[Resume related] Can I not mention the college I transferred from, or hide it in bulletpoint?

Hi there,

1) Should I combine my previous college to a bullet point into my current school?

Yes, that would be fine. Alternatively you can add the old school near the new one in parenthesis, as mentioned by Kiran. You need to mention the old school for transparency, but adding as a bullet/short reference works.

2) And how do I address the date if I only mention my current school? It would be like one semester to present

If you use the bullet for the old school, you can keep the actual time of the new school and add the time of the old one in the bullet. If you add the old school in parenthesis on the same line of the new mentioning when the transfer happened, you can keep a single period of time for both.

Best,

Francesco

Hi there,

I would be interested in what the community has to say on this. The guiding principle should be the following: If you get an offer, most firms will employ a third party to check everything is as you say (I've seen offers pulled on this basis).

So you need to get the truth on paper in whichever way you want. My two cents (but account for what others say) is:

• I think you can put the old college in parenthesis, ie. (transferred from xyz college in 20xx) and keep your current one bolded/prominent
• With your GPA, your going to have to report what your current college has on record, e.g., either combined GPA (between old school and new) or only new GPA making it v.clear what number you are reporting

Would be happy to jump on a quick call/have a look at your cv if useful :)

Hi there,

I completely agree with Kiran. 

I would make it a sub-bullet of your current education saying you transferred. 

I would leave out the GPA (but you will still need to include it when completing the application)

Hi, I would put your previous school in a sub-bullet too, but I do not consider GPA necessary. Making clear that the current GPA is only for the new school and writing down GPA when asked in the form will make you compliant for any check

Best,
ANtonello

Hello!

It´s a unique situation, ofc, but don´t worry too much about it. I like the idea of the consolidation better, since you don´t want to attract attention by putting the mediocre school in single line. 

Cheers, 

Clara

Hello,

I think Kiran's advice is spot on. 

I would put your current school in bold, and mention the school you transferred from in a sub-bullet/parentheses below. Make it clear that you transferred.

Similarly for the GPA, you can use current/combined GPA, depending on what your current school reports, but make it clear that is what it is.

This ensures that you are not hiding anything or lying about anything, but are emphasizing the parts you want them to see.

The main issue will be how to deal with it if you get an offer. The firms hired to do background research will call up your school to get complete information on start date and end date so you will eventually have to inform them.

One way to do it is to not have it as part of your resume and just provide the full picture to the background research company and hope it is not an issue.

The safest thing and honest thing to do is to list it in its entirety, everything else depends on your risk tolerance level.

Hi there,

You have to be transparent and include the relevant information in a truthful way, but you can do it in a way that doesn't highlight some things. So Kiran's response is a good suggestion on how to do it.

Hi there, 

I would put in as a bullet point or in parentheses. It's good to mention it so it doesn't show up as a flag if they do a background check later on, but there's no need to flash it right at the top of the CV.

Best,

Cristian