<p>Back in my day, at another university, about 1% of the students finished with a 4.0. What's the norm these days at UVA? With graduation coming up, I know of some high GPAs, including a 4.0.</p>
<p>Most people I know (90% commerce majors) talk about receiving an A- (or lower) in at least one class. The one class that I hear most people have trouble getting an A in is ECON 3010. I am curious however to know if my friends who are Jeff Scholars have 4.0s.</p>
<p>What are the majors of the students who received 4.0s?</p>
<p>I knew a student with a 3.97, computer science/math. I don’t know anyone with a 4.0</p>
<p>One guy in my son’s engineering graduating class got 4.0 in 2011. It was announced during the graduation ceremony.</p>
<p>My D doesn’t know anyone who has a 4.0. FWIW, the avg. undergraduate GPA at UVA in 2011 was a 3.262. If you’re curious about GPA stats, you can find that info here:</p>
<p>[UVa</a> - Undergraduate Grade Point Averages](<a href=“http://avillage.web.virginia.edu/iaas/instreports/studat/dd/acad_gpa.htm]UVa”>http://avillage.web.virginia.edu/iaas/instreports/studat/dd/acad_gpa.htm)</p>
<p>The smartest person I know has a 3.92 in the E school.</p>
<p>I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone with a 4.0 here and very few with a 3.7+</p>
<p>If you’re going to the E school or any kind of math/science kind of major, you probably won’t meet anyone with a 4.0 due to the rigor and predetermined grades.</p>
<p>Intermediate Honors for all for schools were all in the 3.7 range for 2012, class of 2014 (ARCH 3.639, CLAS 3.717, SEAS 3.677, NURS 3.756). So, there are more then a few students hitting that 3.7 mark.</p>
<p>For newer members, Intermediate Honors are awarded in fall of third year (Family Weekend) to the top 20% of the class in each school. You had to have entered UVa from high school, or predatory school, and have completed 60 credits in your first four semesters. Historical data for the GPA each year, as well as other details can be found here:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/registrar/acadrecord.html[/url]”>http://www.virginia.edu/registrar/acadrecord.html</a></p>
<p>The student in question this year with a 4.0 was a science major. </p>
<p>I thought it was interesting that in the various programs at graduation, none of the terms such as “distinction” was defined. I suppose it varies by college and perhaps even major.</p>
<p>[All</a> About Your Academic Record: University Registrar at the University of Virginia](<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/registrar/acadrecord.html]All”>http://www.virginia.edu/registrar/acadrecord.html)</p>
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<p>fiftyplus…Can you elaborate?</p>
<p>In the main program for graduation, recipients of bachelor’s degrees could have one of seven footnotes next to their names, such as “highest honors”. These were not defined in the program, unlike (for example) when my daughter graduated from another school, where “summa cum laude” and others were called out with their criteria. </p>
<p>In the diploma session we attended, students could have “highest distinction” or other recognition, and those were also undefined in the program or in the introductory remarks. </p>
<p>No big deal, but it would have been interesting to me, and may have been helpful for guests unfamiliar with UVA.</p>
<p>It is rather confusing as each school has different GPA markers for honors. To add to the confusion some schools offer Distinguished Majors which then have different GPA markers and names from other honors given in the same school. The links above explain it under “Graduation Honors” (look to the bottom of the page). The text is far to long to copy and past here (TOS).</p>
<p>I have many friends who came in with a ton of AP credits so they chose to take less than 30 credits a year(maybe 28 credits of really hard classes). This disqualifies them from Intermediate Honors even though their GPAs are 3.8+</p>
<p>I just thought that people should know that Intermediate Honors doesn’t necessarily go to the smartest people at UVA.</p>
<p>Fifty…So when you were at graduation did any of the students have honor cords or sashes (highest distinction, Echols, Rodman, Jeff Scholar, CSS, etc.), or was everyone the same?</p>
<p>I only ever saw 1 person with cords, he was pre-med. That doesn’t mean the others don’t get sashes, I just didn’t see them.</p>
<p>jc40, D had a cord for Rodman this year and I think Echols had them as well. Rodman was automatically ordered and the kids were told when and where to pick them up. Each society will give your D information on how to obtain the cords she wants (if she is responsible for the cost). Honors or distinction cords will be given to your child as appropriate.</p>
<p>Saw a few cords, but not too many. Overall UVa does not seem too concerned with the trappings worn by BS/BA students at graduation. A couple sororities even had sashes with their colors and Greek letters letters made up. UVa Today blog shows some colorfully decorated mortarboards. All and all, a very festive, not solemn atmosphere. Of course bars on corner opening at 6 AM might have something to do with that ;-)</p>
<p>At the main graduation, there was an explanation about a distinction in the full uniform between four-year graduates and those who graduated in three years or fewer. I’m not sure why graduating early is worthy of note compared to actual honors or whatever, but that’s what was done. Nothing for Echols, nothing for “highest distinction”, etc., that I know of. Perhaps I wasn’t paying attention. S was Echols and he looked like everybody else.</p>