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[quote=Anonymous]  I take the schools at their word that their are no "minimums."  But I think its fair to say that unless you are one of the top students in your grade by the time you graduate, you are not getting in "unhooked."   And if being one of those top students you have an oddly low GPA, you need a great reason -- when on vacation to Panama in 10th grade, you were hospitalized for 7 months and you taught yourself with a 102 fever and no teacher, but took the tests by email;  you lost a parent and the other had a nervous breakdown, so you raised your little sister alone while living with your grandma with dementia; you were homeless for 2 years, etc.   The Brown 3.4 really surprises me unless there is a lot more to that story.

Also, even looking at the past 5 years is probably too wide a time period for these top schools.  I would not be surprised if the number of applicants increased by almost 50% in that time period (you can verify by looking at published stats -- I have not done that). good luck.

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