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Clearly there is a component of maturity involved in my specific case (as you well know) And I beg your pardon, my GPA was above a 3.0 :)

But I was told by one professor at ECU that I was one of the best students she had ever taught- where I was just slightly above average at Wake. I'm not saying it would have been no big deal to get a 4.0 at a different school- but I can feel very confident a 3.8 would have been very, very doable.

As a favor to all of us, please take your incredibly high level of intelligence and apply it to some of your posts.
 
Clearly there is a component of maturity involved in my specific case (as you well know) And I beg your pardon, my GPA was above a 3.0 :)

But I was told by one professor at ECU that I was one of the best students she had ever taught- where I was just slightly above average at Wake. I'm not saying it would have been no big deal to get a 4.0 at a different school- but I can feel very confident a 3.8 would have been very, very doable.

Good insight and thanks for sharing.

It does seem like this has changed in the last thirty years or so. The USN&WR rankings made all schools focus more on admissions stats, which means grad schools may be more inclined to take a 4.0 from App than a 3.5 from Wake just because it helps their numbers. And I do think it's different for law/medicine and the professions than for A&S PhD programs - those programs tend to be more selective and pull most of their students from top undergrad schools.

There are so many variables that factor into a person's academic performance that you can't read much into any one set of anecdotes. But I still believe Wake students, regardless of grades, are generally better prepared for grad school than the average person and your experience bears that out.
 
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