Admission to a PhD Program by showing improvement in an M.S. Program

Graduate School
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<p>If one has an average academic record (3.00 GPA with little to no research experience) and they show improvement in GPA in an M.S. Program at a Cal State School, will admission to a decent PhD program be probable? I know they will still look at your undergraduate record, but will they see the improvement as a positive or will the average academic record in undergraduate be a huge negative?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>If you complete a masters, preferably with a thesis required so you have some thesis writing experience, and you get strong grades (basically all As) plus some research plus some conference presentations, plus strong LORs it will go a long way toward rehabilitating a 3.0 UG GPA</p>

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<p>In my experience, once you have a masters degree your undergrad GPA is of little consequence.</p>