What does the middle 50 % on a 4.0 scale mean?

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<p>Hello everyone,</p>

<p>The profile of admitted transfer students to CAL this year had a range of GPA's of "3.64-4.0", with the "middle 50 percent of students on a 4.0 scale).</p>

<p>Range of GPAs: 3.64–4.0
(middle 50 percent of students on a 4.0 scale)</p>

<p>I understand that middle 50 percent is supposed to mean that 25% were below 3.64, and 25% were above 4.0. However how is this possible since transfer students can not achieve a GPA higher than 4.0?</p>

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<p>I expect it would mean that more than the top 25 percent of admitted students had a 4.0.</p>

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<p>What Sue said. Essentially, the top 75% of admitted students had a GPA of >3.6.</p>

<p>That is, if I’m not a moron.</p>

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<p>sprusty-</p>

<p>Yes, and that students at the 75th percentile have a 4.0 average. This would happen if the top 26 percent or more of applicants have a 4.0.</p>