3.8 GPA floor? Forum
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3.8 GPA floor?
Is there any way for a non-URM to get YS with a GPA between 3.75 and 3.79 short of curing cancer/winning an Olympic medal/publishing a novel, etc.? And would those schools look down on taking a couple of online classes to bump up to a 3.8?
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Yes.aboo5674 wrote:Is there any way for a non-URM to get YS with a GPA between 3.75 and 3.79 short of curing cancer/winning an Olympic medal/publishing a novel, etc.?
Yes.And would those schools look down on taking a couple of online classes to bump up to a 3.8?
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Y and S would potentially look down on it, but the benefit of having a 3.8 over a <3.79 would far outweigh the downside of having obviously-padding coursework.
If you have the time and motivation, absolutely take easy classes to boost your GPA (as long as you haven't graduated yet, that is.)
If you have the time and motivation, absolutely take easy classes to boost your GPA (as long as you haven't graduated yet, that is.)
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Re: 3.8 GPA floor?
I haven't graduated yet, but for any more grades to count I would need to wait late in the cycle or apply a cycle past the one I was planning on. I'm about to take a year and a half off, but I'm taking my last semester and graduating in Fall 2015. I had planned to apply early in that cycle.
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An above-3.8 GPA is better than the advantage of the early application (which is virtually non-existent in this day and age).
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Thank you, that's really good to know! As for the online classes, do you think it makes a difference what school they come from or what subject they're in? I'd love to take language or history classes from BYU independent study. I had thought about doing it just because I'm interested in the subjects they offer that I can't fit into my schedule at my school, even before I started thinking about the GPA incentive. I'm not necessarily looking for blow-off classes, just some more classes that I can work extra hard in to compensate for my below average performance on science & math requirements.
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