randomly (actually you rank you choices and the system takes it from there)
Yes, it is not random at all. You rank your firm choices. You will likely get your top 30 or so bids. I have never heard of a school which assigns your interviews "randomly." That doesn't make any sense. Anyway, in a lottery system, you must be strategic, because you don't want to use all your top bids on firms you likely will not receive callbacks from. Anyway, this is how Northwestern does it, as well as most of the top schools. It is also how Georgetown does it. UVA is clearly different. Pre-screening is dumb, because it cuts off the bottom pile of students. It frankly makes it harder for them to get jobs. They get less interviews.
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