<p>In a college like boston college or nyu? What is a 4.0 on a 100 grade point scale?</p>
<p>i go to NYU and got a 4.0 first semester, but that was since I was taking mostly Humanities requirements. This semester I'm taking harder classes so I doubt I'll get a 4.0 again, especially considering I just bombed my calc midterm. I also started working more hours, so have less time. </p>
<p>It depends a lot on the classes you're taking, your professors, and how hard you're willing to work, and how busy you are (job, internship, etc). An "easy" subject can get a lot harder depending on how much work the Prof assigns, especially for Humanities, where it's all about reading/writing papers. But it's very rare to maintain a 4.0 over 4 years of college, extremely difficult, I'd say. </p>
<p>I imagine BC is the same, they're similar caliber schools.</p>
<p>a 3.9+ is much easier to maintain than a 4.0 and looks just as good to grad schools or employers. you will always have to take a few classes where the grading is extremely subjective and the teacher just doesnt like your work. what im saying is that your bound to get screwed over by at least one professor in college, making a 4.0 near impossible.</p>
<p>Almost impossible, unless you're Top 10 material and go to one of the easiest CCs in your area.</p>
<p>Things are bound to happen. 3.9 is quite doable if you're up to it, but a perfect 4.0 is very unlikely. There's just too many subjective classes, and unlike HS, it's much more difficult to BS stuff, even in CC.</p>
<p>Don't worry though - a 3.8/3.9 is just as good if you take rigorous classes. A 4.0 is cool, but it definitely SHOULD NOT be a goal.</p>
<p>A 3.7+ is Rhodes Scholar material at my school. A 3.5 is still considered very impressive. </p>
<p>At the 3rd tier state school I transferred from, a 3.7+ barely puts you in the top 20% and a 4.0 probably was doable if you were extra cautious (I had a 3.91 and I ain't a genius).</p>
<p>It depends on the school, but honestly, a 3.7+ is just about equivalent to the 4.0. At least the marginal benefit isn't worth the marginal cost.</p>
<p>It depends how many classes you're taking, how hard they are, and how hard you try.</p>
<p>My first semester I got a 2.8, with 10 units and no effort put in (I was still in high school). Second semester I got a 4.0 with 12 units, but only because I aced my finals, not much effort before that. This semester I am on track for a 4.0 with 16 units, and it's a lot of work, over 30 hours of studying a week now that the classes have kicked into gear.</p>
<p>I'm at a community college so it's probably a lot harder at schools like BC and NYU.</p>
<p>1 semester it really isn't hard to stack up a 4.0. But to continually stack it for all 8 semesters? That's hard as hell, because there is so much room for error.</p>
<p>Getting a 4.0 shouldn't be your goal. Maybe you want to take a class that is known for being hard, why not take it knowing you probably won't get an A? Would you rather have a 4.0 and have to be careful which class you take, or take whatever you want and still get a 3.7?</p>
<p>4.0 is nearly impossible at a good top tier school. I know a few 3.9+'s...but not a single 4.0</p>
<p>getting a 4.0 is hard no matter what school you go to. think of it like getting a 95+ in all your classes.</p>
<p>^^^^ I dunno about that, I think a 4.0 is doable if u are a top-tier student but go to a very easy school. But yea, it still is hard anywhere because u can always mess up...</p>
<p>some schools give 4.3's for A+'s though...</p>
<p>A 4.0 is definitely a rarity if you're taking any science courses. To get an A you need a 93 or above. That's pretty difficult.</p>