<p>My counselor said that 90% become finalists. She’s been a counselor a long time, and she’s only had two semifinalists not becoming finalists and it was because they had quite a few Ds and were the very-naturally-smart-but-don’t-try-at-all-in-school types. I would guess 3.5/2000 is about what they’re looking for. If you were smart enough to be a semi, you will probably be fine.</p>