2.8 GPA someone please help

vinceh
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:19:50 +0000

The question you should asking is “Why should any of these schools be taking me?” If the best you can come up with is “I’m smart, I realize I screwed up and have mended my ways”, I just don’t think that’s good enough for the elite level colleges. A low GPA + high tests scores imply one of two things, a) the applicant is very good at taking standardized tests, or b) the applicant is bright but has shown a history of not applying themselves on a regular basis. Why should these schools, who get plenty of 4.0s/2300+ applicants, believe that you have changed? Why should they take a chance on you when they don’t have to? If you can answer those questions sensationally well, you might have a chance.

Your current, not overall, 3.3 GPA simply isn’t competitive when compared to the applicant pool, (e.g., Last year’s admit rate at Stanford for applicants with GPA’s below 3.7 was 3%). Furthermore, a 2200 SAT is below the 75th%-tile for all of your schools except Georgia Tech; so your projected 2200 SAT isn’t so remarkable that it can make up for a low GPA. I’m sorry if this sounds harsh, but you need a much more realistic list than the one you have now.

MIT - No (<9% admit rate for males)
Caltech - No (<14% admit rate for males)
Carnegie Mellon - No (CIT avg GPA 3.72 SAT mid-point 2070, 75th%tile: 2220)
Johns Hopkins -No
Georgia Tech - Maybe
Harvey Mudd - No
Stanford - No