<p>Um. All this excitement based on invalid information.</p>
<p>There is no “official graduate school site with Engineering 2.7”. That’s a reference to a page stating a minimum GPA standard, not an average GPA for the college.</p>
<p>There is also no 3.18 stated for the Univ: that page refers to a particular program, not the Univ-wide average.</p>
<p>The closest I can find to published average GPAs is the reports on Fraternity & Sorority averages: In Spring 2012 Frats had 3.251, Sororities had 3.397 (yay!). I haven’t found any authoritative sources quoting any of the numbers people are mentioning here.</p>
<p>I’ve seen 3.4 mentioned somewhere as the Univ average last year, but am not finding it right now.</p>