<p>I said this in a past post and I’ll say it again: Brown is very difficult to get in for students with low GPAs. The reasons lies in the curriculum structure that Brown has, which is its lack of distribution requirements and its pass/fail system. Brown admissions takes high school performance in serious consideration (more so than at other elite colleges), to help ensure that students don’t take advantage of the system and slack off in college. The logic is that students who get straight A’s (or near straight A’s) in high school are less likely to take advantage of Brown’s open curriculum than students with less stellar grades.</p>
<p>Other schools may be more lenient with low GPA if they are countered with rigorous coursework, positive trends, other desirable institutional needs, and/or factors that are out of your control (family emergencies, health, etc.). From my observations, generally speaking, Brown is not one of those schools. Since even your Weighted GPA is below a 4.0, you are going to need an extremely compelling reason as to why Brown should admit you.</p>