<p>You have to be wary of reported GPA averages as well. Case in point: Elon University’s US News report lists an average high school GPA for accepted students of 3.9. What they don’t tell you is that this is the weighted GPA that has been recalculated by Elon. Elon’s latest CDS actually reports an average GPA of 3.96, putting “competitors” such as Stanford and Harvard to shame.</p>