<p>I’m just curious, about how many students at Columbia have 4.0’s? In class, how many students receive A’s?</p>
<p>I’m just warning you that you are probably going to get a very frustrated response to this question. I sincerely doubt anybody really knows how many people have 4.0s. Also, it depends on the difficulty of the class and the individual professor how many people get As. There is no cap on % of As given.</p>
<p>very very few students will be able to maintain a gpa of 4.0 or above (columbia gives a few A+ at 4.33), during their 4 years. In a class i’d say usually between 15% and 40% get As or A-s (maybe an A+ or two), I have no basis for this number other than observation, it really depends completely on the teacher, but a good rule of thumb is top quartile to be in the A range.</p>
<p>This dude had a 4.1 gpa in chemE and now works for lehman brothers IBD. Truly, a god among men. <a href=“http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/05/16/Commencement2007/Senior.Profile.Greg.Cass-2903930.shtml[/url]”>http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/05/16/Commencement2007/Senior.Profile.Greg.Cass-2903930.shtml</a></p>
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<p>that’s actually about right for science/math classes. i know 1400/1600 physics are curved so that 40% get a’s of some type. my calc2 and chem classes were similar. actually, u.writing was the exact same. for most humanities classes tho, there is no guarantee i am aware of.</p>
<p>Ok…how many had 4.0s getting into Columbia.</p>
<p>I know the website says that the minimum requirement is a 3.5 (which is about what I have, on top of great SATS and stuff) but do they REALLY admit students with 3.5 gpas?</p>
<p>I don’t think any Ivies tell you a “minimum” GPA. Because if that were the case, HYPCDBPC would lose about 50% of their respective football teams. And plus, I’ve known people with 3.1 GPA’s admitted to Harvard, Yale, and Columbia. Go figure. (He was an Olympic-caliber swimmer though). Generally lower GPA’s need to be offset by some GODLIKE Ec’s (i.e IMO, atheltic recruit, cure cancer)</p>
<p>Grades are inflated at columbia, however it’s not too often you come across someone with a 4.1 or 4.0. every student has a weakness nobody is perfect. If it’s a 4.0 you are contemplating you will burn out very quickly in pursuit of that hope.</p>
<p>lol…but there has to be a valedictorian…sooo obviously someone is perfect enough</p>
<p>Ironically, the vals at columbia and most other universities tend to be the hard science (i.e physics, math) majors despite the non-existent inflation in those majors. Those are the ones that will change the world.</p>
<p>Everyone else at columbia just wants to get their diploma and make $$$.</p>
<p>haha, i was thinking that too. its kinda strange; oh well, guess its just a college thing.</p>
<p>the vast, vast majority of Columbia students had never gotten anything but A’s until they arrived at Columbia. Getting their first B is usually a shock to the system and is accompanied by much whining and hand-wringing and grade-grubbing. Don’t be one of those.</p>
<p>As one data point, I had a 3.9 GPA, which was good for magna cum laude in SEAS, meaning there were somewhere between 15 (# of summas) and 29 (Summas + Magnas) people above that figure, out of a class of ~320.</p>
<p>The only people you hear bragging about their GPAs are the ones who are towards the top, so people have this idea that a disproportionate number of people have 3.9s and 4.0s. It’s not true. I did know people with as high as a 4.14 GPA, but they were rare.</p>
<p>supposedly the valedictorian for SEAS this year (EE) had a 4.2 and the salutatorian (BME) had a 4.17.</p>
<p>I finished with a 3.58 which didn’t get me honors but i’m damn proud of it and had to work my ass off for it. For most jobs, having a 3.5+ will make your GPA a non-issue.</p>
<p>a 3.58 didnt get you an honors? are you for real? i agree you should be damn proud</p>
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<p>far from it…i think honors started at 3.8ish…and thank you.</p>
<p>Both the top percentage of SEAS and top percentage of CC kids get honors, so don’t think that only ~30 students get them. That’s only for SEAS, for CC, assuming top 20-25% get honors, you’re looking at around 200-300, with GPAs ranging from 3.7-4.3</p>