low gpa...for a good graduate engineering school

WilliamC
Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:19:16 +0000

Virtually every university requires a 3.0 minimum undergrad GPA. With a 2.9, your application won’t even get past the “graduate school” screen.

However, some schools will look at your application if your “last 60 semester hours” GPA (Basically Junior and Senior year) is 3.0 or better. So you might catch a break there. Some schools also have a lower “conditional admission” GPA, but this is often linked to high GRE scores (i.e. 1500+).

I would suggest looking at state schools in the southern part of the US or the “interior west” (the “big square states”). I’ve noticed that they tend to be a bit more flexible in admissions.