Contest for Lowest GPA UCLA admit

ixr
Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:55:02 +0000

My history classmate wins hands down when it comes to science majors, he just got his acceptance today.

Here are his stats from what he told me:

Major: Physics
GPA: 3.1-ish
Pre-reqs: all done, remaining 2 in progress

His ECs and strong upward trend are most likely what got him in. 7 years ago, when he graduated high school, he bombed his first semester in community college (D’s and F’s in all his classes, hence his low GPA). He then joined the Navy as an flight/electronics technician which sparked his interest in physics. After he finished his service, he went back to CC and aced all his physics/math/general-ed pre-reqs while working part time as a ground crewman for Southwest Airlines and taking care of his wife and son.

Dude is a hardworking family man and physics genius, he deserved his acceptance and the admissions officer gave him the green light.