What's considered a good GPA at Princeton?

[screwitlah]

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phi beta kappa is the top x% of the class (i think 10 or 15?). So there’s no hard GPA cutoff, but you need ~3.8 or so. The rest of the honors are done by department, so the GPA requirements vary by department, but it’s also usually by percentage and mainly based on departmental gpa

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<p>thanks for the info! so for PBK, does it consider the GPA over all the four years, instead of just departmental GPA? which means my grades in freshman year will count towards consideration for PBK? 3.8 seems REALLY tough, especially at princeton - with grade deflation, wouldn’t the GPA cutoff be lower then?</p>