Top Grad Program with Sucky GPA?

apumic
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:12:58 +0000

I apologize. I missed the criterion you listed for those programs. I [wrongly] assumed top programs in your field would be similar to what I am applying to. I apologize.I believe having publications and a high GRE will help you out a lot. Also, a high subject GRE may show your 3.1 does not indicate gaps in your knowledge of the subject area. From what I have heard a top UG is only marginally helpful in explaining a low GPA (that is, someone with a 3.1 at a top tier UG might be give .1 or .2 grace, but it is unlikely they would be selected over a 3.4-3.5 from a less-known UG, assuming experience and documented opportunities taken are held constant)