How low can the GPA be? How/where do they draw the line?

[Dental Mom]

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was looking through my ADA guide and saw that few schools had accepted students--one school with very low GPA's like 2.09 and 2.32 and was wondering under what circumstances do adcoms accept students with low GPAs? I'm sure is based on potential, but what would make it ok in the eyes of the adcoms? Many students have rough starts in college and many low grades and then a huge upward trend with very high GPA's and DAT at the end, but still their first yrs keeps their GPA low....but what kind of things are they looking for? That it was health related, death in the family, financial hardship.....or the other side like too young and irresponsible, immature, and that the student is mature now, etc....

Where or how do they draw the line? What would make them close the door on some and open the door to others?

UOP has 2.64 and 2.67 GPA low range. I have the 2008 guide.
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[armorshell]

where or how do they draw the line? What would make them close the door on some and open the door to others?

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[Dental Mom]

The million dollar answer....

 

[MasterDebater]

1. Finding a cure for cancer, HIV-AIDs, etc.
2. Phenomenal DAT scores.
3. Rich and influential parents.

 

[bennijai]

^lol. If you found a cure for cancer I think that's enough money to last you for a lifetime, and your kids, and grandkids, and grandgrand kids, and so forth.

 

[Dental Mom]

A LOR from MJ....🙁

Depak Chopra's son said that he got one and got accepted to Columbia med school.....

 

[VTEC4ME]

was looking through my ADA guide and saw that few schools had accepted students--one school with very low GPA's like 2.09 and 2.32 ......

Geez....what school was that?