How do people with low GPA's get into IVY??

Ach7DD
Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:04:17 +0000

@Poeme
Having attended a tough-grading foreign high school for my freshman year, I understand what you mean. After I transferred, I have been getting straight As in all my courses while taking an AP-loaded schedule and an additional 5th course via online, and my school is, according to my friends, the most rigorous and competitive public school in the county. And even though my study habits and work ethic are far better than several of my classmates, I am still left out of several awards/honors because my grades from my last school brings me down.

My case here? Quit obsessing with raw grades alone. As I’ve said several times, the school and course rigor need to be taken into account. Some schools have so much grade inflation that a 4.0 from one would be nothing special.