College students searching for internships and recent graduates applying for entry-level jobs often ask whether to include their grade point averages on their resumes. There are essentially two considerations:

1. Grade point average is often, but not always, important when applying for internships and entry-level jobs. Some employers will refuse to consider candidates whose GPA's are below some cutoff point such as 3.0 or even 3.5. But the vast majority of employers use GPA as merely one of many factors when considering candidates so if your GPA is low but your other qualifications are exemplary then you still stand a good chance of landing an interview and being hired.
   
2. A good rule of thumb for deciding whether to include your GPA on your resume is that you want to include it if it is good as that will increase your chances of landing an interview but you want to leave it off of your resume if it isn't good as that will decrease your chances of landing an interview. But that rule of thumb also begs the question: what is a good GPA? That depends upon the employer and position. If you're trying to land an interview with a top management consulting or investment banking firm then anything less than a 3.5 is not going to be regarded by the employer as being good. But if you're trying to land an interview to work in customer service for a travel or hospitality firm then a GPA as low as 2.5 for many firms would be regarded as being good enough to increase your chances of landing an interview.