GPA doesn’t tell the full story. We are much more concerned with the actual courses and grades on the transcript.
I always like to point out you could have students with identical GPAs at the same high school and very different transcripts.
Read more:
http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2017/01/uva-admissions-holistic-review-and-gpa.html
http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2015/03/i-dont-care-about-your-gpa.html