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

Poeme
Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:11:22 +0000

It all depends on your high school. While I was able to get in to an ivy with a ~3.65 at my highly competitive high school (the school sent more kids to ivies than any other public school in the state last year and has the highest ACT average of any open enrollment school in the state), I also was ranked ~top 5% in the class and had taken the most rigorous courseload. I know plenty of other students who were completely capable of succeeding at an ivy but were unsuccessful in the college admissions process because their grades were too low (like ~3.3). So the bar is different at different schools but there is still a standard you must meet. Also, in regards to the comments about people with 4.0s, I met plenty of people in college who had 4.0s in high school who had a tough time in freshman year of college because they had just skated using their intellect. Some of these people never were able to fully adjust and develop the work ethic required to be successful. That was actually something I appreciated about my high school. I knew what it was like to work really hard and receive a B. I was able to cope with that and learned how to deal with that kind of experience so I could change my approach and do better in the next course.