<p>Sakky,</p>
<p>The quick answer to your post #13 is with logic. I will come back with a longer discussion if I get some time later on.</p>
<p>I argued that student C who has a 3.5 in junior/senior years should have a higher GPA in freshman/sophmore. And you disagreed, claiming that weeder courses would make it harder to get high GPA in the first two years.</p>
<p>If you were right, the majority of students who have successfully completed four years of college on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or above) would have higher junior/senior GPAs than freshman/sophomore GPAs.</p>
<p>I think you will find that the reality is just the opposite ... especially for engineering. Engineering students with 3.5 core-courses GPA is at the top 15-20% of their class and they are competing with students who have survived the weeder courses. These students are unlikely to have problem with the weeder courses.</p>