<p>In any non science major</p>
<p>Minimal work - 2.7-3.0
Some work - 3.0-3.3
Some work + strong intellect 3.3-3.5
Lots of work - 3.5-3.7
Kills self and spends vast majority of waking hours doing work 3.7-4.0</p>
<p>There are exceptions for some majors that may be harder and this is far from a set rule, more a general set of observations. Engineers who work really hard can pull 3.5+ but many are in the low 3’s high 2’s. Cornell is very much a pragmatically minded, get a job type school, so few people outside of pre-law/pre-med are that concerned with GPA. Employers generally view GPA’s especially from a school as demanding as cornell, as a tiered thing, with a 3.9 and 3.75 being essentially the same. If you have over a 3.5 you qualify for pretty much every employment program’s minimum. And that is generally enough for cornell students.</p>