Truth on grad school?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>This is something someone just told me so I was wondering and figured I'd come ask here about it. </p>

<p>A 3.5 guarantees you a spot in grad school from undergrad from the SGUS program (well, for engineering... don't know if other schools have that) but someone told me that you really don't need that to get in, that you only need something like a 3.2 to get in. I imagine it will vary by department (I think he was specifically talking about EECS), but how true is this?</p>

<p>Also a semi-unrelated question, I was told by this guy that you need a 3.0 to graduate from grad school at Michigan (again, engineering), which I looked up to confirm. Do they curve those classes insanely high or something? Would these be "GPA padding" classes (assuming they're at a level you're at, I'm not planning on signing up for grad level ChemE and EECS classes next semester, but not all grad classes are super technical, and there's also ones in LSA). I figure they probably have to curve it to an A- or something if they want to say no one under a 3.0 will graduate. </p>

<p>So... Any info?</p>

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<p>Grad classes are generally graded so that most, if not all, students will get a grade in the B-A range. Obviously if you totally blow the course off and don’t do any work you’ll get a worse grade, but for the most part, if you put any reasonable effort in you’ll get at least a B.</p>

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<p>Thanks,</p>

<p>And I’d like to bump this up to hear more on the first part if anyone has some experience with that.</p>

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<p>Another bump here…</p>

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<p>So… Again…</p>

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<p>Bump again…</p>

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<p>The average gpa to get into most engineering Michigan graduate programs is 3.2.</p>

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<p>That’s the average!?! Because it says the minimum is a 3.2. But it’s realistic to get in with a 3.2?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>