<p>Okay I’m looking through the profiles now. The low GPA + high PGRE(>850ish) + domestic + did actual major in physics combo is VERY rare on the forums (I guess more conscientious people tend to post their profiles more, which is funny, since forums also tend to attract lots of easily-distracted people/INTPs/people with ADD/[people who can really only learn for once and for all when they screw-up and thus learn after getting mistakes on tests], but I guess I’m the only one).</p>
<p>But a guy with a 3.5 did get into Berkeley and Columbia for physics. That was the only one with the combo I could find so far.</p>
<p>EDIT: looked for more, almost no more examples. Guy with 3.3 overall GPA and 850 PGRE got into Astrophysics at Cornell and Penn State (waitlisted at Columbia) - Penn State has a VERY high ranking for astrophysics.</p>