<p>While the number could theoretically be useful, the problem is that it’s easily altered by including or excluding things that really shouldn’t be included or excluded, and many schools calculate it in slightly different ways. Therefore, it turns out that in practice the number isn’t very useful.</p>
<p>If I were you, I’d obtain whatever data I could and maybe revisit it. One of my favorite statistics is the average GPA of students from that school who get into medical school. High is bad.</p>
<p>Of course, everything is relative right? So it also depends on your other choices.</p>