Minimum GPA

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>what do you guys think the minimum GPA to get into stanford?</p>

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<p>It would depend on the school you are coming from. There is no absolute minimum.</p>

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<p>that’s a dumb question.</p>

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<p>4.0…For foolish questions, there are senseless answers.</p>

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<p>Then again, there are some GPA’s which are incredibly out of the question.
From the Stanford Common Data Set (<a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/home/statistics/):%5B/url%5D”>http://www.stanford.edu/home/statistics/):</a> </p>

<p>C10. Percent of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school class rank within each of the following ranges (report information for those students from whom you collected high school rank information).
Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class: 89%
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class: 98%
Percent in top half of high school graduating class: 100%
Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class: 0%
Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class: 0%</p>

<p>Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank: 69%</p>

<p>C11. Percentage of all enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school grade-point averages within each of the following ranges (using 4.0 scale). Report information only for those students from whom you collected high school GPA.</p>

<p>Percent who had GPA of 3.75 and higher: 94%
Percent who had GPA of between 3.50 and 3.74: 4%
Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49: 1%
Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24: 1%</p>

<p>C12. Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA: 4.3% (includes weighted GPA submitted by some schools)</p>

<p>Percentage of total, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA: 91% </p>

<p>So if you’re in the bottom half of your school, don’t even bother. Heh…</p>

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<p>31 percent of the enrolled students didn’t report class rank.</p>

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<p>Many schools don’t rank their students, but still provide a “school profile” that shows which percentile a particular GPA falls into.</p>

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<p>“Percent who had GPA of 3.75 and higher: 94%”</p>

<p>Not as high as I had expected. It is still quite doable!</p>

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<p>Is that 3.75 weighted or unweighted? I think it’s weighted because they said the average high school GPA was 4.3 so I would think they’d use that data for the 3.75.</p>

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<p>well, the other 6% (without the 3.75+ W GPA)… probably had some amazing hook, you know?</p>

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<p>Some of those with a GPA of less than 3.75 might also include students from schools where a 3.7 still qualifies you for top 10%… with grade deflation, that would be very possible. </p>

<p>Also, almost half of the incoming freshman were top 1-2% of their graduating class. I think the stat is somewhere around 43-46%?</p>

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<p>what about if my school doesn’t rank, and only gives deciles?</p>

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<p>For transfers, 3.5 is the most minimum…</p>

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<p>I remember reading from Stanford that those accepted typically have between a 3.6 and a 4.0.</p>