Will stellar test scores make up for sucky rank?

[Narcissa]

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runforfun529: I think my ECs are pretty good, and participation in IMO can never hurt =)

wait you went to IMO?</p>

<p>plus do you have time to pull up your grades? or is your semester over?</p>

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Then how come some applicants get accepted with lower scores or gpa? If they have a certain threshold to pass then those applicants with lower scores (or whatnot) wouldn’t even have a chance!

because they don’t have low scores. a 3.7 GPA and a 2000 SAT isn’t “low” particularly. The “threshold” where they just automatically reject you is pretty low.</p>