Is a 3.6 unweighted GPA adequate to be accepted into the top schools of the country

<p>Well, as long as everything else is good, will it make that much of a difference?
I’m writing in the additional information portion of the Common App about family circumstances that were part of the reason I didn’t do as well as I should have freshman and junior year as well.</p>

<p>And 2 other people are applying ED to Northwestern from my school and they have lower GPAs than mine.</p>