<p>iv never been taught in a system involving a gpa, so outta curiosity, roughly how hard would i have to work to have a 3.5 gpa after 2 years, if im taking fairly challenging courses?</p>
<p>also, does salman rushdie teach undergrads?</p>
<p>thats impossible to answer. your study habits, how much you go out, what classes you take, the mood of the professor when hes putting your grades into the computer, all have an impact upon what your gpa is going to be. some people study all the time and only manage a 3.2. some people do very little work and manage a 3.7. prebusiness and premed are the more difficult tracts in the first 2 years. but it really depends.</p>
<p>most professors dont even know what courses they are teaching more than a semester or two ahead, and the course catalog isnt published until about 3 weeks before preregistration. </p>
<p>rushdie’s contract doen’t start until this spring, and he is teaching an 8 week graduate seminar then. No one knows when he is teaching UGs, but when he does it will probably be another 8 week seminar or it will be cotaught by another professor and rushdie. Either way, that class is going to be extremely popular and seniors and juniors will probably fill it. so yes, UGs will be able to take a class with him at some point (they tell us) but who knows when that is going to be.</p>
<p>i know this is long, sorry. the special collections library has his unpublished novels, mannuscripts, etc. his private collection is up there on the 10th floor of the stacks and you can go look at it and use it for a paper or essay or project, if youre really interested in his work.</p>
<p>Basically, the determinant for any GPA is work ethic. The vast majority of admitted students is capable of getting a high GPA through hard work and dedication. </p>
<p>I think this basic rule holds true at Emory more so than other colleges. Compared to other colleges, Emory has rather middle-of-the-road grading. Emory is not like UChicago, where you have to REALLY work to get an “A”. It’s not like State U, either, where they give out “As” comparatively liberally.</p>
<p>With that said, one’s GPA is also determined by factors outside of one’s work ethic. Making an “A” is often arbitrary; some professors are committed to only giving out a few “As” for an entire class, whereas others liberally do so. So, one could work extremely hard in a particular class and still make a “B” because the professor is a tough grader. </p>
<p>My first semester, I think, is a good example. Although standardized tests and personal experience indicate that I am better at English than Math, I got a B+ for the semester in English 101 and an “A-” in Calculus despite doing a similiar amount of work in each class. This is largely explained by the difficulty of the professor in each respective class; my English professor gave almost no “As”.</p>
<p>And, obviously, some classes/majors are harder than others. In such majors, you can probably expect to have a more difficult time getting a 3.5.</p>
<p>With one grade outstanding, I have a 3.67 right now. While I put in a considerable amount of work this semester, I did not constantly study. I would say that I averaged a couple of hours of work each day on top of attending classes.</p>
<p>Edit: useful information
A = 4.0
A- = 3.7
B+ = 3.3
B = 3.0
B- = 2.7
etc…</p>
<p>thanks a lot, that really helped.</p>