USA TODAY: …Admissions officers at some of the nation’s most selective colleges, who are now sending acceptance letters for their fall freshman classes, say they barely look at an applicant’s GPA.
“It’s meaningless,” says Greg Roberts, admissions dean at the University of Virginia, ranked as the top public university in this year’s 150 Best Value Colleges, published by The Princeton Review and based on academics and affordability…
… each college scours high school grades and transcripts according to its own criteria. Swarthmore’s Bock, for example, says he looks for evidence that students have taken the most challenging classes they can. University of Florida’s admissions staff recalculates student grade point averages based on five academic areas: English, math social science, natural science and foreign language, says Zina Evans, vice president for enrollment management… (more)
