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I think transfers graduate "at the same rate as those who entered as freshmen."
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<p>While this is probably true, it doesn't tell us how they're represented by the statistics, does it?</p>
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Well, but why can Berkeley students afford to graduate in more than four years, in a greater percentage than students at other top private schools?
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<p>Cost? If you have 180k, you can go to Berkeley for sticker price for about 7 or 8 years or sticker price at the most expensive private schools for about 4 years. Now, is the ability to afford it the whole answer? No, but there are some students at Berkeley who can afford to go the Berkeley for five years who might not have been able to afford to go to NYU or Stanford for fives year (assuming sticker price), but this is only a part of the situation.</p>
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So once again, since this applies to all schools, it doesn't explain why Berkeley students are transferring out at a greater percentage than other private school students.
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<p>Just because it's the same for all schools doesn't mean the result is the same at each school. If you want to assume that a factor affects schools evenly, feel free, but I really believe that people transferring out of Berkeley has more affect on its graduation rate than people transferring out of Harvard has on its graduation rate, as an example. And again, transferring is only a part of it. Are you able to find anything about the number of students who transfer out of Berkeley?</p>
<p>I'm no statistics wiz, but why are you using the median? Also, isn't the average campus GPA more like 3.10 or 3.20, maybe even 3.25? Indeed, it probably is. Berkeley did have a report fairly recently, only about a year or so ago, about the grades given out, and it found a very small proportion of D and F grades were given out, about 5%. I located it.</p>
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In the late 1950's, the average cumulative GPA for Berkeley undergraduates was 2.50 and has increased to approximately 3.25. A significant increase in the GPA occurred during the Vietnam War when students received a draft deferment if they remained in good academic standing. </p>
<p>Of 79,791 undergraduate course grades given at UC Berkeley fall 2003, almost 50% were A's, approximately 35% were B's, and less than 5% were D's or F's.
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