undergrad vs. grad gpa

WildLion82
Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:13:22 +0000

This happened to me. I didn’t have wonderful grades in college, but I had a 3.7 in my major and enough standout research/work/international experience to get me into a top RSEA master’s program.

My final M.A. GPA was significantly lower than my undergrad GPA. This was attributable in part to poor grades in advanced graduate foreign language courses, and I did have a pretty stark upward trend overall, but the big picture still wasn’t pretty.

I still ended up getting into a PhD program in a subject that doesn’t require additional foreign language training :-P.