<p>I would actually be interested to see how this turns out. I don’t think that the other posters read past the GPA. While his GPA is very low, his other awards are very impressive even for Harvard admits. In fact, they are so impressive that the fact that he worked towards them might be taken by admissions officers as something similar as working towards a novel or other significant outside commitment. If he has a low GPA but a history of very high quality or even original work, then I could see it going either way.</p>