<p>You hear a lot about how the holistic admissions criteria make it so that there is no defined GPA cutoff but clearly, we all know there is one point where one really shouldn't bother applying since regardless of how amazing their essays, recommendations, and ECs might be.</p>
<p>What is that point. A gpa of 2.0 of course falls into that category but I'm referring to the upper limit. For this institution, and for transfer students, at one point does a GPA void an application from any serious consideration?</p>
<p>Some schools specify a minimum GPA for transfer (even they might make exceptions in very specific cases). What particular school are you referring to?</p>
<p>i think a 3.0 is ultimately the bottom bottom line most colleges will consider ....atleast that is what it says almost every top tier colleges website....however i think the real undisclosed cutoff is around a 3.3+...ivys probably a 3.5+/top 15 ...depending on what else you have supporting your app</p>
<p>I know the college that I just visited and interviewed today said that they don't consider people under 2.7 because they anticipate that transfer students' GPAs will be .2 lower their first term b/c of readjusting to a new school, new area, etc. The reason why it's 2.7 is because if you get under 2.5 or hit 2.5 (can't remember which), a student is on academic probation.</p>
<p>I guess I never really specified in the original post, I'm talking about the more prestigious schools here, not a UC Santa Cruz drop-out (no offense intended, first party school I could think of). So basically the Ivy Leaguers & Associates (especially Berkeley and NYU)</p>
<p>an adcom from columbia told me "we really want to see 4.0s for transfer students." for the ivy league i'd say ixjuntixi was pretty much right, 3.5=absolute minimum. for first tier schools that aren't ivy i'd say 3.3=complete minimum just for consideration; not acceptance.</p>