Difference between a 4.0 and 3.98 GPA

glassesarechic
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:31:58 +0000

As much as we on CC like to pretend applications are holistic, adcoms can’t see all the potential/intelligence of any given student. It’s not an entirely ridiculous question if the OP comes from a school with pretty decent grade inflation–at my school, no one has been accepted to an Ivy without a 4.0 (but we also don’t have pluses or minuses). Sometimes, it makes sense to worry, especially since the context of one’s school can be the best way to get a feel for your own chances.

Still, OP, especially with the knowledge CC provides to bolster your apps in other ways, a 3.98 is hardly a deal-breaker.