<p>Collegeboard says that students in UVA
85% of them had 3.75 gpa or higher
is this true??
dannggg i must have no chance of getting in with
a 3.68 which is only 9%(3.5~3.75)
I know they look at more than just the GPA
but still if my gpa is not one of the 85%...
i guess my chances are very low
-_-</p>
<p>Hey, I'm a chinese guy, and I would like to aply to an American school for my master's degree, I'm in my third in a chinese college now and my major is Science of Atmosphere.
I would take the GRE test this June, and would you give me some awesome recommendations which school could I aply to. Moreover, is there any forum where there are people who would like to check my AW works?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot~</p>
<p>We don't calculate an average GPA because there are so many dissimilar scales in use. I don't know how that stat is compiled, but I wouldn't read into it.</p>
<p>College Board is routinely behind on data. For years after they did away with the SAT II writing, they had us listed as requiring that test. Go figure.</p>
<p>noneinspiration - check out the graduate forums</p>
<p>Not sure how college board arrived at their average, but they do provide a scale that they apparently used for it.</p>
<p>How</a> to Convert Your GPA to a 4.0 Scale</p>
<p>Not sure which type of classes are weighted in their scale... but it may put you in the majority according to their statistics. However, like Dean J said... you probably shouldn't read much into it.</p>
<p>Just recently, I was at a presentation on the incoming class of '12 and the average GPA of incoming freshman is a 4.07. And I've heard that number for a number of presentations. Dean J, do you know if that number is accurate? First Year Seminar definitely had that in their presentation.</p>
<p>Our admins enter GPAs into the student system, but they are on all sorts of scales. I cringe at the thought of anyone averaging all those GPAs and putting the result out there as the average. They'd be averaging unweighted GPAs on a 4.0 scale with heavily weighted GPAs on all sorts of other scales. It's a case of "dirty" data producing an unreliable statistic.</p>
<p>What about electives? Do colleges, including UVA, consider electives when calculating the gpa?</p>
<p>I would imagine the 3.75 was the unweighted average, which seems a bit low for UVa.</p>
<p>Hey don't worry about the GPAs. Every school has differing standards and the admissions commitee will probably judge you based on the rigors of your curriculum.</p>