The "I Got in without a 3.7+ GPA" club

Level 4/Level 5 (3.46uw/4.6w and 1650 SAT/25 ACT) So far…Pitt, Purdue, College of Wooster, Duquesne BS/DPT, Baldwin Wallace, Ohio U, U of Sciences BS/DPT, Seton Hall BS/DPT

Update 2/8/2016
Adding Acceptances: Quinnipiac BS/DPT; Drexel U; Marquette BS/DPT
Deferred: Ithaca BS/DPT (D16 says “Whatever, who cares anymore… I have 11 acceptances and most of them are better than Ithaca”)

Level 5 (based on conversion of IB grades to 4.0 scale - ESTIMATED at 3.5-3.6)
IB Diploma candidate
SAT MRW 1780 - not brilliant

Accepted by:
Gustavus - rolling
U of Minn - Morris - rolling
St Norbert - rolling
Wooster EDII (WILL ENROLL)
Earlham EAII - haven’t heard yet, but will withdraw
4 others RD - doesn’t matter, withdrawing aps

Level 5 (3.66 unweighted when I applied, has since gone up a little bit)

Accepted to:

  • UNC Chapel Hill
  • University of Georgia’s Honors Program w/ $10k a year scholarship
  • Full ride at Ole Miss
  • University of Tennessee’s Engineering Honors Program with $18k a year scholarship
  • NC State w/ invitation to apply to honors college and university scholar’s program

Overall, extremely happy with the results, and I have gotten into my top-choice school, UNC Chapel Hill. I’ve only gotten rejected from one school of the many I applied to, and it was a long shot anyways. Still waiting to hear back from several colleges.

If you have a less than stellar GPA, it’s not the end of the world! Work as hard as you can on standardized tests, essays, and extracurricular activities. It really pays off.

@agc1998
Congrats!! Those are some great schools!
What’s was your ACT/SAT if I may ask?

@c011e9e I studied super hard and got a 33 single score, 34 super score. I worked as hard as I could on the ACT to make up for GPA

bump. this is an amazing thread that gives a lot of students (including me) inspiration during a stressful time

Level 5: GW EDII

With a 3.6 I got into vandy, northeastern, Alabama, and Maryland.

Level 5

3.4, Vandy, Northeastern, UIUC, UF, FIU

My younger son had a similar profile to @agc1998 two years ago and did very well with admissions. He got into schools he thought were long shots with his GPA. But like @agc1998, his scores, ECs and essays probably made up for his grades.

I think my son would be a level 5 (UW 91-92 GPA…around a 3.6- 3.7, I guess, with 6 APs), 2260 SATs, took 3 SAT2s that ranged from 760-800. His school doesn’t rank but it was probably clear from his school’s profile that he was just out of the top 10%…maybe top 11-12% of his class.

Deferred from:
-Brown ED (with parent & sibling legacy), withdrew app

Accepted to:
-Tufts ED2 (withdrew all other apps. Attending, is thriving and loves it!)
-Tulane (with $…can’t remember precisely but around $30,000-$32,000 per year)
-UPitt
-UWisconsin (honors)(OOS)
-UMichigan (OOS)
-University of Southern California:(nominated for full tuition scholarship but he withdrew his app)
-URochester with merit $
-WUSTL (nominated for writing merit award $3000/year…withdrew app)
-UCLA (OOS, he had withdrawn his app but somehow got accepted anyway)

Withdrew his apps from Johns Hopkins, UPenn & Emory.

According to his school naviance, because of his GPA, brown, tufts & WUSTL, USC, UCLA & Michigan were reaches, some more than others. I think the factors other than GPA tipped him in to the schools, with the exception of brown.

Best of luck to everyone!

@RenaissanceMom I’m still waiting to hear back from a lot of private schools that only offered ED, most of them long shots. The only school I have gotten denied from is UVA, but that wasn’t a surprise considering I am out of state and my essays were below average for them imho. However, I got into UNC so that’s where I will probably end up.

I’m in the top 11% or 12% of my class and I applied to Ivies :frowning: My subject tests aren’t good either but my SATs are good, my ECs are good and my essays are really good… Hoping for a miracle

Am I screwed lol
I have some old chance threads under my name if anybody wants to go check them out

@anon9362 I wouldn’t stress about it now, assuming you applied to safetys and match schools. Chance posts are useless at this point.

I’m in the top 10% of my class by the skin of my teeth, lol. I just barely clawed my way into the top 10% last semester with my 3.72 UW GPA.

Yeah I guess so. I’m thinking I would be a level 5 but I’m not sure. My weighted average is a 98 but there’s a lot of weight on it so even though my school doesn’t calculate unweighted GPA I’m thinking mine would be like in the 88-92 range. I had a huge dip in junior year due to illness

Level 5 (3.5 ish) 9 APs, 2310 SAT, 35 ACT
In: UBritishColumbia, Santa Clara, Northeastern
Deferred: Case Western
Rejected: NYU cry

BUMP

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Level 4 UW, 5 W, ACT 29 (30 superscore). Accepted to Pitt, Temple, U New Hampshire, U New Haven. Merit aid at all but Pitt. Waiting on 4 more

Level 5, 3.63, ACT 33, accepted to UNH, UAlabama, and Tulane, all with merit. Waiting on 7.