Anyone with Low GPA who got into ivies or comparably good universities?

Applying to College
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<p>3.6 UW/4.0 W in at UCLA, Berkeley, and Claremont McKenna</p>

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<p>Lil<em>Wayne</em>Fan, how are your stats? like SAT/ACT and extracurriculars?</p>

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<p>2140 SAT, 1420 for math/reading</p>

<p>Wrote a great passionate essay</p>

<p>Pretty good ECs</p>

<p>I think maybe it's because my school's GPA system might be different, so my GPA could be deflated relative to you guys</p>

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<p>ah i see. thanks so much!</p>

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<p>You guys have given me hope. I have I 3.65ish UW GPA at a tough private school, now I think I might have a chance at a few "better" schools.</p>

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<p>MIT, 3.77 UW, top 11% of class.</p>

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<p>don't know if this counts but 3.36uw(hard classes, hard school) into USC engineering. i know a lot of people on here have a pretty negative view of USC outside cinema and business. 2250 SATs (800m, 760w, 690cr) and 780mIIc got me in</p>

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<p>Awesome! My UW GPA is similar to that of people here, but i have a pretty decent W GPA. This has given me some hope! Thanks for sharing the information, everyone, it dissuaded me from giving up just because of a few Bs in hard classes.</p>

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<p>And people wiht really crappy grades would they any change att all???</p>

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<p>3.59W, 2230 SAT, Accepted @ Johns Hopkins/Tufts</p>

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<p>Cefaluro, what do you think got you into Tufts? I'm assuming you have some crazy EC activities...Do you have any tips for an aspiring Tuft's applicant?</p>

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<p>Friend with 2.9 into Wesleyan.</p>

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<p>Oh also one with 3.1 into JHU, another with 3.3 at Penn, 3.7 at Brown. BUT I also a lot of near 4.0's who were rejected at most places.</p>

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<p>Friend with a 3.6 into Yale.</p>

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<p>Yeah my friend with a 3.5 got into Columbia ED</p>

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<p>Got into William & Mary Out of State with a 3.4ish UW GPA. That's probably the best I did though. Lots of rejections from most top schools.</p>

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<p>3.3 UW into Cambridge for medicine</p>

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<p>friend got into UF with a 3.3 and a 1790 sat</p>

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<p>friend with 3.5, 145/420, big public city school
got into- nyu, duke, wash u, bc
rej- brown, cornell</p>

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<p>3.7 UW, 3rd decile
got into Northwestern Weinberg CAS</p>

<p>I go to a really competitive high school, though</p>