<p>This is sad. OP, you are a bit delusional if you believe scoring better than 99.81% of people will automatically get you in to HYPS UPenn with a GPA of only 3.5</p>
<p>Your story, while sad, is not completely unusual.</p>
<p>Sure, some people get in on 1800s. But those are the rarest URMs.</p>
<p>"GPA has no reflection on one’s intelligence, and many school officials say that it’s becoming the singlehandedly worst way to judge a student from being accepted. My SAT scores prove that I scored better than 99.81% of all SAT test takers (2330). The average SAT score for Harvard is 2200 AND I have better extracurriculars than them and i’m gone to Harvard’s summer school program and I took economics with Undergrads. If this doesn’t make me qualified to be accepted by at least 9 of these schools then I do not know what does besides an extremely high GPA. "</p>
<p>Almost everyone is going to be overqualified. There just isn’t room for everyone.</p>
<p>You may have a very small chance. But not much more than that.</p>
<p>But perhaps you should realize that the world doesn’t revolve around the Ivies. Your father seems to be doing well despite dropping out of college.</p>