GPA for students admitted at CAL

Eirenarch
Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:15:45 +0000

“The GPA for past admittance form a trend, and these trends can be useful for understanding the admissions process a bit better; also, I completely disagree with one’s GPA being out of their control, unless they are burdened by some substantial fiscal issues forcing them to work, anyone can get a 4.0, especially at a CCC.”

The GPA is one thing that the school looks at, and obviously some schools are going to prefer a higher GPA on average, but it doesn’t benefit you the slightest bit to know what this GPA is. There is no way to use the average to accurately predict your chances of being accepted, so the only purpose it serves is an emotional one: it makes you feel good if you’re above it and bad if you’re below it. If your GPA is substantially lower then the average, it could indicate that applying wouldn’t be worth it, but there’s no way to know that for certain. And the averages for the UCs are similiar enough that an individual school’s average isn’t relevant.