<p>I am in a weird position. I started school at a crappy state school. I got a GPA from 60 hours there of 2.7. I have since taken a 2 year break and now have two semesters in a row with a 4.0 and all of the classes were upper division honors. I have about 4 semesters left but it will be in just easy gen ed. </p>
<p>The school isn’t even worth mentioning, just a University of random state. 
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<p>I have about 200 hours of cognitive computing research and 50 hours as a joint comp-sci and comp-engineering project. I’m sure I’ll get into more before I graduate.</p>
<p>So, I’ll probably graduate with a 3.3-3.6, some decent research, sole programmer for a safety critical program for a major airline, and 4-ish letters of recommendation. Only one of which from someone with some merit (ex professor at MIT).</p>
<p>My GPA sucks for MIT/Carnegie level schools, but where is it realistic to apply for computer science graduate school.</p>