<p>I'm looking at NU, U of C, Cornell, John Hopkins, and Case Western. I'm worried that a 3.5-3.6 unweighted GPA is too low. </p>
<p>My EC's consist of 12 years of Girl Scouts (gold award, troop president), National Science Fair, Science Research at university, Science museum volunteering, autism volunteering, vice president of club, and editor of school paper. </p>
<p>So as stated, Can EC's make up for a poor GPA?</p>
<p>bump 10 char</p>
<p>I guess EC's somewhat compensate for a poor GPA, rank,and SAT score to a thin extent, however don't utterly depend on it as a makeshift for academics.</p>
<p>I think it depends on the university and what they value. But I'm pretty sure that the general consensus is that EC's--unless they are superlative--cannot make up for subpar GPA/test scores. Universities might be a little relenting if your GPA borders their average, but if it is too low then I doubt they would look the other way. </p>
<p>If you're a senior now, then I guess there's not much you can do except improve on SAT's, apply to the colleges, and pray.</p>
<p>I don't think there's a sure combination to get in college. They look at E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.</p>
<p>3.6 is good enough for Case and is a match/low reach for all those schools in general.</p>
<p>It depends largely wat your GPA consists of. Is that 3.6 from all remedial classes? in which case, yes , it would put you out of the running. Is it from all AP Classes? Did you finish calculus back in 7th grade (sarcasm)? Then it does not put you out of the running.</p>
<p>If you're ECs are truly 'special', then yes, it would make you more of an attractive candidate than 4.0s</p>
<p>Most of those colleges can fill their freshman class with people like you with higher GPAs, but I would be surprised if you weren't accepted by at least 2 of those colleges.</p>
<p>class rank, sat scores, and course load are more important than GPA....</p>