<p>I was a patent frantically asking this question here last year around this time. S had an unweighted gpa approximately 3.65(school provides
Only weighted gpa). But he had 2350 SAT 1 and 800 on phy, chem and math2. It is not like he was lazy and his grades were effected. Four B’s is all it takes to get to a 3.7 ish gpa. we were very concerned about this and so he applied to a lot of schools. here is his result
MIT- rejected
Stanford-rejected
Carnegie mellon- accepted for computer engineering but wait listed for school of computer science.
Berkeley- accepted for EECS- attending</p>
<p>Cornell- accepted for college of engineering</p>
<p>Caltech- accepted for computer science</p>
<p>He applied to a couple of safties -
Accepted with good merit money.</p>
<p>What I learned from cc about gpa and from our experience is that gpa varies from school to school, u can not compare gpa like that. I am very positive that colleges
Will look at your strength-
S had good grades in science and math classes, it came to him naturally, at the same time he took classes like
AP US history etc and was willing to take the hit on gpa but enjoyed being in the class and the discussions that took place there.</p>
<p>It all depends on what you
Want to do and how your application present it.
So don’t be discouraged.</p>
<p>classes,</p>