<p>My D's school does not calculate a GPA, so to be on the Dean's List, you have to get at least 4 As and at least 1 B in a 2 term semester, and no C's. If they calculated regular GPAs, it would be a 3.8. My D got 3 As, and the rest Bs so she didn't make the 'list'.</p>
<p>I couldn't help but notice the various listings in our local paper of the students who made the Dean's List at their various colleges. There were also several Facebook posts 'My perfect child made the Dean's List".</p>
<p>I started looking at the requirements for some of these schools to make the Dean's list, and noticed that it varied widely. Many required only a 3.0 for the semester.</p>
<p>What does your child's school require for the Dean's List.</p>
<p>Does having your name on a list really matter, or is it merely a way for parent's and students to have bragging rights?</p>
<p>At my daughter’s school (Lafayette College) a 3.6 is required. I’m not sure how much it matters, but multiple appearances on the Dean’s List is a good sign that you are on track for a competitive GPA come grad school application time (if that’s something you care about). I guess folks could brag about it if they wanted to, but that would be bad form don’t you think?</p>
<p>SUNY Plattsburgh:3.5 GPA Dean’s list
SUNY Potsdam:3.5 GPA President’s list.
So it sounds like “accolade” vs grade inflation at younger son’s school (Potsdam) with the same GPA.<br>
gsmomma our local paper usually runs the GPA and credit hour requirement along with the names.</p>
<p>I do not believe it helps at all with grad school. As having sat for decades on such committees, no one I know cares. It’s too college specific. Grades matter but a designation dies not. The reason being that, like grade inflation, there is deans list proliferation. The vast majority of colleges have graduating GPAs between 3.2 and 3.5. Look at gradeinflation.com. Probably more than half the class is on a deans list at some colleges.</p>
<p>I don’t think it means any thing for future grad/professional schools, who will look at your specific grades, courses, etc. Perhaps employers that aren’t very savvy about academics might be impressed.</p>
<p>Full disclosure: I didn’t have a ‘My kid is an honor student at XX HS’ bumper sticker :D</p>
<p>I go to Wake Forest and our Dean’s List requires a 3.4 GPA with no grade less than a C.</p>
<p>My sister goes to UNC Charlotte and they have both a Dean’s List and a Chancellor’s List. For Dean’s, you need between a 3.4 and 3.79 and no grade lower than a C and for Chancellor’s you need a 3.8 or above with no grade lower than a C. </p>
<p>I’ve heard of ones that are higher requirements than this, but I’ve never heard of ones that are lower. The 3.0 requirement is a surprise to me.</p>
<p>starbright – I didn’t say it helps with grad school. I said it is a sign that one might be on track for grad school because it indicates a reasonably high GPA.</p>
<p>And, in many disciplines, the GPA can be a big determinant in whether or not a student is competitive for a free ride in grad school or not. All things considered, I’d rather have 8 semesters on the Dean’s List (even if no one but the family knew) than 8 semesters NOT on the Dean’s List.</p>
<p>My son made Dean’s list EVERY term he was in college except one (where he barely missed making it). BUT he did NOT graduate with honors. Graduating with honors required that he be in the top 5% of his department for Summa, top 10% for magna, and top 15% for honors. He missed that top 15% of students…he was the NEXT student on the list…0.002 points lower GPA. </p>
<p>To me, graduating with honors is much more of an honor than getting on the Dean’s List.</p>
<p>Re: Dean’s List. We hung those nice letters on fridge, but really never let anyone else know.</p>
<p>When I first started reading CC, I was surprised that so many parents had not seen their kids’ grades. I was sure that I would see my son’s. Three semesters in, he has told me his grades but I have not seen them, so the letter for Dean’s list let me know that he was honest. Lol. He also is at Lafayette which is 3.6, recently raised from 3.5.</p>
<p>3.5 - 3.99 - Dean’s List
4.0 - President’s List</p>
<p>The school does use -'s and +'s in its grading so an A- is a 3.7 and a B+ is a 3.3 for GPA calculations. To be eligible you must take at least 12 semester hours.</p>
<p>San Diego State is 3.5, they inform the parents with a letter and it is designated on the transcript. UCLA is 3.75. No letter to parents or students, but it shows up on the transcript.</p>
<p>the Tulane requirements are 3.5 GPA for those with Freshman and Sophmore standing and 3.667 GPA for those with Junior and Senior standing. I don’t remember seeing anything about no C’s.</p>
<p>The school I graduated from it was 3.8 or above to make the dean’s list. School our oldest attended it was 3.3 or above. I have to agree, making the dean’s list at some schools isn’t saying much where other’s it is an accomplishment.</p>
<p>UVA = 3.5+ (A+ = 4.0, A = 4.0, A- = 3.7, B+ = 3.4, B = 3.0, B- = 2.7, etc.). Also, students must be enrolled in 15 graded hours. This semester, D is enrolled in 14 and decided that trying to juggle Gen Chem II + lab/discussion, Honors Orgo II + lab/discussion, and Sexuality and Ethics was all she could handle; even though she’s only short one hour, it wasn’t worth it to her. Like others have said, the transcript will speak for itself.</p>
<p>It may also vary within the university if divided into different schools, as NU (Northwestern).
For the School of Communication, the Deans List was based on a GPA of 4.0-3.75. I learned that 3.75 is A-.
I never saw our daughters report card, only learned how she was doing through these letters. I saved them all, and gave them to her upon her graduation.
Fingers crossed for your child that they not only excel, but thrive.
~APOL-a Mum</p>
<p>My own kid didn’t even realize his school had a dean’s list because they do not send letters to parents, certificates to students or put it on their semester grade report. His HS did not have an honor roll or anything, so it wasnt exactly in the forefront of his thinking regardless. </p>
<p>The only way you can see if a student make any list is if you look at the transcript itself. (College Scholar: semester grade point average of 3.60 or higher. Dean’s List: semester grade point average of 3.30 or higher. Both are only for students taking four or more courses, with no grade below B-.) There seems to be nothing to indicate how many kids land on these lists per semester/year/graduating class. I should also note that I just learned that the GPA calculations are that an A- = 3.67 and a B+ = 3.33 etc. There are no A+'s.</p>
<p>There is also a difference between graduating with college honors and graduating with departmental honors. College honors are straight up overall GPA; Departmental honors combines GPA, Senior Thesis/Research Work, specific coursework in addition to “required for major” and the recommendation of the department. There are honors and high honors. So it’s easily feasible that a kid could graduate with college honors and not departmental honors. Cum Laude is 3.4, Magna is 3.6 and Summa is 3.8.</p>
<p>I would never put such a thing on facebook…sheesh. Son did similar to JC in that with multiple sciences and labs, last spring he only took three classes leaving him short for any honors, despite A’s. Also interestingly, his school does not give credit for labs… all classes, whether they have additional lab time or not, are all equally worth a singular credit. No more, no less.</p>