Would Harvard not look at a valedictorian’s application…?
If they had a 3.7 gpa (4.8 weighted)? Please only answer if you know.
All things aside, if they didn’t know about my other achievements, would they toss my application because of my gpa?
If they had a 3.7 gpa (4.8 weighted)? Please only answer if you know.
All things aside, if they didn’t know about my other achievements, would they toss my application because of my gpa?
They look at every application. And your application will show your achievements. They would only toss an application if they had a minimum required GPA (for instance, UC requires at least 3.0, so if someone had 2.1 they are automatically disqualified).
If you want to go to Harvard, then go ahead and apply, but apply to other (non-Ivy) schools also, because even as a valedictorian your chances are slim.
It’s rank that matters, not GPA. A 3.7 is val at your school and isn’t even top 20% at many so context matters.
Harvard takes a close read of all applications. Sub par SATs are pretty much the only thing that stops the reading because those have the same context for all.