Your GPA decides how many colleges can even recruit you. Let’s run the numbers. 📊

1 Sept 2026 · 2 min
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Former Division-I coach Alex Swenson breaks down how GPA determines which colleges can recruit you: a 4.0 opens 94% of schools, a 3.0 opens 51%, and 2.0 or below only 8%. Academic scholarships can be five times larger than athletic ones, making grades the real financial lever.

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