Average GPA at UCLA?

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<p>Hi, anyone know what is the average gpa for a UCLA science student? I am taking a private scholarship and it is asking for 3.8+. Thanks!</p>

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<p>If you’re a science major at UCLA and you have a 3.8+ that’s very impressive. The average will vary depending on which major you are (i.e. some of the required classes for neurosci and biochem are brutal, or so I’ve heard), I would say as a whole life science majors probably are somewhere between 3.0 and 3.5, closer to 3.5 than 3.0. </p>

<p>I can’t speak for engineering but I would guess the average GPA upon graduation would be somewhere around a 3.0, maybe a little lower? Need an engineering major to confirm. </p>

<p>EDIT: This thread might be helpful, although it’s for Cal
<a href=“Average GPA of Graduating Students by Major - UC Transfers - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/900945-average-gpa-of-graduating-students-by-major.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>they don’t break it down specifically my major in any links I could find, but they did say this

That</a> was in 2011-12, but it probably doesn’t change significantly. It looks like 3.8 would be the top 10% or so.</p>

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<p>Average Engineering GPA varies by major, but I’d put it somewhere between a 3.0-3.2.</p>

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<p>How do those kids go to grad school? Most grad schools asks for 3.2 minimum</p>

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<p>Here’s the updated latin honors criteria (courtesy of the DPR:)</p>

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<p>They’ve all gone up a bit. I graduated with cum laude but wouldn’t under this new criteria. But yeah, a very small amount of students (probably 12% or less) graduate with a 3.8 GPA. It’s very difficult to do and it’s extremely competitive.</p>

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<p>I’ve heard from someone who supposedly asked our adviser that the applied math (not science I know) average was on the order of a 2.7, which would kind of make sense since the average is curved to be a B- in most math classes, which in turn is worth 2.7 grade points. </p>

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<p>A 3.8 GPA is more than impressive, especially in the sciences. Average GPA depends on your major. I heard Engineering tends to be in the 2.8-3.2 range. Biochemistry, Neurosci, MIMG, etc tends to be in the 3.0-3.5 range.</p>

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<p>GPA depends on what science major. I’m a 4th year physci ucla grad - gpa 3.97. A bunch of majors are harder than physci - neurosci, mcdb, biochem, mimg, bioE, most of the engineering, etc. Majors easier than physci - psychology, psychobio, most of the humanities majors like political science, history, etc (a few humanities majors may be harder though like philosophy).</p>

<p>I think a person’s predicted gpa at ucla depends on how competitive ur high school was (i went to troy) and how hard the ap’s were for u. If u got 5’s on all ur science ap’s and ur high school is competitive, then ucla classes are about the same difficulty. it’s still hard to get A’s and it took me about 20hr/week studying to get A’s… and if u want to have fun then u realize u have to study on weekends (meaning there’s no real weekend rest other than clubbing, bars, or hitting apartment parties at night lol). And it also means waking up on weekends around 9am to study… well other than nights you go drinking/clubbing, then waking up at 9am won’t be efficient cuz you won’t be able to learn anything due to sleep deprivation. Basically, it’s a balance between, fun - sleep - work. You want more of one, you lose more of the others. </p>