<p>BTW, @Much2learn, yes, I would say that keeping GPA is more due to tradition. That’s why some schools don’t really calculate a GPA for their students.</p>
<p>I know that if I am evaluating a CS major for a software job and I know the rigor at a school of certain courses that I consider essential, I’d care more about how they did in those courses than in other ones(including Russian lit).</p>