Chances of getting into a PhD program with 2.9 GPA

snrodrig
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:24:29 +0000

Thanks guys. The advice is much appreciated. I do have a dilemma with my GPA though.

My GPA shot up my junior year. To be exact a total of 1.25 points. Ever since that term my GPA increased every term after that (3.5+). However, in hopes of crossing over to the 3.0 area, I took four 5 week upper division math courses over the summer while working a full time research job. Unfortunately I did not succeed and I actually hurt my gpa by going from a 2.97 to a 2.94. These classes were not requirements and were not even in the same department of my major but I’m sure the admissions board will look at my summer course work as a weakness.

Because of this I am considering what juillet said about applying first as a masters student and then doing a Phd.