Dean's List-Can't hurt, but can it help?

Graduate School
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<p>Do grad schools pay any attention to this distinction on an application?</p>

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<p>Having a high GPA (and test scores) does help for grants and scholarships. I’m not too sure if colleges care about the Dean’s List distinction but it does help if you graduated from a less well-known school. I got into my first-choice programs (University of Michigan) without making Dean’s List at my college. I had a long list of campus involvement and research awards though.</p>

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<p>I have never noticed this (or cared enough to look for this) on any application. I don’t even know what sort of GPA would qualify a student for the Dean’s List at my own university, or even if we have such a thing.</p>

<p>In other words, it’s meaningless to me because a high GPA is a high GPA. A gold star on a high GPA still equals a high GPA.</p>

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<p>At my school, the qualifier for Dean’s List was at least 15 units that semester, combined with a 3.5 or higher GPA. </p>

<p>I reiterate that I don’t think anyone really cares once the actual GPA is considered.</p>