<p>You’re talking out of context here, so it’s going to be hard for anyone to really answer back about the GPA. The scales and weighting vary dramatically from county to county and state to state. A “good” GPA at one school could be a mediocre GPA at a school just a few miles down the road.</p>
<p>What’s more, program is a huge piece of the puzzle. There are schools giving equal weight to AP, IB, DE, and Honors courses. Someone who hasn’t challenged themselves with top level courses while collecting As isn’t going to be as attractive as a student who has mixed grades in top level courses.</p>
<p>There are no formulas, rubrics, charts, or graphs in our review. Obviously, many point to scattergrams to spot trends, but those charts show the end result of a holistic review. They aren’t showing you a standard or cut off that admission officers have in their heads when reviewing applications, which I fear is how many interpret scattergrams. </p>
<p>This may be helpful:
[Notes</a> from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: Let’s talk about GPAs](<a href=“http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2010/01/lets-talk-about-gpas.html]Notes”>Notes from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: Let's talk about GPAs)</p>