As it appeared, I was strictly speaking in terms of undergrad programs. You can not even graduate if you have 2.99 GPA for grad programs. 3.0 is the minimum requirement. So there!!! However there are few concentrations where they do not have grading system at all. (For grad programs) Dutchy_bunch, Not all smart people have brilliant grades. Neither every student earning excellent grade are smart. However, the correlation between the "two" might be more positive than the one between "dumb students and excellent grades." Also, One can always interchange "smart" with "hardworking" (includes studious). These "hardworking" people have the best correlation with brilliant grades. Just go to some bar and drink yourself silly so that you may stop thinking silly. There are other thousands of people with better grades and millions have worse than yours. If 3.5 bothers you, the other choice like I said is, stop attending classes, deliberately flunk in exams and make sure you earn couple of Cs and if possible, Ds and drop down close to 3.0. There in lies your happiness. ;) So long! IndisGuise:)