Gpa

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>hey guys! I was just wondering, how much weight do u think they put on GPA's? Have you guys ever seen someone who had a low GPA but great everything else (SAT scores, Recs, Essays, EC's) get accepted to Hopkins? lol I just want some of your opinions/advice on this.... 0_o</p>

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<p>did you copy and paste this from the hpkins forum and forget to change hopkins to cornell?</p>

<p>shame shame shame. lol :-)</p>

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<p>HAHHAHHAHAHA yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. :( sorry hahahaahahah. wow dumbest mistake ever. hahaha</p>

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<p>i was gonna say...</p>

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<p>Yeah, just hope you didn't do that on your college essays.....</p>

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<p>PWNED</p>

<p>Hehehe, nevertheless, I really was actually curious what's Cornell's view of GPAs...</p>

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<p>hahah TRUST ME, i didnt do that on my college essay/app. :D</p>

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<p>hahaha…I’ve heard stories of people actually doing just that ^^^lol it happens!
Although GPA and test scores are important, they’re definitely not determining factors…sooo just apply and see what happens…but do show great interest! GL</p>

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<p>I believe that at the lower-end top 20 schools (Cornell, Rice, Hopkins), GPA can be a determining factor between and admit and a reject. GPA and test scores will be weighed much more heavily.</p>

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<p>it matters more than the SAT</p>

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<p>im gonna disagree with cynical from personal experience.
i have terrible class rank / gpa but excellent SAT (well SAT I was not even that good actually) and SAT IIs, and i got into CAS</p>

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<p>Hansen, how do you define "terrible"?</p>

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<p>as in no honors, no aps (even tho school offers like a million different ap classes) and around 30% rank</p>

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<p>lol but is your GPA like a 3.5??? lol or better???</p>

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<p>my unweighed is 4.0 but my weighed was like 3.8 out of a possible 6.5, NO Idea how that happened</p>

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<p>how is your weighted lower than your unweighted??</p>

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<p>What about the other way...great GPA, top 5 (probably #2 by end of this year) out of almost 500 class rank, but very bad SATs?</p>

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<p>it can't hurt you that bad unless you're getting below 600's. they know that an SAT is just a 4 hour test whereas GPA is 4 YEARS of work. one thing can't kill you, just make up for it in other ways: recs, essays, the app itself. and the GPA should tip off some concern of a really mediocre SAT score.</p>

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<p>CR might end up being below 600...she' just a REALLY hard worker, which accounts for the high GPA. Study as she may, the CR is going to be weak. (760 on Math Level1, though.)</p>