Large discrepancy between CGPA and Major GPA

polarscribe
Sun, 29 May 2011 07:10:05 +0000

You’re going to be a very hard sell for graduate admissions - that 2.25 CGPA is seriously below what most grad schools expect from their candidates. Your best bet is to look for programs that primarily consider the last 60 units for admissions. No school looks just at “major GPA” - all of your classes from those last two-plus years will be calculated.

However, that’s only a minimum entrance standard - unfortunately, your low CGPA will likely still be a topic of conversation on the admissions committee. Hopefully you have other strong pieces of your application (GREs, letters of recommendation) that will support your goal.

All you can do is apply and hope for the best. Good luck!