<p>Who on this board got into harvard without a 4.0 here?</p>
<p>Basically everyone who ever got into Harvard from my school in recent history (12+ students), because there were only two in the whole school who have 4.0s and got into Harvard. </p>
<p>My point? It's not worth comparing GPAs because they differ from school to school. We don't weight GPAs at all. A 4.0 from TJ means something different from a 4.0 from my local school. Don't worry about GPA so much as rank and course rigor.</p>
<p>What's TJ?</p>
<p>well at my school, we sent two people to harvard in 2008. they were both 4.0 students but i don't think it's ll about just grades. the two who got in were amazing outside of class. </p>
<p>but it's encouraging to see someone with something other than a 4.0 at big H. anyone?</p>
<p>Thomas Jefferson. Replace with any other school that is really intense. Wait, my last post was confusing. "My local school" didn't refer to the school I attend. Just say a normal school that suffers from grade-inflation.</p>
<p>Basically, is a 4.0 good at YOUR school? If tons of people have it, then it is more likely that you'll need a 4.0 from your school to have a shot at Harvard.</p>
<p>Are you talking 4.0 weighted or unweighted? I got in with a 3.86 unweighted GPA but 4.5 weighted. If you a low weighted GPA you better have another special talent.</p>
<p>^unweighted</p>
<p>well, im sure there are. athletes with 2.9's got into harvard.. division 1 tho.
maybe one can get in with a 2.9 but who cured cancer and won a nobel prize</p>
<p>Is 90=A, 80=B? Or are pluses and minuses thrown in (3.67=A-, etc.)? That makes a difference. A 4.0 without A-minuses is much more difficult to achieve than a transcript without B's.</p>
<p>^minuses thrown in</p>
<p>Harvard explicitly says it does NOT have a minimum GPA requirement. Of course you will want to have strong grades in challenging courses to have the best chance to get in, but your worst chance for getting in is not to apply.</p>
<p>^Token: Harvard may not have a de jure minimum GPA requirement but just like the rest of the super competitive schools out there, there is definitely a de facto minimum cut-off for the majority of applicants (excluding the uber-hooked).</p>
<p>the cut off is probably a 3.7...</p>
<p>i dont know how to calculate my gpa on a 4.0 scale.....my school gave me mine in the 100 point scale and it was a 102.04 weighted</p>
<p>It's funny how no one is mentioning what classes they take or took in high school. That surely has relevance in comparing grade point averages.</p>
<p>Really, if I took all CP classes at my school, I'd have a 4.0 without doing any work at all.</p>
<p>Mathson was accepted to the class of 2011. He had a B in English freshman year (not honors because there is no 9th grade honors English), a B+ sophomore and junior years (both honors) and an A senior year (not honors scheduling conflict). Our grading scale is 0-100 with A's being over 90. His unweighted GPA was a little over 95. (He took a demanding schedule despite hating English BTW - enough APs to be a National Scholar.)</p>
<p>I got a B every semester of high school and still got in. All were in french. And I'm not an athlete or a URM. So don't let a few B's be your biggest worry.</p>
<p>Harvard's admissions are much more holistic than people seem to think.</p>
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<p>That's my impression too.</p>