peter david stevenscumulative gpa： 3。8professional skillsentrepreneurial： designed， published and promoted 35－page marketing web site。established， managed， and sold lawn service consisting of 20 clients。founded and maintained car detailing service responsible for 25 clients。professional sales： telemarketed as an order－taker for longhorn tire supply， which involved learning and implementing sales presentation and conflict－resolution skills。performed cold， door－to－door sales calls to obtain clientele for a deli delivery route and landscape service company。solicited austin business professionals for donations and sponsorships of ut crew， club hispanic， and george bush hall events。communications： composed business news articles as an intern and authored editorial articles as a freelance columnist for the texas business weekly。drafted professional letters for the texas bureau for compliance monitoring and a financial assistance proposal for the austin rotary club in an academic internship with the migrant farm workers association。performed reading， writing， and speaking activities in spanish while participating in a language immersion program in costa rica， a latin american studies trip in guatemala， and a business internship program in ecuador。multicultural： developed integrated marketing plan for sale of services to latin american municipalities through internship program in ecuador。participated in spanish immersion program in san josé， costa rica， while living with a local family and attending a language school for one month。interacted with mayan indians to observe their cultural norms and study their language for two weeks through a latin american studies trip to guatemala。honors who‘s who among students in american universitiesnational honor society： 4 semestersdean‘s list： 4 semestershonor roll： 2 semestersactivities resident assistant， ut department of residential lifegeneral member， ut alumni associationrower， ut crew teamthe cumulative gpa is the calculation of all grades received while an undergraduate or a graduate student at the university。意思就是平均分，美国的gpa满分是4分，即a＝4，b＝3，c＝2， d＝1。gpa的精确度往往达到小数点后1到2位，如：3。0，3。45。gpa的计算一般是将每门课程的学分乘以 学时，加起来以后除以总的学时，得出平均分。中国学校的分数设置一般是百分制或五分制，具体的折合方式视不同的美国大学的`要求而有所不同，一般来讲，百分制中的90分以上可视为4分，80分以上 为3分，70分以上为2分，60分以上为1分，五分制中的5分为4分，4分为3分，3分为2分，2分为1分。中 国许多大学的成绩单上没有学时，因此，gpa只能估算，可将所有课程的成绩加起来后除以课程数。一 般美国大学对于奖学金申请者的gpa要求是3。0以上。
