<p>Your unweighted GPA is a little low overall, but if you’re a first-gen college student and an immigrant try playing up the hardships you’ve had to go through while referencing the impact it’s had on your grades. Subtlety is a difficult art.</p>
<p>Consider taking SAT subject tests and the ACT, and retake that SAT. Aim for a 2100-2200 on the SAT and/or a 32/33 on the ACT.</p>
<p>Your chances aren’t bad, I think, but they could be better. Your hooks will help you.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, why do you want to go to Grinnell? It’s a good school, but I think of it as almost exclusively English-focused. That said, I’m planning to apply to Johns Hopkins (a medical/bio-focused school) as a computer science major, so who knows.</p>
<p>Here’s my chance thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1366121-chance-me-please-these-colleges.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1366121-chance-me-please-these-colleges.html</a></p>