<p>Surprisingly, Oregon’s admission process was actually posted publicly on their website, but you have to dig around quite a bit to find it. And you’re right, special cases probably do exist as well. I guess at the end of the day, I’d regret not applying to those most selective schools… if nothing else, it’ll be $125 for the peace of mind of not having to wonder whether I might have gotten in.</p>
<p>maverickjay - that’s a great list; I’ve accumulated a list of that info for another 30 or so schools that I can post up when I get the chance. Minnesota, for instance, has average GRE 680Q, 600 V, avg gpa 3.5, and wants GRE scores in the 80-85th %. According to Minnesota’s website, ([The</a> Graduate School : University of Minnesota : Program Reports](<a href=“http://www.grad.umn.edu/data/stats/ad/1059000.html]The”>http://www.grad.umn.edu/data/stats/ad/1059000.html)) they only accepted 7% of last year’s applicants. I guess my hope was that my GRE scores being far above their average would help to compensate for my low GPA. With such a low GPA, I can’t look at any school as a safety.</p>
<p>As for Stanford… they probably has so many well-qualified applicants that they could easily build a class entirely of 4.0-1600s with research experience… but I guess there are reasons why the admissions process isn’t entirely computerized (…yet).</p>