what is an acceptable GPA as a graduate student?

Question

I am finishing up my masters....how relevant is my GPA? What is considered acceptable, or better yet what is unacceptable?

Answer 1

4.0, give or take a ritalin

Answer 2

Graduate work usually requires [at minimum] a 3.0 GPA on your undergrad, a descent score on your GRE, and any experience/work on outside research and side projects within your field.

The average graduate student is 29 years old when they start their masters, and they are usually 23 when they graduate with their undergrad. My advice (as an aspiring graduate student myself) is to not worry chiefly about your grades(though every A you get is great). Talk to advisers and graduate professors in your field about what you need to get on the GRE and how to get involved in research in or around the campus. IT HELPS TONS to get a letter of recommendation from a PhD carrying member of the university you attended or are trying to attend.

Chances are you are going to have to get much out of school experience after your undergrad to get into grad school, the only people who get accepted right out of college are 4.0 people (depending on the field and school you apply to). So be prepared for that. I don't know if i smashed you're dreams with this or not, but do be mindful that this is a generalization pretty much true where i go to school. (currently a history/political science major aspiring to a professorship at a university) GOOD LUCK and keep your eyes on the prize - graduate degrees are coveted academic achievements!

Oh and better yet, don't think in terms of "unacceptable", just make sure that the focus on your grades is in your Junior and Senior years (i.e. don't let it appear as though you went downhill as you progressed through your undergrad.
Anyone can be accepted into grad school with enough work. A person with a 2.3 could be accepted into the graduate school of business if they managed a commercial store for say 7 years with commendations from superiors.

MOST IMPORTANT LESSON: Regardless that graduate school is a school itself it cares more about real world experience than education alone. Educating a grad student takes a lot of money, time, and hard work on both ends and they want to know that once you start that you are committed to become a progressive member of your field!

Answer 3

No one will care once you graduate, unless you're applying for a Ph.D. somewhere. But as a grad student, you usually have to maintain a 3.0 gpa to not get kicked out of grad school.

Answer 4

Unless you are going on to further education, your GPA is irrelevant. As long as you maintain whatever is required for you to graduate, your alright. When you have a degree nobody will care what your grades were.

Answer 5

one million.seventy 9? Geez. i could talk with a consultant for some ideas. How interior the international did you get a GPA that low? in case you bypass to a 4 year college and proceed to exist campus, you have to be kicked off campus.

Answer 6

well I would say a rule of thumb would be 3.0 as acceptable.
Its not undergrad school so if you takind extra years in a field you like you should have at least a B average.

but talk to your advisor maybe!?

Answer 7

Have above a 3.0. Though most schools require it anyway.

Answer 8

Talk to your graduate adviser.

Answer 9

4.0 Good Luck ! :)