2006-09-10 10:11:42 · 8 answers · asked by juju 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Depends on the program. It also depends what school that GPA is from. Different undergraduate schools have different grading standards, and grad schools know that.
If you're thinking med school, no way. You've basically got to have a 4.0 from most schools, or if your school has no grade inflation whatsoever, and you're really strong in everything else maybe a 3.5. More or less the same for law school, although there are some crappy ones out there that will basically take anyone.
If you want a master's from some random online university a 3.0 will probably be fine.
Anothing in between is hard to say. If you're going for a PhD in a science field and want to go on to do research, you might want to work as a lab tech for a year or two first unless you've already published a paper or two. The more competitive schools generally won't even consider an application with below a 3.0 GPA, so you'd better have really strong application otherwise if you want a chance. In a humanities area, you might want to do a masters first.
Masters programs tend to be less competative than PhD programs for the simple reason that they can take more students, so if you wanted to apply to a masters program with a 3.0 GPA you might have a chance.
For an MBA I have no clue - that's too far away from anything I'm considering doing - but my guess would be that a 3.0 is on the low side for the competative schools.
2006-09-10 11:09:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Depends on the school. For Ivy League, probably not.
For state schools, probably yes.
Check the websites for the department at the universities you're thinking about. Their admission guidelines almost always indicate what their minimum grade and GRE requirements are.
Good luck. I know what a pain it is jumping through the hoops.
2006-09-10 17:15:46 · answer #2 · answered by parrotjohn2001 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it completely depends on the program you are going into and the school you are wanting to apply to. for example in health fields and business major, a 3.0 may not be sufficient, but then again for a private or smaller school it may be.
2006-09-10 17:19:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
not trying to be funny, but it really does depend entirely on which school you're going to and what program--if it is a very competitive one or not. as always, the higher the grades the better your chances....
2006-09-10 17:15:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the field.
2006-09-10 17:38:18 · answer #5 · answered by Squashie16 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on how competitive the program is, and how well you do on graduate test GRE or similar
2006-09-11 00:40:57 · answer #6 · answered by Intersect 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be pleanty good enough.
2006-09-10 17:16:31 · answer #7 · answered by Sky 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its not exactly there but a 3.5 will definitly get you there
2006-09-10 17:18:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋