<p>Generally for elite graduate schools for perhaps History, Politics, or law school, what type of GPA do you need to have? My school apparently has grade deflation (ie: the average GPA is 2.8 and no one in the senior class has a 4.0) so would this be different. My school is Wake Forest. If anyone has insight on this it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! (also I know other factors go into grad school admission, but I'm just curious about GPA)</p>
<p>for the best schools, 3.8 - 4.0 is typical for admitted students. yet, the gpa is not a great indicator for how well one will do in grad school for a few reasons: grad schools typically focus more on research, so just because you can get good grades doesnt mean u will be able to do good reserach. moreover, a 3.8 from florida tech (my school) is not the same as 3.8 from harvard. it's hard to compare. so, that's why the GRE is also useful. oh, but yea, ppl with 3.5 or less are often admitted because as u said, other factors matter most. just do as well as u can and dont worry about it. learn. the letter from the professor who uve done the most research with will have way more weight than ur entire gpa.</p>