Out of field applicant (English Teaching) founder of student org relating to literacy, lab assistant, research thesis, solid letters of recommendation— congrats to everyone else who got in!! If you are reading this for a future admissions cycle, keep calm, deep breaths, you got this :)

out-of-field (linguistics), 4.0 CSD GPA

Canadian citizen applied as out of province student. Email stated that "if your application was complete, your sub-GPA was not high enough to place you amongst the top applicants invited for a personal interview."

Undergrad education at Purdue-- 5 minors + 2 certificates (Medical Humanities + Gerontology), 2 years of research lab experience, leadership positions in 3 different organizations.