<p>Seiken, how to explain this - One of the concerns is the GPA at highly competitive schools is low and this could have a negative impact on their gradutae admissions. A nephew of mine went to UC Berkeley, doing a major in Math, he was not able to get into any graduate school of his choice. My assumption is the GPA was not stellar.?</p>
<p>It’s certainly the case that having a good GPA tends to be a little more valued in theoretical fields like math and physics, for grad school admissions. Do you have good evidence that they actually correct for this issue? I guess the professors calling people up is a good thing.</p>