GPA or the UK equivalent seems to be like knowing the mean of a distribution, you'd be much better off taking a look at the entire distribution, or in this case

GPA or the UK equivalent seems to be like knowing the mean of a distribution, you'd be much better off taking a look at the entire distribution, or in this case, a transcript. Then you would see if a person challenged themselves or just took easy classes to get high grades. Also, you could see if they took classes on a diversity of topics.