How do you get on the Dean's List at your school?

[Dr.who]

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My brother and I went to different undergrad institutions. At his school, to make Dean's List you only needed a 3.5 or above. At my school, you have to be in the top 10%, so I only got it when I got a 3.8 or above. How do you make Dean's List at your school? Is it really such a big deal?

 

[seadizzle]

I think it's a 3.4 or 3.5 at my school.

Because Dean's List is determined only by GPA, your GPA says a lot more than Dean's List.

 

[DrBowtie]

We have a 4.0 list and a 3.5 list.

 

[Zut Alors]

You get a 4.0. Only did it once.

 

[akinf]

You have a minimum B+ average, Dean's list means nothing at my school.

 

[DrMT]

it's 3.5 for my school. pretty easy to get. i think it should like an A- (3.67ish) for deans list

 

[kevster2001]

Edit: Oopsies, heres waht it really is:
Dean's List—you must earn a semester grade point average that places you in the top third of all undergraduates in Trinity College.
Dean's List with Distinction—you must earn a semester grade point average that places you in the top 10% of all undergraduates in Trinity College.

 

[akinf]

What's with the four grades, don't you need 5 courses to make a full course-load?

 

[kevster2001]

What's with the four grades, don't you need 5 courses to make a full course-load?

Not at Duke. 4 is standard

 

[doublehh03]

my school is 3.5 too

depends on the school i guess

but it's nothing special, it just appears on your transcript to say u did pretty good that quarter

 

[Duchess742]

sleep w/ one of the deans?

 

[Rafa]

We don't have a Dean's list.

 

[cyclohexanol]

3.5 for Dean's list here, 3.75 for President's list

 

[Rafa]

What's with the four grades, don't you need 5 courses to make a full course-load?

Depends on how many sem hours the typical class is. A school that defines full as 5 classes may offer 3 semester hour classes; 5x3 = 15. A school definining full as 4 classes may offer 4 sem h classes; 4x4=16. You'd actually be doing more, all things considered, in the 4 courseload of school B than in the 5-load of school A.

 

[Dr. Giggles]

It's only a 3.2 at UNC if you're taking 15 or more hours, and a 3.5 if you're taking less than that. Probably means at least 1/3 of the students get it every semester.

 

[dr.z]

We didn't have an official deans list at my school.

 

[DF38]

It's 3.6 at my school.

 

[MedStudentWanna]

At my school, it was 3.5 for Dean's List. Also full-time was considered only 12 credit hours, not 15. Is 15 the norm?

 

[akinf]

At my school, it was 3.5 for Dean's List. Also full-time was considered only 12 credit hours, not 15. Is 15 the norm?

It is at my school, but like someone mentioned before, it depends on the credit-value of each course. At my school, a half course is 3 credit-hours, so 5X3 = 15 credit hours per semester for a full course load.

 

[saffronrain]

I think you need a 3.6 at our school.

 

[EddieIndy]

Top 10% in my school.

 

[stiffany]

At Penn, you have to have a 3.7 or higher GPA for both semesters since Dean's List is only given as a once in a year kind of thing. Then, if you do that, there's just a little notation on your transcript - You don't get anything else for it.

Honors, on the other hand, are at least a bit cooler since it goes on your final diploma. 3.8 or higher overall for summa, 3.6-3.79 for magna, and 3.4-3.59 for just plain cum laude.

 

[lookslikerain]

You get a 4.0.

Same for my school. With at least 4 classes and Credit for all non-letter grade classes.

One semester I had a 4.0 but for some idiotic reason, forgot to drop this really annoying physical activity class I signed up for. So I ended up with a No Credit on my transcript and minus a Dean's List. 🙄

 

[Thundrstorm]

3.5

We have something called "Academy" for people in the top 10% (at time of graduation).

Dean's List isn't really all that important anyway. It's based purely on GPA, so it doesn't exactly add anything.

 

[zek]

3.5 for Dean's list and 4.0 for Chancellor's list.

 

[bioboy2007]

At Penn, you have to have a 3.7 or higher GPA for both semesters since Dean's List is only given as a once in a year kind of thing. Then, if you do that, there's just a little notation on your transcript - You don't get anything else for it.

Honors, on the other hand, are at least a bit cooler since it goes on your final diploma. 3.8 or higher overall for summa, 3.6-3.79 for magna, and 3.4-3.59 for just plain cum laude.

Same, except for my faculty you only need 3.5 for Dean's List.

 

[medschool9]

3.8 at mine

 

[riceman04]

top 30% of students in your class

 

[KeyLime]

At my school, we had to be in the top 10% of the entire school to be on the Dean's list.

 

[91946]

3.933 at my school. Got close once (3.9) but never made it on there.

 

[72531]

3.5

 

[45408]

Dean's list is 3.75 and over.

 

[shoal]

People should state the school, so we can make a comparison.

GaTech

3.0 was dean's list (Top 25% roughly)

Thats why i think a comparative distribution should be completed to make comparing gpas between schools fair.


For instance, at my gf school roughly 50% of students graduated with a 3.75 or higher.

I graduated with a 3.59 and placed me in the top 10%.

That just doesn't seem right.


However schools like some ivies would be at a huge disadvantage if percentile GPA at a particular school was compared rather than straight GPA.

Ohh well, I like to rant.