Cal Poly is adding an A+ to the grading scale, to be given at any professor’s discretion. The hope is that students applying to grad school will benefit from a potential GPA boost. All nine schools in the University of California system and four Cal State universities, including Cal Maritime, already employ an A+ grading scale.
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A plea to CSU admissions: judge us on more than GPA
Jessa Rosenthal is a journalism sophomore and Mustang News opinion columnist. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. I took the ACT three times, the SAT once and had months of tutoring to prepare myself for the exams. This was normal at my high school. We were taught that if we […]
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Cal Poly student GPA jumped 7.8% during a virtual year
Being a college student the past year has never been so different, or some may say so easy. While some students have found the turn to virtual classes to be a blessing in disguise, given easy access to the internet and changed grading policies, others have struggled adjusting to the online format.
Data collected by Academic Affairs at Cal Poly showed a 7.8% increase in the average student GPA from fall quarter 2019 to winter quarter 2021. The data was based on the 21,812 undergraduate and graduate students attending Cal Poly.
Posted inAdministration
As Cal Poly begins releasing admissions decisions, preliminary average GPA at 4.10
Cal Poly received 65,156 undergraduate applications for the 2019-20 academic year, 351 application less than this year.
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Cal Poly experiences another highly competitive enrollment year
Cal Poly turned away 10,600 qualified students with a high school GPA of 4.0 or higher.
Posted inSports
Women’s tennis players excel in the classroom
The four seniors on Cal Poly’s women’s tennis team achieved a 3.8 cumulative GPA last quarter and are ranking for NCAA nationals this season.
Posted inOpinion
BLOG: Is GPA important?
Is GPA the most important thing, or are other factors taken into consideration that possibly outweigh that number? I’m sure I’m not the only one concerned about GPA, but not to fear, it isn’t the only aspect reviewed by admissions staff.