PhD in Economics at MIT

GFADegree
Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:57:47 +0000

I’m interested in getting into MIT to pursue my PhD in Economics. I graduated with my undergrade degree in Mathematics with an overall GPA of 3.71 and my major (math) GPA is 4.0.

I am currently studying for the GRE. So, I can’t tell you yet what my score is, so we won’t be able to factor that into my question…

I went to school full time for 4 years and got my math degree from 2003 - 2007. I’ve been working as an Electronic Warfare Scientist since I graduated in 2007. Back in the day, I took some undergrad courses at different community colleges. I wasn’t serious about school back then. I’m afraid that those grades will bring down my overall GPA if they average all of those community colleges into it. My question: Do the admissions people look at the last college you attended or do they seriously factor in all of your GPAs even if they were from a long time ago?

I have the following GPAs:
4-year University graduated 2007: Points: 385.60, Credits: 104, GPA: 3.707
2-year community college 2002: Points: 85.70, Credits: 26.0, GPA: 3.29
2-year community college 2002: Points: 63.00, Credits: 19.5, GPA: 3.231
2-year community college 1994: Points: 46.00, Credits: 13.00, GPA: 3.538

Total Points/Credits Earned = overall GPA: 3.571