making up for a low GPA (ECON)

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Mon, 31 May 2010 00:35:25 +0000

So other than research, is there any other way for ECON majors to make up for their low GPA? I would like to do research and get the full ECON experience to sorta make up for my poor academia skills. It takes me a bit longer to learn new things, but once I get the hang of it I tend to do well, and I would really love to get a MA/MS in ECON, but I am a bit worried because my grades are not very good. I will be a 2nd year/junior soon at a CSU in a very small city. My school is not a research university (I think…). What types of things can I do to help build my application to go to grad school, besides studying for the GREs, working on my GPA, taking lots of math, and the obvious stuff- if there is anything?