<p>Right now I have a 3.32. One grade that’s really bringing down my GPA is a B- in economics from a course that I took during my last semester of my senior year of high school. I asked my advisor about retaking this course and she said there’s no point to doing it because grad schools aren’t gonna care about your gen eds from high school or your freshman year. But then I looked at Michigan’s website and they said they want to see a 3.5 cum. Do other top schools want to see a 3.5? Is it worth retaking econ to pad my GPA? I’m only a sophomore so I do have time to bring that cGPA up. Thoughts? Thanks.</p>
<p>I dont know why they would post that on their website because each school has a different GPA requirement for awarding honors, i.e one school may require a 3.4 for cum laude, and another might require 3.5</p>
<p>Anyway, you should try and do the best you can in your upper level engineering classes. Most schools explicilty state that they want to see superior performance in those classes, which means that they are the ones that they will give more attention to. Also, a B- should’nt screw up your chances for graduate school. You will probably have a few more of them when you graduate.</p>
<p>What I do know is that the school will consider your Major GPA, and you cummulative GPA seperatley. This is usally because most people are different than you because their “easy” 100 level gen ed’s, lit etc artificially raises their GPA.</p>
<p>I have the same question too.</p>
<p>I have about 3.2 GPA, but I am a chemical engineering major. Chemical engineering classes are no joke! Some people are just hoping to pass the class (a C grade) and 3.0 is already a good GPA in my college.</p>
<p>Will I have a good chance to get admitted at a top MBA program? (after several work experiences of course)</p>
<p>ryan…</p>
<p>I am only an undergrad engineering student as well, so take what I say with a grain of salt. But most top MBA programs have GPA ranges 10%-90% between 3.2-3.9ish. Meaning with a 3.2 you will be close to the bottom 10% of admitted applicants. They will look at your major and surely will take that into consideration and the undergrad school that you go to. e.g. a 3.2 chemE degree from MIT will not be looked upon too poorly I wouldn’t think. On the other hand, you will need strong GMAT scores to make up for your lower GPA. Also, and most importantly, what they are really looking for is success in the workplace. They want to know that you are going to be successful after you get your MBA, that way you add value to their alum network and will hopefully donate money back to the school. If you can prove to them that there is a good chance this will happen, I don’t think you’ll have a problem with the 3.2… But keep trying to pull that up if you have time still.</p>
<p>Cool. Guess I’ll just ace my junior and senior years.</p>