<p>Here is my situation I have a 2.3 left over from a rather poor preformence
throughout Freshman year but I've preformed decent in my studies since and it shows a strong upward trend, in addition I will have three AP classes under my belt. In terms of EC'S I will have to put on my application the Cambridge College Programme, in which I did exceedingly well as I made all A's in my classes as well as getting the de facto recommendations of two Cambridge Professors who are fairly high profile in the sense of them being accomplished academics as well as to having wrote some books as well, also in terms of EC I will hopefully have debate to put on there in addition to Cambridge. Also I have written and have had published some History articles on community based history websites. Not to mention I am also currently in the process of wrapping up an internship with one of the Presidential Campaigns in addition to doing around 24 hours of volunteer work with one of the related political parties organization.</p>
<p>Also in my interview with the college I did very well and I appeared to fit into their mold, and their interviews with prospective students are very big with them.</p>
<p>So how do things appear for me in terms of getting into Gettysburg.</p>
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<li>Keep into mind this is not the only place I'm applying to, only my top choice.</li>
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<p>Well, having just come back from an interview myself with them, i'd say community service is very important and you're college courses will look good but the gpa is very low for their standards so i'm thinking maybe ED if you can to have more of a shot because its your top choice?
Also, did you do well on the ACTs or SATs as that might help.</p>
<p>I mean if you read between the lines on the GPA such as looking at the actual core grades they could be considered decent.</p>
<p>Also they SAT/ACT optional school and they told me they don't really care how you do on these and that they wouldn't really be brought into consideration under any circumstances even if you blow it out of the water.</p>
<p>However I wonder whats their position on SAT subject tests since I did very well on mine?</p>
<p>I am a current Gettysburg College Senior. Your GPA is of course lower than the average, but if you can tell the admissions committee why (assuming it is a good reason!) it will probably be ok. They are very interested in knowing that the school is a good fit. The school is obviously very strong in History, so your involvement in History will show that you are a good fit. You are right, the interview does go very far here. </p>
<p>It is an excellent school and I am so happy that I decided to go here. Good luck!</p>