Let's clear up the GPA myth.

i_lose
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:58:40 +0000

Going to a different UC isn’t going to significantly alter your GPA by 0.5. That’s ridiculous. If that were the case, you’d see every student rushing to Riverside (nothing against the place, just saying) to complete their premed/prelaw/pre-whatever requirements. Your GPA represents your hard work, determination, ability and a bit of luck and is not heavily dependent upon the quality of your peers. Colleges have an incentive to not have too high of a GPA difference between colleges (esp. within the same UC system), otherwise the degree would be watered down and meaningless, leading to a bad reputation. College admissions may have been structured in a way that favored upper-middle class suburban elites over slums because of the quality of the high school, but this is not the case in college.