<p>MYOS1634: It is my opinion that OP doesn’t have a real chance at Gettysburg. Sorry if you disagree. A 2.9 isn’t going to get in without some spectacular hook. Students with far more hooks and higher GPA’s aren’t getting in so unless you are aware of some fascinating hook we haven’t heard about, I don’t think it will be worth the time or effort to write the essays and pay the application fee. I am aware of how colleges craft their classes and how there is some wiggle room for certain applicants. . . ie athletes, etc., however, OP is just a good solid student with good classes and good extras, just not enough in my opinion to get OP into Gettysburg. The student whom I was aware of had National awards, amazing recommendations, a bunch of hooks and had a sibling who had attended to go along with a similar SAT and a 3.6 gpa and ended up on a waitlist that nobody was taken off of. Just trying to keep it real… IMHO.</p>