<p>When S was considering grad school, we were surprised at how many top programs he was ineligible for because they required a 3.5 or higher GPA. Some government jobs were the same. It was frustrating to have all college GPAs treated equally, regardless of the caliber of school, program, or student body.</p>
<p>I remember his dream school was London School of Economics, and he wasn’t even allowed to consider it because he had a 3.4. He went to a challenging university, and took classes he was interested in rather than classes he thought would be easy, never realizing that pursuing genuine education would prevent him from pursuing further education!</p>