Average GPA of incoming Ivy League students

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<p>I was wondering what is the average GPA for incoming Ivy League students? Such as Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, etc.</p>

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<p>Probably very close to a 4.0 unweighted – if you look at students that were accepted solely on /scholastic/ merit (and had no sort of hook) - it’s probably a 4.0.</p>

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<p>I googled “Harvard freshman class profile” and this was the third result.</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg01_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=444[/url]”>https://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg01_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=444&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>That site says the average GPA is “4”. That is impossible if anyone gets below a 4.0. The median could be 4.0.</p>

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<p>-----Ivy League Common Data Sets:</p>

<p>Brown: <a href=“Office of Institutional Research | Brown University”>Office of Institutional Research | Brown University;

<p>Columbia: No Common Data Set</p>

<p>Cornell: <a href=“http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000554.pdf[/url]”>http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000554.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Dartmouth: <a href=“This Page Has Moved”>This Page Has Moved;

<p>Harvard: <a href=“http://www.provost.harvard.edu/institutional_research/CDS_2011-2012_Final.pdf[/url]”>http://www.provost.harvard.edu/institutional_research/CDS_2011-2012_Final.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Princeton: <a href=“http://registrar.princeton.edu/university_enrollment_sta/common_cds2013.pdf[/url]”>http://registrar.princeton.edu/university_enrollment_sta/common_cds2013.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>University of Pennsylvania: <a href=“http://www.upenn.edu/ir/Common%20Data%20Set/UPenn%20Common%20Data%20Set%202012-13.pdf[/url]”>http://www.upenn.edu/ir/Common%20Data%20Set/UPenn%20Common%20Data%20Set%202012-13.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Yale (list of CDS’): [Common</a> Data Set (CDS) | Office of Institutional Research](<a href=“http://oir.yale.edu/common-data-set]Common”>Common Data Set | Office of Institutional Research)</p>

<p>-----For more check out this link: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/76444-links-common-data-sets-posted-colleges-29.html#post14544264[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/76444-links-common-data-sets-posted-colleges-29.html#post14544264&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<ul>
<li>Some may or may not have GPA listed
** Some may still be changed around
*** These are the “most recent” Common Data Sets before this post
**** Schools have a list of all Common Data Sets than just recent ones so I would suggest look through them all for accuracy and trend</li>
</ul>

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<p>Basically a 4.0 un-weighted GPA</p>

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<p>It is close to 4.0 UW for Harvard, which is stated on their own common data set, however that is a rounded estimate. I did the calculations based on their percentages of GPA’s that enrolled and if you assume, based on their data, that all the GPA’s are the top GPA in their sections such that[ 3.75-4.00 are all 4.00’s, 3.50-3.74 are all 3.74’s, 3.25-3.49 are all 3.49’s, and 3.00-3.24 are all 3.24’s]. Out of this and their 1661 total ‘ENROLLED’ Freshmen in 2011-2012, the average GPA would be ‘3.967’. However it would be impossible for all students to have the top grade in each GPA range, so I also did the minimum average GPA [ 3.75-4.00 are all 3.75’s, 3.50-3.74 are all 3.50’s, 3.25-3.49 are all 3.25’s, and 3.00-3.24 are all 3.00’s]. The minimum GPA for year 2011-2012 would be 3.718.</p>

<p>TLDR: Average 2011-2012 GPA for Enrolled Harvard students is 3.843 ±0.125 (3.718 to 3.967)</p>

<p>CDS: <a href=“http://www.provost.harvard.edu/institutional_research/CDS_2011-2012_Final.pdf”>http://www.provost.harvard.edu/institutional_research/CDS_2011-2012_Final.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>*Admitted students will differ about ±.003 than enrolled students</p>