Carleton for my outdoorsy S???

SAY
Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:58:19 +0000

Without more details it’s impossible to know how you came to be admitted. But things like being the first to college, having a tough social situation, or just a great original essay can make the difference. Only you know if any of those things apply to you. Keep in mind I encouraged the applicant to apply but it’s silly to claim that the admissions statistics are meaningless. If you started a club at Carleton for students with HS GPAs of 3.2 or lower who got admittted without hooks you would have a very small club indeed. Based on the published data few students will get admitted to top schools with 3.2 GPA’s without hooks(which include many things-sports,URM, unusual geographic location etc. etc.) In California it’s very hard to get into the 2nd tier UC’s with that type of GPA. But as I said the applications are so easy it makes no sense not to apply and see what happens.