<p>Miru (or anyone else who can answer, for that matter):</p>
<p>I’m a prospective prefrosh (probably majoring in CS) comparing my college options. [This</a> guide](<a href=“http://www.cs.hmc.edu/gradschool.pdf]This”>http://www.cs.hmc.edu/gradschool.pdf) on the HMC website says that “we have had very few students with GPAs under 3.7 get accepted to these most competitive schools” for Ph.D programs in CS like CMU, UC Berkeley, Stanford, etc. However, from what I’ve heard, getting a 3.7 GPA at Mudd is just about impossible.</p>
<p>I’m not sure I want to go to grad school (and obviously the grad programs I listed aren’t necessarily the best ones - it depends on what I’m interested in after 4 years) but I want to keep my options open. Is a 3.7 GPA really as hard as people make it out to be? Or is it not so much of a requirement as the aforementioned guide makes it out to be? Thanks for the help.</p>