Non genius applicants

juillet
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:41:06 +0000

Dude, I was far from a genius. I had a 1530 GRE score, but my GPA was a 3.4 and I had two and a half years of research experience as an undergrad assistant, no publications, no famous professors writing me recommendations, came from the #77 ranked LAC. I currently attend Columbia for my Ph.D.

If your major GPA is much higher than the cumulative, that helps a lot. It seems like your major GPA is really high, so that will outweigh your average cum GPA. My major GPA was a bit higher than my cum, too, and that helped a lot. GRE score doesn’t matter so much – as long as you break 1200 you should be good, and being really high within that doesn’t really matter. Also, start working on your personal statement early and like Shoebox said, show it to everyone – anyone who will read it.