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[drax12]

<p>First, some corrections, if I may:</p>

<p>Wrt the high school I presented, undoubtedly an elite private, if a 3.8 would be 90th percentile, and a mean of around 3.4, then I would would adjust a 3.6 gpa to around 70-75th percentile (from my previous 65-70th) , say 73rd. This would allow about 10% of the class in the rarified air of the top to the low of 3.8 in that group (also works well with my proposed intervals of .2 gpa, maybe a bit too convenient), with 17% of the class to the next interval 3.799…-3.6, with the low of 3.6, which is where I propose where USC mainly lives at these schools, and another 23% to the mean of 3.599…-3.4. That would seemingly be a pretty fair curve wrt proportions. </p>

<p>Wrt Public high schools, there are more highly qualified students to fill one’s frosh class, but a definite more flat distribution which would have say a 3.8 at the 95th percentile, with maybe a mean of 3.0-3.1. Again, private schools, esp, elite ones, dole out higher uw grades but don’t generally allow the out-of-hand inflation of grades due to AP in public ones, say, Torrey Pines (and I’m not denigrating TP because it’s one of the best hss in the nation, with outrageous proportions attending UC). And I do like uw grades to show the student’s true achievement. And the uw grade scale at TP would be ratcheted upward over other public hss because it is an elite public school, so it may be a step up from what I stated here. </p>

<p>josebiwasabi:</p>

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i had a 3.83 UW gpa with an IB diploma and i felt pretty average at USC. perhaps it was because i was in a hard science major filled with pre-meds (bio major).

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<p>Agree, undoubtedly life-science majors, engineering, at all universities would have higher standards than those who come in, say, undeclared.</p>

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i would propose that our lower gpa’s aren’t due to what drax12 is suggesting, but rather because of our prestigious portfolio and audition based programs such as cinema, fine arts, and music performance. usually top ranked universities aren’t as strong as USC in non-academic fields.

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<p>This would probably apply to all universities also wrt the Arts. But unless you’re saying that USC has an unusually large % of arts students, which it may have, then that portion may not affect calculations much.</p>

<p>A 3.8 uw gpa is excellent; my point is I don’t know if this would be verifiable for USC. </p>

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personally i’m willing to trade slightly lower gpas for having these amazing programs that add to the diversity of students in my university.

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<p>I appreciated arts students too, as long as they didn’t make themselves stand out too much with their multi-colored hair, etc, lol.</p>