Anyone with a 3.5-3.7 UW gpa get into any elite schools?

<p>Yes, my math and math II were 800. Chem was near 800 as well. I also had various other unique details that implied I could succeed in coursework at highly selective colleges, in spite of stats. For example, I took several classes at SUNYA and RPI while in high school, beyond the highest course level offered at my HS. I had a 4.0 GPA in all of these classes. If you combined my SUNYA & RPI GPAs with my HS GPA, my overall average would have increased to ~3.6.</p>

<p>The Stanford CDS mentions the % under 3.75 GPA is nearly unchanged in the 7 years that they have reported that value, implying that they have not dramatically changed their policies on lower HS grades over the past few years. Other colleges I checked also did not have dramatic changes. Some had slight changes. For example, the current Princeton CDS shows the following average HS GPA progression in two years steps from 2006 to 2012: 3.85, 3.86, 3.89, 3.87.</p>