Acceptable GPA range for top universities?

Applying to College
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<p>Generally speaking, on a 4.0 UW scale, what is the acceptable GPA range for the Ivies and for other top universities like Rice, Stanford, MIT, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, etc? </p>

<p>Does a high class rank negate what could be considered a low UW GPA? I.e. the student is top 5% yet their UW is something like 3.7 or whatever is considered insufficient. (It is to my understanding that rank is based on weighted GPA) </p>

<p>Is it true that universities (or top universities) do not consider the weighted aspects of a GPA?</p>

<p>I understand that GPA alone does not get one admitted, rather I would like to know the GPA range that would carry a student to the next round, where test scores, ECs, recommendations, and the essay are analyzed.</p>

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<p>There is no GPA cutoff that prevents you from getting into the nonexistent “next round”.</p>

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<p>Generally speaking, though, the higher the better…unless you are hooked or are a recruited athlete. And most colleges use the hollistic approach, where they consider ALL aspects of an application at the same time. But honestly, you don’t need a 4.0 UW GPA to get into those schools. They consider class rank together with GPA, especially if you go to an uber-competitive school.</p>