GPA Question

Triple111

Triple111

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I've been looking everywhere for an answer :mad:. When it says you need at least a 3.5-3.8 GPA to be competitive, does that mean weighted GPA or unweighted? If unweighted, is it referencing all Honors classes or standard classes? Because it's obviously much easier to get a 3.8 unweighted in all normal classes than honors...

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Mike
 
You definitely don't need between that to be competitive. blahblah, whole person concept, based on interview, grades, CFA, all that stuff. Admissions looks at your whole profile and makes a decision. If you have a 3.3, they won't automatically throw your file out.
 
From my understanding, it is an unweighted GPA that they use. But they also adjust to some kind of standard based on classes taken also I believe?

Someone else here could probably give you a better answer, but I am pretty sure it is unweighted.
 
Admissions can re-weight your GPA once they see your school's profile and the classes you take. My school did not weight grades, and I had a 4.0. They didn't touch my GPA, but I've heard of peoples' getting bumped up. If you take a bunch of honors classes and have a 3.0-4.0, I wouldn't worry too much.
 
Oh ok, sound good to me! In addition, I recently dropped one of my 6 honors classes (chemistry) to level 2 (level 1 is honors), because I was getting a C even though I was trying hard and it was taking up too much of my time that I needed for other subjects. Does the AFA frown upon dropping (maybe thinking you're a quitter?). Thanks!
 
I don't think it's all that big an issue if you're a bit under 3.5. Though my ALO said that they tend to look more at GPA than the difficulty of the courses you've taken :/
 
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