<p>I've been searching everywhere... Does anyone have statistics for rhodes and marshall scholars and their academic achievements? I found the "above 3.7" comment, but I can't find anything more specific on that...</p>
<p>Their Profiles on the respective sites usually tell alot about them. What are you looking for exactly? I know 1 or 2 if there is something specific you are looking for.</p>
<p>I’m really just looking for information on their GPAs.</p>
<p>Ya, can’t really help there. I know Harvard says that successful Marshall Scholars have an Average GPA of over 3.8.</p>
<p>I think for Rhodes eligibility, the GPA is the least of your concerns, i.e. at a minimum, the GPA has to be stellar, and even then, you don’t even begin to be a candidate unless you are equally distinguished in non-academic areas.</p>
<p>Just my $0.02.</p>
<p>Yes, I know. I was just wondering what the range was… Just for my own personal satisfaction…</p>
<p>There is no GPA range for the Rhodes. That is the wrong way to look at it, because winning a Rhodes is about much more than GPA.</p>
<p>Rhodes winners are all alround excellent. Just read their bios, which you can find online. Stellar academics are just the start, and stellar academics do not come from a high GPA. Rather, they stem from impressing faculty with an intellectual curiosity, internal drive and a hunger to learn. The GPA flows from this. </p>
<p>In fact, of the winners I know, they did well academically and won the Rhodes not because they wanted a high GPA or to win a Rhodes, but because they were driven by an internal fire to learn and do things because they wanted to for themselves, with little concern about what others thought. </p>
<p>As a side note, if you want a goal, it is to be elected to Phi Beta Kappa as a junior. that would put your academics in the zone.</p>
<p>Again, I’m not looking for a goal or for a cut off to gain admittance. I was just wondering if more statistical information was available. But this ^ information is good for anyone interested.</p>
<p>No statistical information has ever been published. What you will find if you search online is that individual universities have their own cutoff GPA for local consideration. The Marshall folks also require a minimum 3.7 for consideration. In practice you need to be waaay above 3.7 in order to be competitive.</p>
<p>I second that. The cutoff GPA to be considered for the Rhodes at Yale usually falls around 3.9. The Yalie who got it this year had a 3.98.</p>
<p>Alright, well I guess if you know a scholar and their GPA, post it here. I know one who had a 4.0</p>
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<p>Dude, you are being silly. GPA is meaningless and your fascination with it is mind boggling. Who cares if you have a 3.7 or a 4.0? If you need to care, Rhodes, and the like, is wayyy out of your league.</p>
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<p>I know all about the Rhodes, people. I’m not saying I’m applying for it. I just noticed that GPA stats were missing from all the available information, and was wondering where it was. There is certainly no need to be rude here.</p>
<p>GPA only matters for the marshall to even be considered you need a 3.7, but your college will in most cases only nominate one person to apply, so they may request you have a 3.8, or even a 4.0, after that gpa is only one facet of your application it does’t really matter as everyone is likely to have an amazing gpa anyway</p>
<p>As others have said, the Rhodes scholarship site doesn’t publish GPA statistics because doing so would wrongly suggest that the raw GPA is what matters. Besides, certain universities have grade deflation, so they wouldn’t want to discourage a top student from, say, MIT who has “only” a 3.8 but all the other qualities they seek. Likewise, Harvard has such well-known grade inflation that a 3.9 might not be distinguished enough.</p>