Large discrepancy between CGPA and Major GPA

polarscribe
Sun, 29 May 2011 13:54:35 +0000

But graduate schools don’t look at it that way. What they will see from that is a student that bit off more than they could chew, and struggled to keep their head above water in every other discipline. An econ graduate degree isn’t just econ classes - there’s likely coursework in math, statistical analysis, research methods, maybe other social sciences depending on your research interests.

I really wonder why you didn’t drop the second major/minor - at some point, you had to realize it was becoming a boat-anchor on your GPA, right?

I would suggest making contact with potential professors at your target schools, and asking them what their feeling is in regards to your sharp GPA split. That will give you a much better sense than any guessing games we could play here. Your GRE scores are solid - not sure I’d bother retaking, though it really couldn’t hurt.