nuhuh
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They got over 6,000 of the best and the brightest from around the world applying to Harvard this year and they accepted less than 600. If you don't have a GPA above a 3.75 you don't have a prayer and 75% of the applicants had GPA's at 3.95 or above.
Like I said he could have had a 4.0, we just don't know.
Dude, if he had above a 3.6 he would have been listed by Columbia as having graduated with honors and that would be part of the public record. He isn't listed that way so we KNOW that his GPA was lower than that! How low we don't know but if you look at the requirements to get into Harvard Law School a GPA lower than a 3.6 isn't even in the ball game unless you're getting in as an Affirmative Action student.
No. As I explained before to graduate with honors means that you have taken specific classes and have declared to the university your intention of graduating with honors. You can still graduate with a perfect GPA and not graduate with honors.
Actually that's not correct. Taking honors classes helps in being selected to graduate with honors as those classes are weighted more heavily than normal classes but you do not have to take any honors classes to graduate with honors. I believe that at Columbia the top 25% of students are deemed to graduate with honors and that is determined by a combination of the classes you've taken...the grades you've received and recommendations from faculty.
Okay, let's say you are correct. The overall GPA doesn't have to figure in the final outcome you could still have a high GPA and not met the academic requirements for honors.