Ivy Leagues with low Gpa not your average person

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My mom's doctor friend suggested I apply to Ivy Leagues because he was so impressed with what I have been doing. I looked at him as if he said I would be president one day. I laughed, but I thought about it, and now I am applying to Ivy leagues, I may have a low gpa but I have a compelling story, and have done a lot.</p>

<p>My gpa is a 2.2 and my sat is 1900 </p>

<p>Reason: I had a lot of surgeries. Freshman year and sophomore year I had lackluster grades, and junior year I made honor roll every quarter</p>

<p>I went to school in Kenya for a year, which inspired me to become a humanitarian. I am teen ambassador of IPLEAA,I accompany them when they go to Kenya and give free medical care that includes dental and etc. I provide the children in the villages with books and clothing. I have seen both sides of the spectrum, poor Africa and rich America, so I am not in the slightest bit ignorant, my cousins in Kenya live in mud huts, and beg for food daily, and I have witnessed that and helped them along with countless other children. </p>

<p>I have my own magazine, that if you put in the search box in google it automatically shows. It has over a 100,000 views on the website, and readers from all over the world. 12,000 twitter followers and 5,000 instagram followers. I started it my sophomore year of high school. I design the layouts (i am an expert at photoshop), I take all the photos and I write the articles. I currently have students from all over America emailing about interning for me. I have had one celebrity on the cover. The magazine is to empower teenagers, and share inspiring stories about real issues. I offer it free so everyone can view it, and inspire them. I don't do it for money gain.</p>

<p>When I was fourteen I started my own tumblr page for a famous rapper who was up and coming (Tyler the creator of Odd Future) and overnight I got over 30,000 followers, so i capitalized and started putting google adsense (ad's) and offered an incentive( if you clicked the ad's I promote your blog) and I generated $1,000 every month of my freshman year. Tyler the creator acknowledged the website on his twitter. I sold the website. I have records of my earnings to this day. </p>

<p>I am a teen media journalist at my local ABC 2 on their show Teen Perspective meaning I write stories, and report them on their show. It is a competitive program. </p>

<p>I was born with upper cleft palate a birth defect that is when my mouth was not developed, my mom was 19 when she and me in Kenya, and she was poor. Operation Smile luckily was giving free surgeries, and I was lucky enough to get one. I have had three surgeries in my life, my gpa is so low because of missing school a lot because of surgeries. but because of always feeling inadequate about how I looked because I still have a big scar on my lip, and my lip is uneven, I volunteer at John's Hopkins children's hospital at their upper cleft palate unit, and I speak to the kids and I teach them that how you look doesn't define you, and people will stare but you're beautiful, because I have had to tell myself that for years. </p>

<p>I want to be a journalist when I grow up. When I was in 8th grade, I got a scholarship for a writing workshop at Towson University because my teacher was impressed with my writing.</p>

<p>I am self taught in photography and photoshop.</p>

<p>My recommendations are amazing, my principle has been a big fan of me because one of my classmates told her about my magazine, and she wanted to meet me! Ever since then, she has put me in Journalism 2 when I didn't take Journalism 1 and has put me in the school newsletter, and she is writing all my recommendations. She has copies of my magazines in her office on her coffee table. </p>

<p>My guidance says he has a good feeling about me applying to ivies. </p>

<p>My teachers can attest to me being a student who actively participates.
My essay is about how I may be a C student but I am an A+ human being. I have read them to a couple teachers, and it nearly made them cry, because I have a heart of gold I want to be a make difference and I already am I only 17, I have students at my school that come up to me and tell me I am making a difference</p>

<p>So do you think i have a chance at an Ivy league with my gpa, or a school that is equally as great despite my gpa?</p>

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<p>If you can convey all of this in your essays, then maybe, just maybe, they might look at you. It is very tough, and I know where you are coming from but even my friend, who had a 3.0 uw, and 4.0 weighted gpa could not get in. He was running a company that made quite a bit of cash, and he had to be ready at all times to address his customers’ concerns. Therefore, he ended up getting pretty much mostly Cs and a few Bs until Junior Year, when he stopped his business and ended up getting straight As in 6 AP classes, 2250+ SAT scores, 800s on 3 subject tests, etc. He was rejected at every ivy league, but he got into Duke. </p>

<p>If you are still a junior or lower, consider bringing your GPA up. It is very important. It is perhaps the single-most important thing on your application. If I were to evaluate your application, I would definitely note down the points you wrote, but I don’t know if the actual college admissions officers will be able to do that because things these days are run through computers and they probably categorize applicants, to some degree, based on their GPA and testing scores. </p>

<p>To sum it up, I would love to say that you will be accepted, but in all honesty, it is a very tough call at this point. If your GPA was more towards the lower 3.0s, then I would have been quite a bit more confident, but then again, who am I to say? It is the college admissions office’s opinion that will be the ultimate ruling. That said, you definitely do have a chance, just not sure how much of chance it would be. </p>

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<p>@agalkenya1997, unfortunately, your guidance counselor is misleading you. Perhaps he or she is not familiar with the admission process of these schools.</p>

<p>These are, foremost, academic institutions that are seeking out kids who they believe have a good chance of succeeding in a rigorous classroom environment. Even if you were a highly desirable athlete, they would not be able to admit you.</p>

<p>Here are the minimum standards for athletes. <a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/sports/before-athletic-recruiting-in-the-ivy-league-some-math.html?adxnnl=1&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1415969954-oJQW9WtvDdhbg6qNcslh5w”>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/sports/before-athletic-recruiting-in-the-ivy-league-some-math.html?adxnnl=1&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1415969954-oJQW9WtvDdhbg6qNcslh5w&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>The physical challenges you faced, are inspiring, but not unique. My daughter has a friend at Brown who was born with one leg shorter than the other because his left leg didn’t have a femur. His foot was where his knee should have been. He endured many, many harrowing limb-lengthening and reconstruction operations. Because these operations did not work out, he had his leg amputated while he was in high school.</p>

<p>Nevertheless, he was his class valedictorian and maintained a 96.5 average while taking the most rigorous schedule his high school offered. He also wrote a 20,000 word prize-winning play that was professionally produced while recovering and rehabilitating from the amputation.</p>

<p>I really don’t mean to discourage you, but I just wanted to give you a reality check. You owe it to yourself to challenge your guidance counselor, before you invest your valuable time and money in applying to these schools.</p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>

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<p>I won’t comment on whether or not you can get into a top tier college, because they are a reach for everyone. What I will caution you about is sharing your entire life story to anonymous people on the internet. It took me less than 2 seconds to google you.</p>

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<p>You found my name?</p>

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<p>You guys have the point, they’re people with better grades than me who have been through more stuff but managed to succeed academically. But since Ivies are out of the question, do you think I have a good chance at lower tier schools like ohio state, ohio university, umd college park, syracuse and rutgers? you can suggest some also</p>

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<p>@Iamthegoat i know ivys are a stretch, I’m not pinning my hopes on them. I am getting waivers so idc if I get in or not, but do you think with all that I have accomplished, despite my gpa that I can get into a lower teir school like penn state, towson u, ohio u, ohio state, syracuse or rutgers?</p>

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Yes I did. You were way too specific.</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, I think some of these larger schools will be more formulaic and less holistic in their admissions approach, so your stats will weigh heavier than your outside activities.</p>

<p>You might glean some ideas from these links:</p>

<p><a href=“Are there any good options for C students? - Parents Forum - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1307780-are-there-any-good-options-for-c-students-p1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.ctcl.org/colleges/list”>http://www.ctcl.org/colleges/list&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Am a Kenyan with the same SAT but a perfect gpa.I have kenyan friends who got into ivys with 1900-2000. Ensure your essays are stellar. </p>