<p>i was being sarcastic. And I’m well aware that engineering at texas, or really any school, is more difficult than lib arts at prestigious ivy schools.</p>
<p>10/1500, that’s way higher than I would have imagined.</p>
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If you don’t mind my asking, what is the basis for this “awareness”? I know Texas is an excellent school, and I’m sure the engineering program is extremely challenging. But if ten people graduate with a 4.0 GPA from the engineering program at Texas every year, while five people have graduated with a 4.0 GPA from Harvard in its entire 370-year history, it doesn’t take great logical reasoning powers to conclude that the latter is a more difficult feat.</p>
<p>Payne, 10/1500 was my year. I am thinking it was about ten people, but I could be off. Each person received some special award that year during a special ceremony. My assumption was that each person had a 4.0 GPA. I assumed this because I did. Perhaps I was incorrect. Perhaps the OP can shed some light on how many people achieved the feat his year. </p>
<p>Cosar, you assume too much. I said that ten people did it my year. The OP did it his year. Given the 17 years or so in between and only first hand knowledge of one person in the OP’s year, we do not have enough data to support your assumption as to the ease of a 4.0 GPA at UT. Harvard’s history is well known with no small amount of urban legend to accompany it. Certainly perfect grades at Harvard are difficult to come by as they are at any first tier university. My congratulations to anyone who accomplishes such a lofty goal, and my condolences for their social life :)</p>