College GPA questions...?

Question

Is a 2.8 cumulative college gpa from a university decent? Will it get me into grad or law school if I don't get any more C's? I think I have 4 C's right now, with 5 quarters on my belt.

Answer 1

I would not guess so, no, unless you had stellar GRE or LSAT scores. My understanding is that academic graduate programs are looking for higher evidence of your academic abilities than would be indicated by a 2.8.

If you're set on going to law or grad school, you might want to consider extending your undergrad another year to try to bring your GPA up. Or, you could try to do something after college, before applying, that would help out other parts of your application--get some research experience in the subject you're interested in, or intern or work at a law office. If you distinguish yourself there, it will help offset your relatively low GPA.

Answer 2

2.8 is roughly equal to a C+ and you are only 0.2 of a point down from a 3.0 which is a B. I from what you said I presume you are on a 4.0 system instead of a 3.0 system.

After far as getting into Grad. school that is going to depend on the school. Some schools want you to have at least a 3.0 or B average to go straight into Grad school after you get your B.S. some don't. And another factor is going to depend on how many people are applying for Grad school. It they are hurting for applicants they get pretty lenient. If They have too many they get stricter on the grades required.
In the end it is a numbers and money game. Like say if they have 100 openings for grad school and they have 150 applicants they can afford to be choosy. But if they have 100 openings and only have 50 applicants they can't afford to be choosy or it will cost them funding. And funding lost equals to money lost. I just pulled those numbers out of the air because they were easy to use as an example.