almostdesperate

my GPA is a little above 3.3 Ihave many ECs and volunteer hours Igot a perfect score on my SAT of 2400. will I get into HARVARD with such a low GPA?

zantedeschia

Your SAT score is not enough to get you in. Harvard frequently rejects people with perfect scores (and high GPAs).

marite

You'll have to explain your GPA. Often, adcoms view such lopsided GPAs/board scores as sign that the applicant is an underachiever. If, however, you go to a school that is known to have very strict grading policy, your 3.3 would look much better.

candlize

Yeah a 3.3 will definitely be a hindrance
but yeah if ur school is tough (that can be shown by ur rank for example), then it won't look quite as bad.

suze

They reject more than half of 2400s, that includes many with 4.0s and good ECs. If you have an outrageously great EC--an olympic medal or live in abject poverty in a third worlsd country, something that explains why the GPA would be low, I could see it.

tokenadult

It depends a LOT on what you were doing with your time other than studying for school classes and, as others have said, how hard the grading standards at your school really are. Prepare to write IN DETAIL about what your main activities were and how you challenged yourself academically (didn't you?) even without getting good school grades.