<p>What do you think? Is it possible, or just crazy talk? How about for a major in Biology? Literature? Math? Economics? Philosophy?</p>
<p>Don't count on it.</p>
<p>Hahah too funny.</p>
<p>Youll notice that some courses will be easy A's but others will be a struggle to get a B+ so good luck. Again, dont bank on it. Just do your best.</p>
<p>You get a 4.0 by immersing yourself in the material. In H.S. you don't have the time, but in college, school is what your there for, so you have to invest everything if you want that 4.0.</p>
<p>Very rare, obviously a lot more rare than a 4.0 in HS. Your GPA will be heavily major dependent. You won't find very many science/engineering majors with a 4.0.</p>
<p>Humanities courses are easier to get A's in. I'm a science major but I've taken 1/3 of my credits in non-bio/chem classes and have yet to receive anything lower than an A in those classes.</p>
<p>Are you going to factor in A-pluses, which rate a 4.3 GPA? If so, a 4.0 is more achievable. Or is that cheating?</p>
<p>Norcalguy, my son is also getting A's in his humanities classes - for the first time. I thought he was working harder, but now I wonder if the grading is kinder.</p>
<p>yes, we are taking into account the fact that A-plusses mean a 4.3. So it should be even easier to get a 4.0 with the 'bonus' that's out there, but it still happens very rarely. </p>
<p>the humanities classes aren't necessarily easier, but require a different skill set than bio and engineering classes. Alot of it varies from class to class as well and from professor to professor. Some are just easier than others.</p>
<p>i think in a hard science major you would be hard-pressed to find a 4.0. however, my sisters friend graduated as a com sci major with like a 4.1 (he had a bunch of A+'s) and is at grad school at Stanford. 2 of my friends in govt had over a 4.0 (one had a 4.08 and the other had a 4.05 or something like that).. but that was just after freshman year.</p>
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<p>It's definitely possible, but not super common. But, look at the GPA's of 4 of the five guys in our suite this year, after one year at Cornell.</p>
<p>4.22 (AEM), 4.10 (AEM), 4.07 (Econ), 3.9 (Eng)</p>
<p>Also, we all work pretty hard but not soo hard as to make school our entire lives.</p>
<p>Just remember that part of college is the social aspect. Balancing schoolwork, clubs/extracirriculars, partying, and downtime is essential to getting the most of yoru college experience.</p>
<p>I know a girl in a hard science with a 4.0 at cornell. It's not impossible, just a little rare.</p>
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<p>A rising sophomore at Cornell from my HS has a 4.0ish GPA in Mechnical.
Its definitely possible to get a 3.8+ and have a very good social life.</p>
<p>you can do anything you set your mind to. I've heard of several people who have 4.0+ at Cornell (that sounds funny). It's not impossible and from what I hear you don't have to be a nerd and study 10 hours a day to do it but you do have to study.</p>
<p>Does Summa Cum Laude exist at Cornell? Also, with all this talk about 4.3, do graduate schools view your gpa out 4.3 or 4.0? thanks</p>
<p>Hmmm I think you can just graduate with honors (in response to post above)</p>
<p>i dont know how the rest of Cornell works, but in ILR if you're in the top 20% of the class you can apply to graduate with honors. But, this doesn't just mean you have great grades, but you need to do an entire thesis project over your senior year.</p>
<p>In CALS, it works something like this. Don't quote me on the exact numbers or names, but this is what I remember.</p>
<p>3.5+ = Cum Laude (Honors)</p>
<p>3.75+ = Magna Cum Laude (High Honors)</p>
<p>4.0+ = Summa Cum Laude (Very High Honors)</p>
<p>Whats the Dean's list?</p>
<p>dean's list varies from college to college and even from class year to class year. Often times its set to be around the top 10% of the class.</p>
<p>So, the deans List is purely based on ur GPA?
Also, what are the other academic honours Cornell has?</p>
<p>besides the ones listed above?</p>