Engineering student: a perfect 4.0 GPA at the end of a college career: Possible?

[hesdjjim]

<p>I just graduated from UC Davis, and the top student among all engineering students had a 3.99. Only one professor gave her an A-…</p>

[ucbalumnus]

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@cosmicfish

However, if you have a 4.00 at a “lesser” school, I do think it implies that perhaps you should have picked a harder program. If you have a 4.00 at a “top” school, then more power to you - you have done the best you could at one of the best possible programs, and there was no higher you could have reached.

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<p>However, note that more selective schools usually have more [grade</a> inflation](<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com%5Dgrade”>http://www.gradeinflation.com). E.g. [Stanford’s</a> average GPA was 3.55 in 2005.](<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com/Stanford.html]Stanford’s”>Stanford) And [Yale’s</a> average GPA was 3.51 in 2008.](<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com/yale.html]Yale’s”>http://www.gradeinflation.com/yale.html)</p>