<p>Hi my gpa at the end of fall will be a 3.493. I was wondering since I read on another thread that a 3.45 should worry(for a school like UCLA). Since I have a 3.49 which category do I fall into??</p>
<p>Only on College Confidential...</p>
<p>^i agree, only on CC!</p>
<p>hahah i'm sure you'll be fine. do you have anything else besides school?</p>
<p>ok i came back because this post was just too funny. just cuz i understand that feeling all too well, how every little detail made me think and worry when i set my sight on berkeley. yes...only on college confidential...haha</p>
<p>the diffrence can make you or brake you...you are screwed man.</p>
<p>ooooojacko, don't listen to njccstudent. what is the major you are applying to?</p>
<p>on a serious note, having 3.49 over 3.5 has absalutely no diffrence. However, what you should really worry about is having 3.49 and not 4.0ish (of course I'm assuming you are at a CC, otherwise ignore that).</p>
<p>ooooojacko, don't listen to njccstudent.</p>
<p>Um, I can't be the only one who saw the obvious sarcasm.</p>
<p>Obviously in my mind I know there is no difference between a 3.49 and a 3.5, it's just that everyone is pointing out these minor details, it makes me second guess myself. BTW, Im a poli sci major, and i have a very long history of interning at a law office. (20 hours a week for about a year now) I guess I can only hope for the best, and not take College Con. so seriously loll!</p>
<p>"Comprehensive review" means they look at a variety of factors. Even REAL differences in GPAs can be outweighed by other factors (first tier factors--academics, and then second tier--extra-curriculars etc.).</p>
<p>at my school, the difference between a 3.49999999999999999999999999999 and a 3.5 is the difference between graduating with honors (cum laude) and not. They won't, for any reason on God's green Earth, bump it up for you. So, in some instances, the difference can be big...(graduating with honors can look good on a resume/grad school app).</p>
<p>We know he is kidding because a 3.499 IS a 3.5. A 3.495 or more is a 3.5! hah</p>
<p>Who's kidding? I'm definately not...here's what my school says about it:</p>
<p>"Important note: Grade point averages are not rounded in order to achieve honors. If a student has a final cumulative grade point average of 3.499, (the College) will not award honors upon graduation. Similarly, if a student qualifies for honors and has a 3.849 cumulative grade point average, they will be awarded Magna Cum Laude and will not have their GPA rounded up to achieve Summa Cum Laude status."</p>
<p>You can add as many 9's to the end of the 3.49 and it will make no difference here.</p>
<p>If the requirement is a 3.50 and a 3.499 is not a 3.50 then they are actually rounding down--that is odd. What college is this? Can you provide a link?</p>
<p>Yeah, here's a link:</p>
<p>what 311Griff says is very logical and probably true.
gabew42 plz explain to me why do you assume that they round it to one digit after the dot? a 3.4999 is smiply 3.4999. I know it defies the rules of significant figures, however, a limit is a limit and it should not be bent for individual cases.<br>
With that said, I don't think that this fact has any relevance to the question in hand. Being Magna Cum Laude or Summa Cum Laude is decided only by very strict requirments that the school MUST obey and has not control of, but when a person looks at your GPA (admmision officer) he wouldn't care.</p>
<p>NJCC, you saw what I was basing it on. Yes, a 3.4999 isnt a 3.50 if they insist on not rounding anything. And yes, this point is completely irrelevant to the thread as UC admissions is not like qualifying for those things.</p>