<p>Auburn = High Reach (GPA and ACT are just too low)
Alabama = Reach (you’re in the bottom 1/3 admitted, based on ACT, and bottom 15% based on GPA)
LSU = Reach (about the same as Alabama)</p>
<p>Using LSU as an example, the state that a 3.0 GPA is the minimum required for admittance. However, they can and do make exceptions:</p>
<p>“The Admissions Committee will review qualifications and application packages to determine whether additional predictors of success exist as a basis for admission. Other factors, such as choice of degree program, rank in class, scores on required tests (SAT or ACT), credit in advanced placement and honors courses, pattern and quality of courses, grade trends, educational objectives, extracurricular activities, and school recommendations will be considered in the admission process. In addition, special talents, significant life and career experience, or membership in groups under-represented in the student body will be evaluated and weighed before decisions to offer admission are made.”</p>
<p>[Undergraduate</a> Admissions & Student Aid | LSU General Catalog 2010-2011](<a href=“http://www.lsu.edu/catalogs/2010/013ugasa.shtml]Undergraduate”>http://www.lsu.edu/catalogs/2010/013ugasa.shtml)</p>