Mistake on job application

Post date: 2021-06-19 11:01:20

I mistakenly put the wrong gpa on a job application and now I've unexpectedly advanced in the process and need to correct this.

I have been halfheartedly searching around on job boards for the last month or two and I saw one that was interesting, but sort of a long shot, and applied on a whim. The online application asked for my GPA for my undergrad and graduate degrees and wouldn't allow me to leave the field blank. The application was closing that night, I was in the middle of a move, and my transcripts were boxed up on a truck. I didn't have time to order them before the application was due so I entered what I thought I remembered.

They actually contacted me for a phone interview which went well and an insane skills test that I thought I bombed. After not hearing anything for a few weeks I assumed I was out of the running. Turns out I've advanced to a final interview. Cool!

So I unpacked the box with my transcripts today and I remembered my undergrad correctly on the application, but I put down 3.98 for my graduate degree and it was actually a 3.94. Ugh. This is absolutely a company that cares about gpa, but I'm hoping that small of a discrepancy isn't that big of a deal... especially if I contact them now and am forthcoming about what happened before moving any farther in the process.

I'm really struggling to write this email. Can someone help me out with a script for this? I don't want to be perceived as a candidate who would lie about their academic accomplishments, but it is totally on me and I should have found a way to double check. I'd also completely welcome anyone who's been on the other side of this sort of thing who can tell me it's going to be ok and I'm completely overthinking this.

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