<p>someone from my school got into Penn in 2005 with a 28 and a 3.4 (UW), but I suspect that was the nursing school.</p>
<p>"Don't get too hopeful. The chances of getting in with low stats is extremely unlikely. Just telling you so you don't set your expectations or hopes too high, because if they're not met, the fall will be harder."</p>
<p>Obviously, I know that. But hearing that nothing is impossible is always hopeful.</p>
<p>i had a friend who went to Princeton with a 3.7 unweighted but... he had a perfect SAT score, spoke three languages, wrote an AMAZING essay and had the most ridiculous EC's, was a URM. He applied early as well.</p>
<p>3.7 isn't THAT low for Princeton.</p>
<p>he took every AP at my school and bombed every math class. He got a C in AP Calc. He still got in though, he was amazing.... his EC's were insane.</p>
<p>He still got a 3.7 even though he bombed every math class? He must have gotten As in nearly everything else.</p>
<p>what were his EC's?</p>
<p>If you have low stats, try if you really love the school. But dont waste money applying to like 10 top schools just because "you have a tiny chance
People are applying to WAY too many schools and it really hurts everyone else. Applying to 10+ schools means that 1. you are over-obsessed with prestige or 2. that you haven't reseached enough to narrow down. If you applied to over 10 schools, you are just making it harder for people who KNOW they want to attend the school you MIGHT want to apply to.</p>
<p>What was a your friend? A URM? What's that?</p>