<p>Brown will not “love” someone with a 1.74 because of a drug addiction. Mmfood can apply to Brown but keeping expectations low: anything below a 3.0, even with exceptional circumstances, is dubious at best.
Unfortunately, there are no schools with no GPA requirements - except for Bard if you take the Bard exam (it’s a very thorough 4-essay exam. If you get a B+ on each exam, you’re in).
If you’ve turned your life around, take 3 subject tests in December, and show schools that you can score a 700-750 on them. That will show schools that you have some content mastery beyond what your GPA would suggest. Hurry because late registration ends this week, I think.
Rather than the “chance” forum, this is a question for the Parents Forum.</p>