<p>I am just wondering because I do not think my grades are that great however others say they would be happy to have them. So what does the average student make?? Can some people post GPAs they think are average. It would really help me to put things in perspective. Thanks.</p>
<p>I have no clue, however out of about 20 people that graduated in my major, only two had higher than a 3.3</p>
<p>I'm not sure about the rest.</p>
<p>However we didn't have grade inflation.. you had to earn your grades. </p>
<p>I would assume at schools such as Harvard and Yale the average grades are a lot higher than that because I don't think people pay to go to schools like that to get C's, but that's just my opinion and I don't have any facts to back that up.</p>
<p>I'd say most decent schools are in the 3.0-3.3 average range.</p>
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I would assume at schools such as Harvard and Yale the average grades are a lot higher than that because I don't think people pay to go to schools like that to get C's, but that's just my opinion and I don't have any facts to back that up.
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<p>uh...George Bush went to an Ivy and did not exactly earn fair marks. </p>
<p>I figure that it is in ones best interest to keep at least a 3.0 at University at all times. That way, you do not have to fret.</p>
<p>ivy league universities have what most people would consider 'massive' grade inflation, resulting in average GPAs being in the 3.3 range (harvard and princeton are at 3.4).</p>
<p>Whereas, a lot of my friends at boston university would struggle to get B-'s in classes, and a 2.8 or 2.9 was considered doing decently well.</p>
<p>Really, the best gauge is to ask people you're close with, whose work ethic you respect. If you're in line with them, why bother stressing about it.</p>
<p>It also depends on whether the student is planning grad or professional school as to what grades the student needs to get/maintain. Some students have to keep a minimum GPA to keep merit aid as well--the scholarship will state any such requirements. At USC, you have to maintain a 3.0, at some other schools, you may need to maintain a higher GPA to keep merit $$$. Your advisor should be able to provide some guidance about a "normal" GPA in your major, with your aspirations.</p>
<p>I think, like above poster have stated, that it reallly depends on your school. For instance at my son's school the dean's list is for 3.0 and above, while at my daughter's school it is 3.7 and above. I think that may show somewhat the difference in the degree of difficulty between those two schools.</p>
<p>That's a silly question. "What's the average GPA of a high school student?" As above posters have said, it depends on your school and your major, among other factors.</p>
<p>"uh...George Bush went to an Ivy and did not exactly earn fair marks."</p>
<p>well, this is George Bush we're talking about....not exactly "average" intelligence if you know what i mean.</p>
<p>end Bush rant.</p>
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uh...George Bush went to an Ivy and did not exactly earn fair marks.</p>
<p>I figure that it is in ones best interest to keep at least a 3.0 at University at all times. That way, you do not have to fret.
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<p>True, but he did graduate (twice actually when you include grad school) whereas AL Gore flunked out of Vandy twice (grad school); yet, he still had the nerve to ridicule W's intelligence. I'm not exactly a fan of either Bush POTUS, but I always thought it was funny. It was even more funny when AL Gore was rejected as a candidate for the presidency of a school (one of the Ivy schools, IIRC) due to not having the academic creds.</p>
<p>Well, I have a 4.0 and I will probably finish with a close to a 4.0, maybe a 3.8 or 3.9 but I work my butt off and am only taking 3 classes this semester so it's not that hard to do. Next semester when I am taking 5, it may be more difficult. I'm not sure. (But I'm in a comm. college so not exactly Harvard, but the work is still there.)</p>
<p>Well, I personally am hovering around a 3.5, which I think is pretty damn good, myself. But I have looked at the statistics for my college (which is a public 4-year state school) and the avg GPAs are like 2.8ish. Which really isn't that bad, that's like a 83 or something.</p>
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well, this is George Bush we're talking about....not exactly "average" intelligence if you know what i mean.</p>
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<p>No offense to you personally, but bashing Bush in general in terms of how stoopid he is is getting tired. Yes, everyone know he tends to comes off like an arrogant, possibly tipsy cowboy. Jon Stewart makes the scrunched-up Bush face every night when he wants to do an impersonation of our stoopid president. Bush is so stoopid. Okay. We get it.</p>
<p>By the way, yeah Bush went to Yale and didn't get a stellar GPA, but he got a better GPA than John Kerry, who also went to Yale. </p>
<p>I'm not a Bush fan but I'm personally tired of hearing everyone ragging on him all the time using smart ass jokes they heard from late night TV. Dumb Bush jokes and "Bush is the dumbest president, ever" comments are not nearly as amusing or smugly clever as people like to think.</p>
<p>well most All University Averages I have seen (published in various places) are in the 2.9 - 3.1 range. Females typically have a higher GPA than the guys. But it really does depend on major, professional school aspirations and so on. Really, for most majors, GPA doesn't much matter, even when trying to get a job...</p>
<p>Speaking of Harvard and grade inflation, didn't they have to do some major readjustment after over 80% of one of the last graduating classes graduated with honors?!?!?!</p>
<p>our average is a 2.8 GPA.</p>
<p>From Harvard Crimson, Oct. 2002:
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Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis 68 formally announced his intent to abolish the Deans List, on which 92 percent of upperclass students currently earn a place, at yesterdays Faculty Council meeting.
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<p>Well it isn't really a silly question. I know that it depends on the school, however, I would like to know what others college students receive from their schools. It is always useful to find out this information even if one does not go to the "other" person's university.</p>
<p>I think it's more logical to for students to be listed in the Dean's list/honors by taking the top x percentage of students instead of meeting some GPA.</p>
<p>Bossgirl517 -- sorry. I wasn't trying to call you (or anyone) silly. It's just that there's a huge variety in the amount of grade inflation and expectations among colleges, as well as "quality" of students, difficulty of classes, differences between majors, etc, as to make the question more or less irrelevant.</p>
<p>Examples of better questions would be:
What is the average college GPA for someone who wants to go to grad school in the humanities?
What is the average college GPA for an engineering major?
What is the average GPA at top-25 colleges?
How has the average college GPA changed in the last 20 years?</p>