<p>^^ I don’t think your application is compared with others from your school like that. I bet the other two applicants from your school weren’t accepted because of some other reasons. A 4.4 GPA is fine for Penn, you could say that they passed the GPA part of admissions, but they were rejected for some other reason.</p>
<p>To OP: People from my school have gotten in with 3.8 (w) GPAs (I go to a very competitive public school, top 5 in my state). I’m sure they made up for their grades in other ways, be it test scores, or the grades were explained in the recs. It IS possible, but you are at a bit of a disadvantage. If you got those grades for a reason it will be explained in your counselor rec. I think Princeton may be out of shot though…</p>