<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>Ihave a really really low GPA (2.57).</p>
<p>I wish to transfer to Brown or Dartmouth.</p>
<p>If I apply with great recs, great ECAs, great High school records and great essays, do I still stand a chance?</p>
<p>My CGPA is a total of 3 really really hard professional law courses.</p>
<p>2.57 is a bit low to tell you the truth</p>
<p>I’m not going to say “NO CHANCE,” since I’m not too familiar with the college transfer system, but your gpa will definitely hurt your chances</p>
<p>Sigh 
so miserable.</p>
<p>I have completed half my app. then found out my GPA. I shall complete the other half of the app too with hope…</p>
<p>With a 2.57 GPA, I seriously question your intent to transfer. How do you expect to do well at one of the best colleges in the world when you can barely handle your coursework at a lesser-known university? You can certainly apply… but I’m just letting you know that the majority of accepted transfer applicants to the Ivies have at least a 3.8 GPA.</p>
<p>Good point raised. However I am taking a Law course, professional degree courses from a famous asian university.</p>
<p>Surely, the entire system of education (liberal arts in USA) and the major here is totally different? If I do attend Brown I would be studying my major and many other courses. Here I’m just doing some course that is harder, preprofessional and not my interest at all (wrong major choice, can’t change, not offered, reasons for transfer).</p>
<p>Any more insights?</p>
<p>Much appreciated!</p>
<p>I’m going to say “NO CHANCE” unless you can pay FULL tuition and room and board.</p>
<p>Yes I am paying full fee, what do you mean by room and board?</p>
<p>If you’re in a foreign country, how are you coming up with a gpa? Is it from one of the credential services?</p>
<p>Nope, my university has a GPA system that was newly introduced, to copy the USA’s. Except it’s much harder and no one acknowledges it openly.</p>
<p>Then it might not be your “real” GPA. I’m NOT promising you that. I have NO idea. Many US colleges–again, I don’t know about Brown–require you to submit your credentials to an independent company that “translates” your GPA into an American one. </p>
<p>Sometimes, the GPA provided by the company is quite different than the actual number. There are countries in which the grading scale is very, very different than the US one and so what looks like an abysmal GPA may be quite good. </p>
<p>It’s POSSIBLE that a credential service may “translate” your gpa into a higher one, which would give you a better chance at admission. I am NOT saying that WILL happen.
I’m just saying that if I were you, I’d do some further research. </p>
<p>Please do NOT PM me and ask for more info. I can’t provide it. I just know that if you study in a foreign nation with a different grading system, most US colleges don’t view the original number as the “real” one. They have an outside company which is more familiar with the different grading systems used in the world analyze it first.</p>
<p>If your GPA is considered low in your own country, the “translation” won’t help. But if your GPA actually puts you near the top of the program you’re in, then you may have a chance. </p>
<p>Oh, room means just that, the cost of living in a dormitory room. Board is the cost of food. At Brown or Dartmouth you would probably live on campus and thus would pay for room and board in addition to tuition.</p>
<p>you won’t get in with a 2.57 college gpa. spend another year at your school and get it up.</p>
<p>Do you guys think a junior transfer with a 4.0 GPA, 2100+ SAT score, but pretty weak ECs has a strong chance of getting in (assuming this student does not need financial aid)?</p>
<p>Napoleon is not exactly correct, if your GPA is not the same as a 2.5 in the U.S. it will be viewed in context, if possible.</p>
<p>with a 2.57 college gpa, i would suggest you consider community college first, if you can work it up to gpa 3.9, then you may have chance.</p>
<p>BigFire, the important point here is that the applicant not from the United States, thus a 2.5 may not be a “2.5” as we know it. If it’s the same then this applicant will have no chance, otherwise it may be possible. A 3.9 at a CC may be the same as a 3.0 in their curriculum. Does this make sense to anyone?</p>
<p>since the adcom doesn’t know how good the applicant is, once admitted, can he sustain the Ivy league rigorous course load/competition? Unless in the past, there is a student who applied to Brown from the same school, and demonstrated he is good with similar gpa - 2.57.</p>
<p>There may or may not be a relationship with the school’s counselor.</p>