Concerns of Graduate School

oops_jo
Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:15:49 +0000

I’m not Chem major, but your job experience sounds relevant. And why would grad school frown upon any job, let alone one that is related to your major? Job experience is only a plus when it comes to admission, and not a necessity.

People will tell you that GPA is only one of many factors that grad schools take into account. But 3.5 may be a bit low for Berkeley since they have one of the best Chemistry programs in the world. You should try and bump it to 3.7 or so in the remaining year.

As for the GRE, I’m not aware of any required test beside the normal Quant/verbal GRE. I could be wrong, but I thought I’d throw in my 2c.