Berkeley Grading

[football462]

<p>Hello all,</p>

<p>I'm an out-of-state student who just got into Berkeley as a transfer student for the Fall '12 semester. I had a quick question regarding grades, since I read somewhere that Berkeley does have grade deflation.</p>

<p>I got into berkeley as a Molecular Cell Biology major. Is it the grade deflation really bad? or are the courses just that difficult? I got accepted with a 3.75 GPA and by the end of this semester I should have around a 3.8</p>

<p>I do plan on applying to medical school so, unfortunately, GPA is a huge deal to me. I did also get into University of Michigan (I'm from Michigan) where I have heard the grading there is hard too, but not to the extent at Berkeley.</p>

<p>Any feedback is appreciated.</p>

[Diivio]

<p>I got this information from JetForcegeminix on this thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/900945-average-gpa-graduating-students-major.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/900945-average-gpa-graduating-students-major.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>GPA: 2.70-2.80
Biology (1A/1B), Mathematics</p>

<p>GPA: 2.80-2.90
Statistics, Tibetan</p>

<p>GPA: 2.90-3.00
Molecular and Cellular Biology</p>

<p>GPA: 3.00-3.10
Physics, Legal Studies, Computer Science, American Studies, Economics, Chemistry, College Writing</p>

<p>GPA: 3.10-3.20
Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Interdisciplinary Studies, Engineering, Cognitive Science</p>

<p>GPA: 3.20-3.30
Environmental Economics & Policy, Architecture, Chemical Engineering, Philosophy, International and Area Studies, Political Economy of Industrial Societies, Mass Communications, Astronomy, Materials Science & Engineering, Political Science, History, Plant & Microbial Biology, African-American Studies</p>

<p>GPA: 3.30-3.40
Sociology, Linguistics, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geography, History of Art, Anthropology, Psychology, Integrative Biology, Latin American Studies, Development Studies, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, Business, Film Studies, English, New Media, LGBT Studies, Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, Peace & Conflict Studies, Environmental Science, Asian Studies</p>

<p>GPA: 3.40-3.50
Sanskrit, Rhetoric, Southeast Asian Studies, Spanish, Classics, Celtic Studies, EPSM, Environmental Design, Energy and Resources, East Asian Languages & Cultures, Comparative Literature, Letters and Science, Nuclear Engineering, Chicano Studies, Gender & Women’s Studies, Latin, Scandinavian</p>

<p>GPA: 3.50-3.60
Greek, Earth & Planetary Science, Bioengineering, Ethnic Studies, Social Welfare, Dutch, City & Regional Planning, Religious Studies, Native American Studies, Theater & Dance, French, Middle Eastern Studies, Landscape Architecture, Asian American Studies</p>

<p>GPA: 3.60-3.70
Chinese, Journalism, Italian, Public Policy, Japanese, Portuguese, Slavic Languages & Literature, Public Health, Music, South Asian Studies, Near Eastern Studies, Vision Science, Military Affairs</p>

<p>GPA: 3.70-3.80
Visual Studies, Punjabi, Military Science, Arabic, Practice of Art, Eurasian Studies, German, UGIS, Education</p>

<p>GPA: 3.80-3.90
Hindi-Urdu, Hebrew, Korean, Malay-Indonesian, Physical Education</p>

<p>GPA: 3.90-4.00
Tagalog, Thai, Persian, Vietnamese</p>

[ucbalumnus]

<p>[National</a> Trends in Grade Inflation, American Colleges and Universities](<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com/]National”>http://www.gradeinflation.com/) says that Berkeley had average GPA of 3.27 in 2006, and Michigan had average GPA of 3.27 in 2008 (see the school list on the bottom).</p>

<p>Of course, differences between departments may not be the same at each school.</p>