<p>Bluestar, I am normally one who gets annoyed by the people here who tell students with 3.5 UW, almost perfect test scores and stellar ECs that they should only apply to 2nd-3rd tier schools. Top schools are high reaches for these students. But crazy as it seems to some, those students do often get accepted to Top 20s–even Top 10s–because they have held out listing their full resume’s here and they are even stronger candidates than they let on. However, in this case, this student’s chances of getting accepted to a Top 10-15 school are around 2%, if that. </p>
<p>Brown and Weseleyan may be known for accepting exceptionally interesting students who have a 3.5UW-3.8 UW with absolutely stellar test scores, unbelievable EC’s, national/international awards, etc. But this student has a VERY low GPA–even if they did become a recruited athlete, which seems questionable at this point, certainly for Top schools–test scores that are sub-par for Top Schools, and EC’s that are good, but not stellar, IMO. </p>
<p>When you look at Brown’s Accepted Student’s thread for last year, what you see are quite a few 35-36 ACT/4.0 GPA kids getting rejections and 33-34 ACT/3.8 kids with amazing ECs/Awards getting accepted. THAT’s what Brown and Wesleyan don’t shy away from doing that other schools don’t do so often–taking the fascinating kid who took 10+ APs, with the 3.7-3.8 GPA and 33-35 ACT and tons of amazing ECs over the 36/4.0 kid with the long list of run-of-the-mill EC’s. They simply don’t reach as low as this student is unless they are either a “we HAVE to have them” athletic recruit, which this student doesn’t seem to be, or a student with such an amazing story of upheaval and survival that they were destined for greatness that isn’t readily apparent with GPA/test scores (think Malala, the Somalian/Sudanese boys who came over a few years ago, homeless students who do amazing things, etc.)</p>
<p>This student is getting A LOT of good advice, but there simply aren’t any Top 25 schools that are on the lookout for students with 2.7 GPA’s, unimpressive testing and one potentially interesting EC. Just wanted to clarify. ;)</p>
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