<p>I was just wondering if anyone did or knows of anyone who has. oh yeah, this person can't be known for sports.</p>
<p>I'm sorry to say this but it is very unlikely for an IVY to accept a prospective student with less than a 3.0 GPA.</p>
<p>It's happened, but VERY rare.</p>
<p>^^^yeah, and unfortunately the only people it happens to are either
A.Celebrities or B. Nationally ranked sport stars</p>
<p>or C. (like our president) Scion of a powerful family</p>
<p>^^ ok, it's fun to take a jab at bush once in a while, but comon, Andover doesn't even have the traditional GPA.</p>
<p>Harvard says explicitly it doesn't have a minimum GPA requirement, but what kind of classes are you talking about? Taking challenging courses is very important for getting ready for any of the more competitive colleges.</p>
<p>Are you talking unweighted or weighted? Apparently in Dartmouth's class 4% of the kids had a GPA below 3.0 unweighted.
College</a> Search - Dartmouth College - At a Glance</p>
<p>I'd also imagine this is true for some other schools. However, it is very rare, almost unheard of for a kid to get into a top school with this kind of GPA. Mostly because if a kid couldn't get a B average at a high school, what chance do they have of succeeding at a top tier institution?</p>
<p>i don't have a gpa under 3.1. i was just wondering if there were any miraculous stories. ha ha.</p>
<p>Yes, it happens. I've actually seen non-URM, non-celebrity, non-athlete examples. It is obviously rare, though.</p>
<p>wait.. unweighted or weighted? I know a kid at my school had a 2.8 UW but he took every AP class offered (except AP Calc AB) and when he exhausted those in his sophomore year, his junior year was at a local college (stony brook, I think..) and he ended up with a much higher weighted GPA. He graduated after junior year and went to Dartmouth.</p>
<p>sure happens but for explicit reasons its not luck of the draw</p>
<p>Not less than 3.0 but just slightly above. I definitely know
one non athlete, white, non-legacy admittee without
any national awards to a top 3 IVY this year. </p>
<p>The applicant had perfect NMSQT, SAT I and SAT II
scores though.</p>
<p>oh. great. ha ha.</p>
<p>Just don’t count on it.</p>
<p>you give me hope MIT 012</p>
<p>know someone white male, 2.7 got into ivy’s, is now at dartmouth, class of 2012</p>
<p>This thread is very good for ■■■■■■.</p>
<p>You better be extremely talented/interesting.</p>