<p>First off, I never said that the majority of students will have higher junior/senior GPA's than fresh/soph GPA's. Some will, some won't. My point is that you cannot presume one way or another. The presence of lower-division weeders tremendously complicates the grading situation such that I don't think you can tell which is truly easier overall, fresh/soph classes, or jun/sen classes. </p>
<p>Secondly, don't fixate on the numbers so much. These are just numbers that I made up. My point is not to argue about specific numbers but to illustrate the fact that those CC transfers are able to skip over many of the weeders to get right to the upper division. Once you get to that upper division, then as long as you do the work, you're going to pass. Maybe not with top grades, but at least you'll pass. Even if you're the very worst student in your class, you'll still get a (barely) passing grade. Contrast that with the weeders in which they will not hesitate to give you an F. </p>
<p>The real point is that the professional schools are highly GPA oriented, and don't care very much about how you get a high GPA, as long as you get it. So if that means cherry-picking easy classes at an easy school, then that's what it takes. I know people who were already completely fluent in a foreign language, but decided to take all the intro courses in that language anyway just to rack up a string of easy A's. It worked. He got into a premier law school. And then you see people who took extremely difficult coursework at extremely difficult schools not get in anywhere. Bottom line - an easy creampuff A is better than a hardfought C. Sad but true. All the other discussion is just window dressing.</p>