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Aug 28, 2015
11:29:59am

gwalker

#gradeinflation

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gwalker

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The average GPA for this year's freshman class was 3.91

molodyets

8/28/15 11:24am

Our son did his part to bring that down.

maizecoug

8/28/15 11:27am

My next son submits his this fall with under a 3.6 unweighted..hope it is enough

Fdnman

8/28/15 11:30am

How's his ACT? He may need a 30 or above to get in. Might get in with a 28/29

db59840

8/28/15 11:32am

30

Fdnman

8/28/15 11:33am

He's probably good. In Utah or outside?

db59840

8/28/15 11:34am

Virginia...no one from our high school has made it the past 5 years

Fdnman

8/28/15 11:34am

If your son did any extra-curriculars and doesn't botch the application, I'd bet

db59840

8/28/15 11:38am

extra-curriculars play a big role

byujag

8/28/15 11:51am

RE: How's his ACT? He may need a 30 or above to get in. Might get in with a

db59840

8/28/15 11:33am

BYU's admissions re-weights based on the school the kids attend.

gwalker

8/28/15 11:33am

Good Golly....I had a 3.4 with virtually no extracurricular accomplishments.

mobomanjoe

8/28/15 11:29am

But school was harder when I went

Veracruz

8/28/15 11:29am

Yep. Even 10 years ago, school was pretty easy. Can't imagine it's gotten harder

db59840

8/28/15 11:30am

depends on the state. Not all states or even schools are remotely equal

Cougarclaw

8/28/15 12:07pm

There is some truth to that. Grades have

gwalker

8/28/15 11:32am

When I was in high school there were no + or - grades, and an A was 94%+

sTcCoug

8/28/15 11:42am

I also didn't have to do 6 hours of homework a night like my daughter does

AF Cougar

8/29/15 5:03pm

#gradeinflation

gwalker

8/28/15 11:29am

3.3 back in the 80's and I got a full tuition scholarship

LaserCoug

8/28/15 11:48am

With that ACT? You'd probably still get in.

db59840

8/28/15 11:50am

Maybe. But supposedly they use unweighted GPA as the first filter

LaserCoug

8/28/15 11:51am

I doubt the the GPA filter is set at 3.3, probably closer to 3.0.

db59840

8/28/15 11:52am

Link?

Conan

8/28/15 11:53am

yfacts hasnt updated yet but it was announced at orientation

molodyets

8/28/15 12:51pm

BYU Admissions has it at 3.84 for 2015... [link]

BJam

8/28/15 2:58pm

4.0 if you exclude the athletes.

AndyDwyer

8/28/15 11:57am

My daughter has a 4.0. I hope that is still good enough in two more years

AF Cougar

8/28/15 12:37pm

My daughter had a 4.0 and didn't get accepted. She was crushed. Been waiting

Wear Blue

8/29/15 8:19am

Are you in Utah or one of the other prominent western states? I've heard of some

Harrison0Yfan

8/29/15 12:18pm

Utah

Wear Blue

8/29/15 8:34pm

Have her get an AA and transfer

byujag

8/29/15 3:57pm

I really wish BYU would expand to 45,000 students.

AF Cougar

8/29/15 5:01pm

That would be a nightmare on a small campus like BYU's though

Harrison0Yfan

8/29/15 7:04pm

They could easily do it if they went to a true tri-mester setup like BYU-I

LaserCoug

8/29/15 7:31pm

I feel like the research wouldn't be too hard to work around as professors and

Harrison0Yfan

8/29/15 11:09pm

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