<p>I don't know where to look. I've heard liberal arts colleges put more emphasis on personality/essays. Maybe Hampshire?</p>
<p>GPA: 2.6 UW
SAT: 2080/1430 (no prep, taking it again)
ACT: 32
Treasurer of Friends of Maiti Nepal club at school, 4 year intern at a state senator's office, 3 year intern at a newspaper, SVA summer program, some commissioned graphic design work, English tutoring, heavy involvement at my synagogue and I'll be blogging at the Huffington Post at the end of September.</p>
<p>There are hundreds of colleges whose freshman classes include a high percentage of students with sub-3. 0 GPAs. That’s where I’d look, perhaps starting with the lower-tier public colleges in your state.</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, what’s your weighted gpa? And, is your GPA on an upward trend, or was it higher freshman year and slowly declined? And what state are you located in?</p>
<p>I agree with you that schools that have a very holistic application process, like Hampshire, may be inclined to let you squeak in. However, look at the Common Data Set for schools you are interested in applying. You can find the actual percentage of admitted students with your GPA. You won’t be able to tell whether they got in for athletic hooks, or other reasons, but it’s worth it to look through and find some that have at least double digit percentages of admits with under 3.0.<br>
section C10:</p>
<p>Also, you will have to make sure you request interviews if available, perfect each and every essay, and be especially choosy about who you ask to write your recommendations. Otherwise, I think you have some strong EC’s and obviously those SAT scores will be a great help. you do have some options and will get in somewhere!</p>
<p>Lastly, if your GPA is due to ADHD, or something similar, please get documentation of your diagnosis and find a good resource book about applying with LD. I don’t mean to offend you in any way, just bringing it up in case this applies to you. I have a daughter with ADD and the transcripts often don’t reflect their full abilities, so had to mention it. Some schools are very “LD friendly”, so there’s a strategy to applying to them if so.</p>
<p>Someone already mentioned the Colleges that Change Lives… Here’s the site (it’s also based on a book by Loren Pope):</p>