<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>