How hard is it to get into grad school?

Graduate School
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<p>I’m not doing so well in undergrad right now, and I just fear this may affect me when I may want to go to grad school… if I get bad grades in undergrad but still want to attend grad school, am I just screwed for life? :frowning: BTW, I’m only going to start my second year in the fall. But I doubt it’s going to get better. I’m majoring in tech writing and english…</p>

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<p>If you want to attend graduate school, your going to have to get good grades. Since its only your second year, you still have time. But if your having problems, I suggest you find out what the source of your problems are and try to fix it. If necessary, change colleges or change your major.</p>

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<p>The minimum GPA is typically 3.0 with above average GRE scores for whatever your field is. As Bruin4life said, get your GPA up (over 3.0) by any means necessary.</p>

<p>You are not, however, screwed for life - when I was first an undergrad I ended up with about a 2.35 GPA at a huge state school. Now, 30 years later, I have a 3.68 and Penn. That, plus a pretty good GRE score means I have a good shot at my mid-life career change from programmer to Classics professor.</p>

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<p>it depends on the field…some programs accept just about everyone, where as others accept less than 5%</p>

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<p>It depends on the field and the school. There are some departments in some schools (e.g. math at some SUNY, if I recall correctly) will accept people with GPAs of 2.7 (and above), but those are rare, and you still need good recommendations, good research potential and good reasons to explain those lower grades.</p>

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<p>Ah, OP with Tech Writing and English you just need to be realistic about your list of grad schools and try to research schools which have a fair amount of faculty in your field.</p>

<p>I am a lit/theology major and I have such bad dyscalculia that I am just plainly researching humble schools which have a good faculty for my main research areas because I know I am going to bomb on the little mathematical portion of the GRE.</p>

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<p>You also have time to improve. They will look at your improvement. Also, some schools will specifically request your Major GPA, and GPA for last 60 credits earned.</p>