| Ivy League Schools |
All |
3.8-4.0 |
| Stanford University |
All |
3.8-4.0 |
| California Institute of Technology (Caltech) |
Science, Engineering |
3.8-4.0 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
Engineering, Computer Science, Math |
3.8-4.0 |
| University of Chicago |
All |
3.8-4.0 |
| Duke University |
All |
3.7-4.0 |
| Johns Hopkins University |
All |
3.7-4.0 |
| University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) |
Engineering, Computer Science |
3.5-4.0 |
| University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
All |
3.5-4.0 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
Engineering, Business |
3.5-4.0 |
| University of Virginia |
All |
3.5-4.0 |
| Cornell University |
All |
3.5-4.0 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
All |
3.5-4.0 |
| Georgetown University |
All |
3.5-4.0 |
| State Universities (e.g., Ohio State, Michigan State) |
Varies by program |
2.5-3.5 |
| Public Liberal Arts Colleges (e.g., University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
Varies by program |
2.5-3.5 |
| Private Liberal Arts Colleges (e.g., Carleton College, Pomona College) |
Varies by program |
3.0-3.5 |
| Highly Selective Universities |
Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Caltech |
3.8-4.0 |
| Very Selective Universities |
UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of Virginia, Cornell, Duke, Johns Hopkins |
3.5-4.0 |
| Selective Universities |
University of North Carolina, Georgetown, NYU, Boston University, Emory University |
3.0-3.5 |
| Less Selective Universities |
Many State Universities (e.g., Ohio State, Michigan State), Public Liberal Arts Colleges (e.g., University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
2.5-3.0 |