Low GPA for MIT

Sikorsky
Sun, 19 May 2013 22:04:02 +0000

But, if they do “look at [you] in the context of [your] course load,” aren’t they going to see that when you took the really challenging classes, you did OK but not great? And aren’t these institutions that get more than enough applications from students who took the really challenging classes and did do great?

I’m sorry to be blunt, but I’m not sure context is going to do much for you at highly selective universities and colleges.