GPA vs. QPA

halcyonheather
Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:55:16 +0000

“A friend told me that the first thing colleges look at is your name and your GPA. They then decide to continue looking at your application based on this information.”

Yes. If you have a goofy name they’ll stop reading.

Seriously, though, it depends on whether they have holistic admissions or not. Larger universities tend to focus more on numbers than liberal arts colleges. 3.8 will be high enough to get looked at in most schools.