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Grade Distribution Question - Math/Stats Help Needed

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 8:55 am
by jaudette
My school does not give class rank, but employers still want to know where you fall in the class so I have to figure it out somehow. Here is what I know:

-18 out of 183 people in my class were at or above a 3.6 (Dean's List)
-the average GPA was 3.17 (or at least it was last semester, so I'll just assume it stayed constant)
-My GPA was 3.38
-Assume a normal distribution.

Any statistic majors out there want to help me? My estimate was somewhere between 65-75 percentile.

Re: Grade Distribution Question - Math/Stats Help Needed

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 9:12 am
by jaudette
Ok, using one of the cheapy online distribution calculators I came up with about 74 percentile. Can anyone confirm?

Re: Grade Distribution Question - Math/Stats Help Needed

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 10:06 am
by thesealocust
edited / never mind

Re: Grade Distribution Question - Math/Stats Help Needed

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 10:28 am
by jaudette
Thanks. You're right that the employers know whats up, but our career services site just states the requirements for each employer, so I don't want to walk into a top 1/3 requirement and have them say, "Your GPA is not what we're looking for." Its just a wasted time spot for me and them, and it takes it away from someone else too.

Re: Grade Distribution Question - Math/Stats Help Needed

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 7:21 am
by wiseowl
at my school we're not even allowed to guess. employers will know based on your GPA where you fall, probably way better than you do.

don't worry about taking up a spot, man. it's not like a trap door opens when you come in the interview room.