<p>Question is a 3.0 even good in college or is it just considered avgerage. Like what’s considered good just talking about in general doesn’t matter what school</p>
<p>it really depends on the school. If you attend a school known for grade inflation then that might be on the lower end. If you attend a school that is known for grade deflation, then visa-versa. It also depends on what you want to do. If you want to go to grad school, what calibur of school you want to go to, etc.</p>
<p>3.0 at MIT or 3.0 at Florida State University?</p>
<p>3.0 is average to high average at your typical college…just my opinion…its the low cutoff for lots of scholarships and grants that are based on grades</p>
<p>Nothing wrong with FSU mr. Nittany Lion…</p>
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But there is still a difference between an MIT physics major’s 3.0 and a FSU physics major’s 3.0.</p>
<p>I agree. It depends on the school and the program.</p>
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<p>have u been stalking me?! how do u know i’m a nittany lion? :-D</p>
<p>A 3.0 is good, but a 3.9 is better. Just like a friend in need is a friend indeed, but a friend with weed is better!!!</p>
<p>I go to Wake Forest. Grade deflation is a big issue here. Some say the average freshman GPA is 2.4; the average university GPA is 2.8. SO in that case, if youre over here a 3.0 is above average.</p>
<p>Depends on where you are.</p>
<p>A way to find out if your school has deflation is to see what it takes to graduate with honors. If you have to have a 3.995 to get summa cum laude, and a 3.90 to get magna cum laude, and a 3.865 to get cum laude, then it’s probably a good indication that your school inflates grades. If you have to only get a 3.5 to be awarded cum laude, then your school most likely deflates, unless everybody graduates cum laude from your school.</p>
<p>Cum Laude-3.4, Magna Cum Laude 3.6, Summa Cum Laude -3.8 for Wake Forest.
<a href=“http://www.wfu.edu/registrar/senior.html[/url]”>http://www.wfu.edu/registrar/senior.html</a></p>
<p>I’m just a freshman here, but I here people from all departments complain about it.</p>
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<p>Wow. Just…wow.</p>
<p>Wow. Pitt must have a lot of grade deflation!</p>
<p>Cum laude: 3.25; Magna cum laude: 3.5; Summa cum laude: 3.75</p>
<p>Makes me feel a lot better than I did about the GPA I graduated with ;).</p>
<p>Conversely, my best friend graduated summa cum laude from a state school and needed a minimum of a 3.95 to attain those honors.</p>
<p>Frankly, I doubt if there’s much difference in a ug physics degree from MIT or Florida State or Penn State, for that matter.</p>
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<p>That’s because you are a parent 2 noles… FSU seminoles that is. If you were a parent 2 MITNerds, you would probably care–or at least acknowledge the higher prestige correlated with MIT.</p>
<p>it also depends on your major…
a 3.0 in something like sociology or history or such that is less technical is “less” than a 3.0 in something like engineering or physics…often the averages for the technical majors (especially engineering) are much much lower than other majors</p>
<p>Yeah at Wake roughly 25% of kids graduate with a 3.4 or better. Dean’s List is a 3.0 here, which is another factor to look at. If Dean’s list is like 3.7 or 3.8 than there is most likely grade inflation.</p>
<p>Good thing I go to Cal, where a 3.0 (where I’m at) is considered decent. Then again, here the average engineering GPA is ~2.5.</p>
<p>Prestige?</p>
<p>When it comes to learning basic physics…I suggest most high quality schools are virtually the same. Graduate programs…there’d be some difference, but then it becomes highly specialized. Remember that FSU was awarded the National High Magnetic Field Lab - which was originally at MIT.</p>
<p>Oops - not at Penn State, either. ;)</p>
<p>Why would you think that “high quality schools” are virtually the same, for undergraduate physics?</p>