Wait a year or go now?

jdkshift
Mon, 01 Feb 2016 01:51:00 +0000

I am about to graduate with a BA and am looking at different Graduate Schools. Currently I have a 3.09 GPA and I am looking at it going up after this final semester to a 3.27. Some of the schools I am looking at only require 3.0 GPAs but there is one school that requires a 3.33 GPA which I will not have after this semester even if I get all As. My question is, if I really want to go there, should I go one more semester for my BA and take a few classes to raise my GPA to that level? Or should I apply and hope for the best with that school or the others with lower requirements? I will say that some people have said that professional experience helps but I currently don’t have any experience in my field other than school work and projects I have completed for grades. I have also heard if I have a good Statement of Purpose that will help a lot too but I don’t feel comfortable relying on that so much.

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