colleges that have a reputation for being less "numbers oriented"

Applying to College
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<p>Does anyone know of any top colleges that are willing to overlook slip ups or slightly below average grades for excellent ECs/good SATs?</p>

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<p>Ino Syracuse, U Miami, and Boston will. They try to view the whole student. Of course, at Syracuse and Boston, if u wanna go to their journalism school, you gotta have SAT's and GPA outta this world.</p>

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<p>I think UChicago is one. i mean just look @ their essays</p>

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<p>most LACs look at the applicant as a whole rather than just pure numbers</p>

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<p>St. John's/Annapolis or Santa Fe
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<p>Among the elite schools, I would recommend The University of Chicago, Amherst, and possibly Brown. Among HYPSM, I think Stanford is the least numbers oriented.</p>

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<p>yeah, esp. stanford. my friend got in HYP but not stanford where she got rejected</p>

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<p>At Chicago, strong essays will get you no matter what. Unless if you have like a 1.0 GPA. Even then, actually, you could still get in.</p>

<p>Actually, I think Stanford is the most numbers-oriented. I vaguely remember reading an article that said that they go through all the applications and separate them into two groups based on whether they have a certain GPA and SAT/ACT score. Those in the group that doesn't meet those standards almost never get in.</p>

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<p>Chicago does put a lot of weight on essays, yes, but a good essay will not get you in if your high school peformance wasn't pretty darn good. The median SAT score at Chicago is around 1440 (old scale), so figure about 2160 on the new scale. That's the same or higher than all the Ivies except Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.</p>

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<p>I heard Carnegie Mellon is like that.</p>