<p>I’ll be attending UIUC this year as a freshman.</p>
<p>In a big school, is it true that I do not even get to talk to professors since it is so large?</p>
<p>and regarding GPA, I wanna attend Cornell University for grad.</p>
<p>what is the average GPA that somewhat guarantee an acceptance to that university?</p>
<p>Its all subjective when it comes to grad school, usually a 3.6 or higher and a 700+ GMAT will get you into any graduate program. As for talking to profs, I have never been in a class where you could not talk to the prof as much or as little as you wanted to. Good luck and enjoy the basketball games.</p>
<p>Thank you very much :)</p>
<p>The belief that you can’t talk with professors at big university is a misconception. It’s certainly difficult to interact with a professor during a lecture because lectures are generally quite large. However, professors will always have designated office hours that are available for any students. Most of the time, a large majority of students don’t even bother trying to meet their professors, but if meeting with your profs is important to you, then you can definitly take advantage of office hours. </p>
<p>In terms of GPA, I’d have to agree with joev. Getting a GPA above 3.6, scoring well on the GREs, and getting involved in some research related to the graduate subject you’re interested in will put you in a good position.</p>
<p>Yup…I’ve been in classes with nearly 500 kids and even then, office hours was eerily quiet. You can always get help/chat with the teacher then (if not after class).</p>
<p>These replies are really helpful !</p>
<p>I appreciate it again :)</p>
<p>i dunno, from what i hear, getting a good gmat score and a high GPA will not garuntee you anything, it will just mean your academic prowess looks good.</p>
<p>for GMAT/Business i’m told that work experience is pretty important.</p>
<p>the only grad program i know is highly GPA and test score focuses is law (they say if you get above a certian score on the Lsats and have a pretty competent GPA you’re almost a shoe in anywhere for Law school).</p>