Chance at Ivies?

Akrana
Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:53:20 +0000

I’d say that Amherst definitely looks beyond grades for applicants.
Someone from my school with a 4.25 (out of a 5.3) was accepted. (That’s around 1 A and 4 B’s at my school, if you take the most rigorous courses).
Then again, no one from my school has ever gotten above a 4.95…