Are there grad-lvl courses with average GPAs < 3.5?

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InquilineKea
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Are there grad-lvl courses with average GPAs < 3.5?

Post by InquilineKea » Sun Jan 23, 2011 3:41 pm

I've taken a lot of grad-lvl courses where the average GPAs are over 3.5. But I didn't realize that there could be courses with average GPAs of less than 3.5 (a lot of the harder courses are like that) - until I saw that myedu website. Wow.

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Re: Are there grad-lvl courses with average GPAs < 3.5?

Post by WhoaNonstop » Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:51 pm

InquilineKea wrote:I've taken a lot of grad-lvl courses where the average GPAs are over 3.5. But I didn't realize that there could be courses with average GPAs of less than 3.5 (a lot of the harder courses are like that) - until I saw that myedu website. Wow.
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