What"s Up With Grades

coureur
Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:27:37 +0000

What sets you apart from them is the key to your admission.<<




^^This part I agree with.




…and it doesn’t matter how good you grades are because it will make you look like a geek… Obviously you can’t be failing your ass out of high school but if your GPA is within the range of 3.6 and above, it doesn’t matter whether it’s 4.0 or 3.6…<<<




^^This part I disagree with.

Guidelines from Harvard’s own website:

“The Admissions Committee recognizes that schools vary by size, academic program, and grading policies, so we do not have rigid grade requirements. There is no single academic path we expect all students to follow, but the strongest applicants take the most rigorous secondary school curricula available to them. We do seek students who achieve at a high level, and most admitted students rank in the top 10-15% of their graduating classes.”

Read that last sentence over carefully. A 3.6 ain’t going to put you in the top 10-15% of most graduating classes.