GPA in Context

I found a site that tracks changes in the GPA at different schools. William and Mary happens to have some data on the site. It turns out that my GPA is almost right at my class average. The average GPA in 1998, the year I graduated, was 3.08. I am only 0.03 from the average. For all intents and purposes, I'm at the average. I'm not proud of that, but it's better than I thought. The average GPA for the class of 2005 was 3.23. Yikes, it's a good thing my GPA is less critical to an admissions decision that those people that graduated a few years ago.