<p>I suppose that would depend on how low the GPA was. The Director of Admissions for the University of Delaware wrote about his experience turning down two perfect SAT scorers due to poor academic performance. But he was talking about of GPAs considerably under 3.0. YMMV of course. But like T25E4 says, everyone’s a long shot for admission to elite schools. Low GPA simply makes the poor odds even worse.</p>