<p>3.96 brings it down below 1%.</p>
<p>When I went to the University Medalist reception last year, there were around 40 students there. Assuming the graduating class consists of 5500 students, which is reasonable considering official records indicate that there are 25k undergrads (with more upper classmen due to CCC transfers), the 3.96 GPA requirement filters out >99% of the graduating class.</p>