GPA and Low Grades

Pentaprism
Fri, 01 Apr 2016 19:04:42 +0000

I don’t know about other PhD programs, but in the program my D is currently in (top 10 univ.), a grade lower than 3.0/4.0 is considered failing the course, and the PhD student has to maintain a GPA of at least 3.5/4.0.

Ad Com tends to look at the applications that way too.