Trying to find entry level work with a low gpa

u/holographicGargoyle I can't comment directly because that person blocked me, but if you are a recent grad your TRANSCRIPTS ARE TYPICALLY REQUIRED as part of a background check. Maybe there are non-top tier companies that don't care at all but the top tier ones absolutely do, like Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc... Google also confirms this directly on their website, don't trust me: [https://careers.google.com/stories/applying-to-google/](https://careers.google.com/stories/applying-to-google/) "A transcript from your university (unofficial is fine)" This is for an application, but the third party companies that do real backgrounds checks will collect as well. Now as long as your transcript is mostly consistent with your statements you should be fine. For example, if the name of your degree is "Computer Systems" and your called it "Computer Science" on your resume, probably ok. If you lied about your GPA you also won't 'fail a background check'. Rather, it will be flagged in a report produced by the background check company and the company will decide 1. if they care, and 2. might ask you to explain it. Maybe you used a hand picked set of courses in your calculation, versus your CGPA on your transcript. Background check companies don't judge you, they collect information.