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'''Dean's List''' is an academic honor you can easily get by achieving a [[GPA]] of something like 3.6 or higher, without any bad [[grade]]s (D, F, etc.)
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'''Dean's List''' is an academic honor you can get by achieving a [[GPA]] of 3.6 (3.5 for SEAS) or higher, without any bad [[grade]]s (D, F, etc.). The cutoff used to be 3.33, but it was changed because about half of all students were making the list each semester.<ref>[http://www.observer.com/node/45271 Ever Heard of Grade Deflation? Columbia Dean's List Takes 3.6], New York Observer, November 25, 2001</ref>
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It's unclear whether Dean's List actually means anything. In the past, you got a letter of commendation, and a letter was sent to your parents and local newspaper.
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Latest revision as of 17:51, 3 January 2011

Dean's List is an academic honor you can get by achieving a GPA of 3.6 (3.5 for SEAS) or higher, without any bad grades (D, F, etc.). The cutoff used to be 3.33, but it was changed because about half of all students were making the list each semester.[1]

It's unclear whether Dean's List actually means anything. In the past, you got a letter of commendation, and a letter was sent to your parents and local newspaper.

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