Based on sampled GPA data collected and applied, it is estimated that the SFSU average GPA range for accepted students is around 2.98 - 3.25. An estimated 60 percent of all students which applied were admitted at SFSU, and from those that were granted acceptance nearly 19 percent continued on to attend.
The Battle Hymn of the Republic words as published in the February, 1862, issue of The Atlantic Monthly are slightly different from those in the original manuscript version by Julia Ward Howe as documented in her Reminiscences 1819-1899, published in 1899.
In a desire to phrase her own feelings about the dreadful events of the time, she scrawled the verses almost without looking at the paper.. The national hymn first appeared in the Atlantic Monthly Magazine in 1862, as a battle song for the republic. Before long the entire nation became inspired by her text and united in singing the new words with the old tune. Mrs. Howe's hymn has been acclaimed through the years as one of our finest patriotic songs. At one time it was sung as a solo at a large rally attended by President Abraham Lincoln. After the audience had responded with loud applause, the President, with tears in his eyes, cried out, Sing it again!. It was sung again.