<p>Are there any statistics on what the average GPA for first-year undergrads is?</p>
<p>Are you looking for the average GPA of students after their first year at UVa or a statistic about high school GPA?</p>
<p>Ops, I forgot to specify.
I would like to know the average GPA of students after their first-year at UVA.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-virginia/547251-gpa-distribution.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-virginia/547251-gpa-distribution.html</a></p>
<p>So the average semester GPA is 3.2?? But that is so low!!</p>
<p>Wow, Hazelorb, how do you do it!>You have a link for almost everything!
Cruella, I too was a little bit floored with this information. UVA is a fairly tough school though, IMO, and now I see these GPA’s and realize that I was correct in my own assessment of the difficulty of this university.<br>
My GPA is higher than these averages, but I must say that I study VERY hard. I do have an outside life though and am very happy, but when it comes to school work there really is no wiggle room.</p>
<p>Well I wanted to know the average GPA, because I was worried that mine is too low, but now… Phew!</p>
<p>Not sure how to interpret your message, are you trying to transfer?
Obviously, I don’t really know what your goals are, but I caution that though the GPA’s may appear “too low”, this is a very good, but tough school. Someone coming from a school with grade inflation might be sorely readjusted in thought process to UVA’s Academical rigor.
(Realizing you are not at UVA, just to let you know “Academical” is a Jefferson term for his “village”)
Gotta love TJ!</p>
<p>my secret is that i’ve already answered all of these questions at least once since 2004, so i just go to google and i type site:talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-virginia and search for what i want.
how i got the links in the first place, well, i am a TA for the cs dept. so computers and i get along pretty well. 
that site (the data digest) is my favorite uva site ever. i wish every university had one. i tried to find that kind of info for upenn for a friend and i totally failed.
as far as gpa’s, dean’s list is a 3.4, so if you get there you know you’re above average. i have a 3.7, but i completely give curry school the credit for that amazing number. i had a 3.3 my first semester and a 3.4 my second semester so don’t worry, grades do go up pretty decently after first year.</p>
<p>also, a low gpa skews that number more than somewhat higher gpa’s, and there are significant numbers of people to push the average down.</p>
<p>@powderpuff - No I don’t intend to transfer. I wanted to know where I stand in comparison to the rest.</p>
<p>Hazel, since 2004? Thanks for all your information over many years! I just finished my last exam today. My roommate is gone, all my friends are gone and I’m just feeling dizzy as I take that deep breath associated with finishing Finals. Sleep will be so appreciated tonight.</p>
<p>PS: Last exam for this semester (many miles before I sleep)</p>
<p>“I wanted to know where I stand in comparison to the rest.”</p>
<p>Gotcha, best of luck!</p>
<p>i just finished my last exam this morning too. but now i have to grade the exams for the class i ta for. living in brown does mean that people are here all break long. it’s nice.</p>
<p>By the way are people included in the Dean’s list after the end of the whole year (if their gpa is > or = 3.4) or an admission to that list is possible after your first semester too?</p>
<p>dean’s list is by semester and indicated on your transcript.</p>