What's the minimum GPA for schools like Stanford?

Applying to College
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<p>What’s the minimum GPA for schools like Stanford or Duke? or …</p>

<p>and how to calculate GPA? does that include Grade 10 marks?</p>

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<p>there is no minimum. colleges usually take a holistic approach.</p>

<p>g.p.a. starts from soph year for stanford (they don’t count freshman year ) and goes on until the midyear report.</p>

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<p>thank you !hrhcow !!</p>

<p>so it starts form grade 11,but the marks of the last year are the most important, right?</p>

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<p>there is no minimum but i would say that a 3.8uw gpa is around the lowest that will get in for a non hooked applicant</p>

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<p>starts from grade 10… and goes until first semester of senior year. UNLESS, you apply early decision, then senior year doesnt even factor in.</p>

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<p>what?..</p>

<p>well…i don’t know what you guys mean by freshman or soph year.
coz i am in Canada, and they start high schools in Grade 8…
thank you anyway!hehe…</p>

<p>but would they take your Grade 1o marks very seriously?
coz I got some Bs in classes like keyboarding.
do courses like keyborading also count for GPA?</p>

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<p>hey i used live in canada when i went to elementary school! the systeme there is a LOT different than the system in the states (at least when i was there.) elementary school is from k-6, junior high is from 7-9 and high school is from 10-12. for your convenience dina, (and i don’t know how you don’t know this if you’re applying to college, cus they use the same system in college):</p>

<p>freshman=9th grade
sophomore=10th grade
junior=11th grade
senior=12th grade</p>

<p>and yes, they do count the grades from your sophomore (10th grade year). </p>

<p>If you want to apply to Stanford and similar ultra-competitive schools, and if you’re not a URM, have no real hooks, average ECS, you need to be at least in the top 3%-5% of your class with an unweighted GPA very close to 4.0. Hope that helps! </p>

<p>Anyways, I can’t wait to go to stanford next year! go STANFORD '10!!!</p>

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<p>GPA is meaningless, it needs to be put in context so class rank is everything. If you’re unhooked, both Stanford and Duke would like to see you in top 5%. Stanford doen’t “count” freshman year but it is factored into rank. The hooey about holistic approach is the way schools get lots of people to apply who they can turn down. If everyone believed you needed a 4.0/2400 to get in, they wouldn’t get to reject 10 of 11 applicants. Yet if you’re unhooked, you need damn close to that.</p>

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<p>thanks everyone!
appreciate your input!</p>

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<p>when you say you need a UW GPA close or 4.0, is that by the method where A- is 3.7 and A+ is 4.3 and so on?</p>

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<p>I think it’s just 4 points for an A, 3 for a B, they add up all points and divide them by the amount of classes, though I’m not sure.</p>

<p>Anyway, last stats I read said 85-95% of the admitted students had GPAs above 3.75, if that helps.</p>