Disturbing Average GPA's

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<p>Does anybody have a website where you can find the average GPA's for certain schools? I asked about this before and somebody said that the national average GPA is 2.8, but I think that is way off.</p>

<p>I was just looking at my university's average grades for a statistics course on pickaprof.com. The average GPA for a statisitics course is 1.82 and 42% of students fail the course. </p>

<p>On the other hand, thr average grade for an economics course is 2.3 and 25% of students fail the class.</p>

<p>Don't you think these grades are disturbing? Don't you think it is sad that that many students are failing?</p>

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<p>Not really. Those classes are designed to weed people out, usually. If you can't pass a course in it, you shouldn't be majoring in it.</p>

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<p>So these grades in those classes are average at most schools?</p>

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<p>Probably the same way in any engineering course. Which is why I'm an econ major. I NEED to get that 3.8 to get into law school. :)</p>

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I asked about this before and somebody said that the national average GPA is 2.8, but I think that is way off.

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<p>If anything, that seems too high. I'm not surprised at all by these numbers.</p>

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I NEED to get that 3.8 to get into law school.

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WHY do you always include this in your posts? I am sick of seeing you post all your BS about something you clearly do not understand.</p>

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<p>^lol, futurenycstudent's ruminating about GPA probably motivates him. At the same time, I'm an econ major, with similar lofty aspirations, and I have had to accept reality. At the same time, my school gives out MUCH lower grades than NYU. NYU, Bard, Skidmore, GW, etc. pass out A's like candy....along with lots of other lower 1st/higher 2nd tier uber rich kids private country club schools. That's why you're payin 45k/year, I guess. And yes, I have empirical evidence based on transfer student's personal anecdotes.</p>

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<p>It's a habit of mine. When I don't have something to stress about, I make something up.</p>

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<p>^Hopefully you don't do that too much longer</p>

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It's a habit of mine. When I don't have something to stress about, I make something up.

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Sadly, I don't think you're making this up.</p>

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<p>wutang,
I go to GW and they do not pass out A's like candy, and fyi its 53k/year, which is much more than i would ever consider paying for a college and the only reason i and many others are here is because of scholarships. try not to insult other people's schools.</p>

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<p>NYU does NOT give out As like candy either.</p>

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<p>yeah, I was a bit off with the NYU comment, at least for Stern...</p>

<p>But I don't see how that's an insult. You can have great profs., awesome reputation, etc. and simply have grade inflation. You think I would turn down Harvard cuz of grade inflation? please...</p>

<p>Still, I know kids at these schools who claim that getting A's is cake.</p>

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<p>I'd love to go to a school with grade inflation....since law school's basically a numbers game.</p>

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.since law school's basically a numbers game.

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We get it, you want to go to law school and need a high GPA. Stop finding a way to stick that into every single post.</p>

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<p>I don't see it as an insult. It's a bell curve. There are people who are way to smart for the place that got full rides to be there, and on the other hand, there are people that are way to stupid to be there and are only there because of their parental connections. Most are somewhere in between.</p>

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<p>Well, to be honest, I think most people who are way too smart for a school like NYU would have gotten into another school and spent that 50k on, say, Harvard... I mean, I would go to Harvard over Stern, no question. No comparison for the connections. By the way, futurenyustudent... why Harvard Law? Why not Yale Law? It's ranked higher than Harvard. I've always wondered.</p>

<p>Anyway, back to the original topic. I agree with a previous poster that a 2.8 seems high, actually. That's a B-/B average. I would have thought it would have been closer to C.</p>

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<p>National</a> Trends in Grade Inflation, American Colleges and Universities</p>

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The average GPA for a statisitics course is 1.82 and 42% of students fail the course.

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The average grade of the students who passed was 3.13 which does not seem to bad.</p>

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<p>Yale seems to be more of a country club than a law school. And I was under the impression that people who go to Yale generally don't really do corporate law. The next one down the ladder would be Harvard. Although Columbia seems to have more kids aiming at corporate than almost any other top10 school.</p>