<p>gets you into what range of colleges / universities? </p>
<p>(Assume the 3.5 is in a mix of honors and regular classes, assume 600-700's in the SAT's or comparable ACT, assume decent but not outstanding EC's).</p>
<p>Omit state universities ... thinking private unis and LAC's, humanities focus.</p>
<p>Colleges along the lines of Rhodes, Millsaps, St. Olaf, Beloit, etc.</p>
<p>Those aren’t all perfectly equal, but I think they’re all in that range.</p>
<p>The ones Sibelius listed are in the south and rural midwest. </p>
<p>Other varies of options include…</p>
<p>In the northeast: Skidmore, Sarah Lawrence, Fordham, Hobart and William Smith, Saint Mary’s MD, Muhlenberg, Goucher.</p>
<p>In the southeast: Elon, Flagler, Richmond, Eckerd, Tulane.</p>
<p>In the midwest: Denison, Ohio Wesleyan, Knox, Kalamazoo.</p>
<p>In the west: Mills, Willamette, Lewis & Clark, Colorado College, University of the Redlands.</p>
<p>Colorado college would be a slight reach with those, but yes. </p>
<p>Also St. Johns and Thomas Aquinas if you’re into that sort of thing. Also Knox and Occidental.</p>
<p>you guys are crazy, a 3.5 is good enough to get you in almost anywhere as long as you are in the top 10% of your class. just look at these statistics:</p>
<p>Penn:
58% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
19% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
13% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
7% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
3% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99</p>
<p>one out of every three students at penn had a gpa between 3.25 and 3.74</p>
<p>Georgetown:
67% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
23% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
6% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
3% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
1% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99</p>
<p>again, one out of three at georgetown did too</p>
<p>3.5 is fine, as long as you are top 10%</p>
<p>elsijfdl, according to the OP, he has 600-700 SATs, 3.5 gpa, and no outstanding hooks. </p>
<p>that will NOT get you into penn and georgetown. period.</p>
<p>You better have a legacy (maybe two, or three, or four), super-high SAT/ACTs, a killer essay, and sheer luck on your side.</p>
<p>elsijfdl,</p>
<p>you are correct to note “one out of three at georgetown” has a gpa between 3.25 and 3.75. but your statement is not “ceteris paribus” (to use a term rapidly going into extinction). those people probably were outstanding athletes, outstanding something else that made of for their less-than-stellar GPA.</p>