CC and College Grades- Some Perspective Please.

Momwaitingfornew
Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:55:18 +0000

But overall, a 3.7+ college gpa should be impressive, no?



Yes.

You are seeing several things at work on CC:


Many of the people here are among the most ambitious, high-achieving students at their college. Most students who apply to grad schools don’t know half of what CC posters do about the process. Remember that CC posters are a minority of applicants.
Some feel (perhaps culturally) obligated to downplay their achievements. A student might say, "I know my 3.7 GPA is poor, but . . . " when really he is saying that he is not perfect.
Excellent students at weaker universities or at heavily grade-inflated schools may feel that it should be easy for everyone to get a 3.9 or 4.0.
People are messing with heads.