Get into harvard with a 2.9 gpa?

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<p>This is my friend's stats. He wrote it for me to post here</p>

<p>"Race: Half Hispanic half black
ECS: Received the Peter Parker award (The highest honor in my city, you get it from doing something heroic atleast twice. Went into a house on fire and saved a girl and a dog. I also stopped a mugger from taking a lady's purse) 1000 community service hours. I published a novel about high school life and 50% of the proceeds go to charity other half goes to my college fund. I am really into piano. I am extremely dedicated to it, I wrote my own symphony and played at a charity concert to raise money for charity.
I started 3 clubs in my school. A bible club, recycler's club, and the debate team (yeah Our school didn't have one) I'm also captain of the swim team and president of FBLA</p>

<p>Sat I: 2340
Act: 29
SAT SUBJECT: Lit- 800 mATH- 690 history-750
The reason for the low gpa is because my dad lost his job and we were running reallyt low on money. So I got a job and had to work from 4 to 9 p.m."</p>

<p>So, what do you think?
Also my friend wants to go to harvard because he has family in massechusetts and he would be able to see his sister for the first time and visit them</p>

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<p>probably yes.</p>

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<p>Why is the SAT so high but the ACT so low? And I wouldn’t be so sure…</p>

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<p>Probably not. Still has a minute chance, though.</p>

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<p>I don’t think I’m buying this. A city naming an award for heroism after Peter Parker? Hmmm. If you google “Peter Parker Award heroism” you get nothing. And a 2340 SAT but only a 29 ACT? The SAT I Math has to be at least 740 - likely higher - but a 690 on SAT Subject Math? Doing 1,000 community service hours, publishing a novel and writing symphonies while having to work 25 hours a week?</p>

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<p>Why would you do community service instead of homework, especially if you have to work?</p>

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<p>…Peter Parker award…
Spiderman anyone?</p>

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<p>Hahaha “doing something heroic at least twice”</p>

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<p>One of the better ■■■■■ posts.</p>

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<p>Lies…</p>

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<p>Haha, that was a really fun post to read. 10/10.</p>

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<p>He would be able to see his sister? How touching.</p>

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I know this is an old post, but for those of you stumbled upon this looking for answers. Probably, a 2.9 GPA would probably be followed into an Ivy like Harvard. But if he supposedly had a job from 4 to 9pm, there would probably be at least 20 minutes of lunch which he would use to his advantage to catch up on academics. Harvard won’t take no mercy from a pathetic excuse such as this. If you work hard enough and use your free time productively it could likely meet a successful educational path. even with a 2.9 GPA.

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First off, please DO NOT resurrect old threads – use them for reference only.

Secondly, in 2011, the absolute minimum GPA Harvard accepted was a 3.0 GPA – and that was for a recruited athlete. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/sports/before-athletic-recruiting-in-the-ivy-league-some-math.html

It’s a known fact that many high school student’s like to brag (and exaggerate – some might say lie) about how they got into such and such a school with a low GPA, but that’s not the reality.

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The ONLY way in he** he’s getting in is if he writes a detailed essay explaining his situations and how he persevered later on. The admissions team is understanding if you provide enough context.

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^^^ No, by Ivy League Conference rules, a student with a 2.9 unweighted GPA is NOT going to be admitted. Period. Not at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, UPenn or Cornell. No matter what explanation; not as an academic applicant or a recruited athlete. If the minimum GPA for a recruited athlete is an unweighted 3.0, you can be assured that an academic applicant must have the same as well. Please read the NY Times article in post #13.