<p>I think Harvard’s entering class is 2200. Let’s assume that. If 5% of this number is 3.5 or below, that’s about 110 actual students.</p>
<p>Statistically, 110 students out of 35000 applicants is 0.31%. And it’s guaranteed that these 110 students have something extraordinary that H admissions saw that out balances the basement GPAs. </p>
<p>Jungie: your “5%” is not the admit rate but the actual no. of students. The actual admit rate is roughly 0.31%</p>