<p>I think you’ll find the average “GPA” for engineers at both schools are comparable, as is the rigor of the programs.</p>
<p>VT does have grade info, but it does require a PID (login) to access. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ir.vt.edu/work_we_do/course_grade/grades_folder/grades.html”>http://www.ir.vt.edu/work_we_do/course_grade/grades_folder/grades.html</a></p>
<p>UF also makes the information available, and it doesn’t require a login.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ir.ufl.edu/factbook/degree.htm”>http://www.ir.ufl.edu/factbook/degree.htm</a></p>
<p>UF’s average GPA in the college of engineering was a 3.29 (Fall 2013).</p>
<p>The average GPA at a college would be a function of rigor AND Students academic ability. For example, Purdue University is famous (infamous?) for it’s rigorous program and low student GPA’s. Purdue is also less selective, than say UF. If UF’s GPA is higher, is that because Purdue is more rigorous, or is it because UF is more selective when selecting students (or is it a combination of both?)? NO ONE KNOWS. For that reason, in the US, we don’t focus so much on GPA, as on GPA vs. your peers at the same college, and on the skills developed by the student (which is why internships/co-ops matter so much in engineering). It would not matter to most of us if the average GPA at VT was 3.17(just made this number up!), while it was a 3.29 at UF (unless you’re thinking of med school, hence Colorado_mom’s question above). </p>