<p>Bump bump bump</p>
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<p>In a world where other Asians have your test scores/EC’s AND a high GPA, I don’t think you have much chance at the less mathy/sciency schools, sorry.</p>
<p>High Reach - HPYS, Chicago, Columbia, UPenn - most will not give more weight to EC’s/test scores at expense of neglecting GPA. If they do, you stand a better chance than your average Asian male compatriot.
Lower Reach - MIT, Caltech - you would have a higher chance if you had higher GPA.
In everywhere else provided you can pay.</p>
<p>Hmmmm, that’s a very interesting perspective. I was afraid that my relatively poor grades in sciences was going to prevent me from getting into any of the science-y schools, or at least make it considerably more difficult.</p>
<p>More opinions would be appreciated.</p>
<p>shut up. I’m sick of 3.7 UW being considered a low GPA. you want to see a low GPA? check mine out.</p>
<p>I’m sorry if I offended you. My GPA is low for the schools which I’m applying to.</p>
<p>Nah, not when Princeton’s average is something around a 3.7 or 3.8. Straight A’s are most definitely not required to go Ivy.</p>
<p>That average includes recruited athletes and people with non-academic hooks. I do not fall into either category.</p>
<p>So? There’s no split between successful hooked and unhooked applicants–there’s only who got in. You can’t assume that everybody who had a 3.6 or a 3.7 was poor, black, or did research critical to the eradication of appendix cancer. Some wrote outstanding essays, had perfect recommendations, or had a breadth and depth of extracurricular commitment that others didn’t.</p>
<p>Wiz, those people are probably in the minority. I’m pretty sure an unhooked Asian applicant with that GPA, regardless of anything else he/she does, is setting him/herself up for very likely rejection.</p>
<p>Bumppppppp</p>
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<p>Oh, look, your courses are the same as mine, but your grades aren’t. Cut it out, Dennis.</p>
<p>Is there anyone out there like me who basically KNOWS they aren’t getting in because they lack the qualifications and are just waiting for a rejection letter?</p>