2nd Undergrad Degree Admissions

happymomof1
Thu, 28 May 2009 07:46:09 +0000

A 3.2 is a perfectly respectable GPA. Mine wasn’t even a 3.0

How you handle this depends on what your goals are.

If you want to change fields, it is fairly simple to find a second Bachelor’s program. In that case you need to contact the undergraduate advisor in the new subject area at each of your target universities, and ask for their guidance on gaining admission. The steps would be pretty much the same if what you want is to complete your degree in a field related to your original major (for example Business Finance after a degree in Business Management). It would be almost impossible to be admitted somewhere else to complete a degree in your original major field UNLESS your first college/university was a completely unaccredited institution.

If you need specific coursework in order to get the job that you want, you may want to just take those courses at the community college nearest you, or enroll as a non-degree student at a university that is near you. You will get transcripts from these places that will verify your coursework and your grades in those courses.

If you need specific coursework for a grad school application in a new field, the community college/non-degree student route can work pretty well too. The grad school is going to look at all of your transcripts, your letters of recommendation (probably from those professors in those newer classes where you got all of your good grades), your work experience, and your GRE scores. Grad school admissions officers know full well that the grades you got when you were younger and more foolish are not necessarily representative of how you are going to perform now. But they do want evidence that you can perform.

If what you want is an MBA, keep working for a few more years. Your work history will be much more important than your undergraduate GPA.

Wishing you all the best.