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Hello, in the fall, I will be a senior at a 4-year university. Currently, I have a cumulative GPA of a 2.3. Granted I work as hard as possible and pull off a consecutive 4.0s in the next 2 semesters, the highest cumulative GPA that I can leave here with is around a 2.6, 2.7, depending on my course load.

I will be graduating with my BS in social work. Naturally, I am looking into graduate schools to continue my education, and work towards getting my Master’s degree. I don’t like talking up about myself, but I know that I have a lot of things to contribute towards a graduate school application: lots of volunteer work, good letters of recommendation, positive internship experiences, leadership roles during my time spent here, and more.

However, it does bother me that many graduate schools I’m looking into applying for (specifically, SUNY Albany and SUNY Stony Brook) require a 3.0 cumulative GPA. I’ve talked to several professors in my major here, as well as some peers, and they have been telling me to go for it; apply anyways. It’s still a little discouraging anyways, when reading that some schools won’t even [I]consider[/I] an admissions application of anyone with a cumulative GPA of below a 3.0.

I could much definitely be worse off, but I plan on working my tail off these next two semesters by getting a good GPA, as well as hopefully scoring well when I take my GRE exam.

Should I continue with applying to these schools? Or should I seek graduate schools with lower GPA requirements?

Any advice is extremely helpful, thank you!
Not that it’s any consolation, the I know that my GPA is so low because of some early classes I had taken in my freshman days. I didn’t take college too seriously at first. However, I had calculated my major GPA, and it amounts to about a 3.4. I think they’d rather look at my cumulative GPA anyways, rather than the GPA of my major classes :\

I feel like I can’t function in everyday activities, like work & school. I already have my Bachelor’s degree, but I had a low GPA, due to my disability. It feels like everything is hard to me. Is this a mental blockage or what? I would like to go to Grad School & get my Master’s degree & get a PhD, but looking @ my school’s course descriptions, I freak out. I feel dumb. I think I’d be wasting my time if I continue with school because I don’t think I’ll make it to Grad School since I don’t do well on research papers & I feel like the GRE is too difficult. It seems like I can’t function normally like other people, & as far as employment goes, I can’t keep a job because people say I work too slow. If I were to rush, anxiety would kick in & I’d have a panic attack or accidentally mess up or break something. I’m getting disability benefits, but I don’t want to make such small income for the rest of my life. I want to know how I can make myself more functional.

I plan on doing a year long (2011-2012) study at Korea University in Seoul, S.K through an ISEP program for my senior year of college. My focus of study is in "Environmental Economic Policy", basically a conglomerate of statistics, business, and environmental sciences. At this point, I have done my application, most of my course approvals, considering scholarships, and just waiting for the acceptance results. Basically my parents are saying that my degree would be useless if I end up graduating over there since the 30 some credits would not be factored into my GPA. I will still be getting my degree from my home university though.

Pros:::
- Lots of networking
- Possibly graduating on time
- Gaining an alternative view of their methods in my field
- Expanding my horizons

Cons:::
- Unsupported by parents (will need at least half of costs covered through scholarships/financial aid)
- Language barrier (learning Korean right now)
- Possibly extending my graduation time
- Missing GRE’s
- Unable to look for jobs in the US

I have been to Korea before this past winter break and loved it so much I decided I wanted to go back this time for an academic experience,etc. Basically, I’d like some feedback from you guys to weigh my options for my final decision.

FRESHMEN are never in bed past noon.
SENIORS are never out of bed before noon.

FRESHMEN read the syllabus to find out what classes they can cut.
SENIORS read the syllabus to find out what classes they need to attend.

FRESHMEN bring a can of soda into a lecture hall.
SENIORS bring a jumbo hoagie and six-pack of Mtn. Dew into recitation class.

FRESHMEN call the professor "Professor."
SENIORS call the professor "Bob."

FRESHMEN would walk ten miles to get to class.
SENIORS drive to class if it’s further than three blocks away.

FRESHMEN memorize the course material to get a good grade.
SENIORS memorize the professor’s habits to get a good grade.

FRESHMEN know a book-full of useless trivia about the university.
SENIORS know where the next class is. Maybe…

FRESHMEN show up at a morning exam clean, perky, and fed.
SENIORS show up at a morning exam in sweats with a cap on and box of pop tarts in hand.

FRESHMEN have to ask where the computer labs are.
SENIORS have their ‘own’ personal workstation.

FRESHMEN worry about the last freshman composition essay.
SENIORS worry about the last GRE essay.

FRESHMEN line up for an hour to buy his textbooks in the first week.
SENIORS start to think about buying textbooks in October. Maybe…

FRESHMEN look forward to first classes of the year.
SENIORS look forward to first beer party of the year.

FRESHMEN are proud of their A+ on Calculus I midterm.
SENIORS are proud of not-quite-failing their Complex Analysis midterm.

FRESHMEN call their girlfriends back home every other night.
SENIORS call Domino’s every other night.

FRESHMEN are appalled at the class size and callousness of profs.
SENIORS are appalled that the campus ‘Subway’ burned down over the summer.

FRESHMEN go on a grocery shopping trip with Mom before moving onto campus.
SENIORS have a beer with Mom before moving onto campus

FRESHMEN are excited about the world of possibilities that awaits them, the unlimited vista of educational opportunities, the chance to expand their horizons and really make a contribution to society.
SENIORS are excited about new dryers in laundry room.

FRESHMEN take meticulous four-color notes in class.
SENIORS occasionally stay awake for all of class.

She is my friend and neighbor from childhood and I assumed her completely lik my own sister..She too loved me very deeply as her own bro..She treated me equally to her blood related bro (I hav no sister at all. even in cousins)..But still Obviously, I started feeling more insecure tat c may leave me someday.. That is how I think I started being possessive..
She is very jovial but Im a meticulous guy.. I was too much caring abt her and felt bad abt few boys behavior in her class.. So I said her not to talk wit them. But once unintentionally browsed her new email and found she had contacts wit whom i said to ignore..But from new email, I was not sent any mail.I started doubting her.Still i requested her not to cheat me.. she too admitted.. But in due course, i found several simple cheats which i took serious (since im scrupulous).. I became over possessive and scolded her much. later i will regret deeply for it..still it made an impact in her itseems..
One day i got an anonymous call from a boy asking her number. I refused to give but realized she has some danger becas, he said exactly wher she was going out tat day.. I tried to alert her but it finally ended up wit her dad noticing it and scolded me and advised her not to talk wit me.. still i demanded to her mom to make her speak wit me.. she said she will call once a week.. But no calls were on time. I was in doldrums. I Pestered her often to call..She gave silly reasons for not calling and i was not convinced..
Also she is in my same coll but diff dept..still i wont talk wit her becas frends may tease as we are not blood related.. But in this prob, I ran mad enough to keep seeing her always expecting little gestures from her. But she dint do any..But talked to other boy in d coll.. I felt very bad.. I asked her abt it.. she took angry for first time tat i restrict her.. she also scolded me for seeing her always. I was broken.. But tis repeated becas i believed tat she is avoiding me indirectly to obey her dad (i accept tat..still i wanted to say her to placate her dad for me).. but Finally she broke wit me.. She said Im no more her bro.Im completely broken.. i cry every day when i return home form coll.. Still she wished on my bday. But c sent me a first ever mail asking me to delete the archive of msgs she sent me and asked me not to talk abt her to any1.. Im not sharing anything bad abt her to my mom becas, if mom knows i cry becas of her, she may curse my little sister.. I understand how bad she felt when i was over possessive n pestering.. but.. I felt possessiveness is common but its the lover’s duty to remove the fear in the other one to avoid possessiveness.. (I always assumed myself as the younger bro..but she is actually younger to me by 3 months n so i call her little sis often)..
Only recently i studied in a site advising to "break up if ur loved one’s are possessive..".. she might hav read it or her over emotional friends wud hav read it n directed her to do it. I dono.. Whatever good, let she do.. but I feel very doleful always n almost obsessed in her thoughts..I wil not even let me try to forget her anyday even if she is in my sorrow.. I pray everyday in 3 temples tat she sud be very much fine.. I dont want to disturb her again..
Let she realize herself how bad i feel and come to me wit all the love..I don even want to express to her tat i feel vry bad..(actually im tempted to run to her and say how bad i feel atleast tru her frend..but she will feel lik im again disturbing her (torture her emotionally)..so refraining myself…. i will say her all those when she comes back and convinces me).. but everyday the pain is killing im unable to study for gre.. (sentimentally she wrote my name for me in it when i bought it..lik this all how im very much bonded to her)..
She has wished me on b’day (aftr tat harsh scolding – she arrogantly pushed me out of her hse shouting at me, i thought she wil not wish me if c is tat angry.. but i wonder, she did it.. but jus a very simple "happy b’day")..In the mail she sent me lastly, she has said Bye and "take care".Recently met her on road wit her mom.. She spoke well lik her frend..(she is kind enough to do tat always to whomevr she meets).Can i interpret from all these tat she has a love strong enough to bring her back to me? But on other hand, she has a new ph number but she hid it to even say tat she started using fone after a long time.. when she drew me, tat day i asked her anothr new mail id for which she asked "y? to check whom all i chat wit ah?"nu…
Im totally confused and worried.. I had no intention to harm her anytime.. but im ashamed of my behavior from since i scolded her evry time..will she come back?? Can i apologise n request her to com back to me?
No one pls call my love anything othr than Bro sis love… Pls.. becas, tat was also a major prob among our frends (especially her frends who affected my relation)…
I always love to talk much about my sister.. If i get a listener, i will proudly keep on babbling how great my sister is.. I feel difficult to communicate anything in concise.. tat too since she couldn understand me from tat much i spoke out, i realized how weak i hav becom.. I could even realize tat prob nowadays in my regular speech tat i stammer when im obsessed.. I don mind tis prob..Its all my pay to the loss n i believe when she will com back, i wil b ok wit it. Now i regret to hav made u read such a long passage.. Sorry…
i have hope tat c will com back.. still im very much worried n crying evryday.. also, im not sure abt my own decisions since my move sto restore my leaving sister became a blunder itself.. I hav no friends to talk to her for m

i am a student from india, doing his bachelors in electronics engg, is it possible for me to do an MS in aerospace/aeronautical engg from colleges in the US? i know i have to give GRE but is there anything in addition to that? plz could u give me detailed information its very urgent and necessary. thank u. also is aircraft/plane design included in the aeronautical/aerospace course or are there separate courses for the same?

I am from the Philippines and I wanted to take masteral course in Electronics Engineering through the MEM program for international students. Anyone who knows the percentage of students who are able to get in? My grades average from about 75% only but I’m a graduate of the most prestigious school here in the Philippines (University of the Philippines). I’m also confident with my TOEFL and GRE scores. What do you think are my chances of getting in?

i have scored 1050 in gre .am passing out my graduation in 2012 with an aggregate of 70%.i wanna pursue my post graduation in computer related course in usa .so do i need to attend toefl to get in a better university or my gre score is enough (i also need the funding facility from the colleges).so please help me out in deciding either to go for toefl or my gre score is enough for a college that can provide me funding facility…………….

Hello,
I need a mentor! I am so completely lost. I’m graduating from college and I have no idea what the next step is- but I definitely want to attend grad school.

However, i don’t know where to start
I’ve made an appointment to see a counselor in a few weeks- but i’ve seen them before and they are of no help. But i wanted to hear your advice on applying to grad school…I’ve read several books on the topic but below are some of the questions i have

1. the GRE…when do they offer it , and when should i take it if i want to get my masters… ASAP..( i believe i might be too late to even apply for next fall)- How long should i prepare?

2. letters of rec.- i dont have any professors i can ask..I am extremely shy and hardly speak up and i just moved one semester ago to this new college I’ll be graduating from BIG PROBLEM,..i dont know what to do..

3. do you really need like a 4.0 to get into a program…i know colleges say 3.0 is the cutoff but realistically speaking do they really accept people with 3.0!??? lwhere would you say is the real cutoff – 3.2, 3.3 ..do you know of anyone being accepted with below a 3.5 gpa?

4. I want to go into an MFT program- so i need field work experience. Should i do that independently or should i take a course that offers an internship? Will colleges look at it better if i took the internship as a class course?

5. can i get a letter of rec from where i intern?

Those are just a few questions i have… if you can help me with any of them- i would really appreciate it.

I am a German national studying in the UAE (country in the middle east) for a Bachelors in Civil Engineering in an ABET accredited university and I’ll graduate next semester (Fall 2010) with a good GPA. Now I’m trying to decide what to do in my future and got really confused among these three choices:

First, few of my friends have started preparing for the GRE exam required for applying to US universities. I’m pretty good in english and math so that wouldn’t be a hassle but this still it got me thinking: What are the advantages of applying to a school in the US rather than Germany?

Then, I have the choice of studying in Germany; though I don’t have a good grip on the language because I’ve lived all my life in the UAE and never visited Deutschland to date. I’m more than willing to spend a couple of semesters on language. But I’m not really sure what a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from an ABET accredited uni would be equivalent to in the German educational system and I don’t want to be doing another undergrad course after 4 years of school and a graduation ceremony!

Finally, (though not mentioned in the main question) I can apply for a masters degree in my current university (which would be similar to a degree coming from a US university albeit the location) and get a job as a Teaching Assistant and get my degree for free.

I was also wondering about financial sponsorship (or assistance) available for students both in the US(as an international student) and in Germany(as a German national).

I know my question seems vague but any useful information/guidance/assistance would be much appreciated!!

P.S.: forgot to mention, I’m also doing a minor in engineering management so I decided on doing an MBA later on. But I still haven’t decided between environmental and structural engneering for my masters though I’m really leaning towards environmental engineering. Plase advise me on this matter too!
Okay, for example:
US uni: Virginia tech – www.vt.edu/ (i know it’s top 10…)

German uni: Karsruhe institute of Technology – http://www.kit.edu/english/index.php

Current uni: www.aus.edu

Now, I’m not aiming to be a pompous braggart here but I need some advice.

I’m applying to M.A Literature porgrams this September. My ideal school is Indiana University or Northwestern. I have a 3.9 GPA overall and a 4.0 for my major. I am a memeber of the National Philosophy Honors Society and president of the National Honors English Society Sigma Tau Delta. I am also the member of a few academic groups that are linked through bi-annual publications, ect. Also, I have been selected for the top Honors group at my college. This summer i was also selected for an intern position at a very respectable academic journal. I have completed two indepedant studies under the direction of professors who specialize in that field. Although I have not taken the GRE yet, I assume that I’ll do fairly well.

I know, of course, that one’s personal statement and letters of recommendation are crucial for a successful application. What are the odds? I’m just nervous and looking for advice!

Thank you!

Do grad schools prefer a BS over a BA due to the emphasis on science in a BS degree or are they looked at as the same? I am currently going for a BS in psych but am looking at transferring to another university that only offers a BA. I want to make sure that I am not hurting my chances of being accepted to a graduate school. Of course this is assuming that all things are equal when getting the 2 degrees….ie GPA, scholastic record, letters of recommendation, and GRE scores…Thanks for your help.

Ultimately, I want to go to graduate school for occupational therapy, but…

I’m freaking out about the GRE. I’m taking it in 2 weeks, and I’ve studied a lot, but it’s been really difficult to retain a lot of the knowledge because I’ve had to deal with 6 classes in Spring 2011, a summer stats class, and an internship 25-35 hours per week. I’ve taken practice tests, and based on those results, I don’t think I’ll do well on the GRE. I will take the GRE again in August or September, but I can’t postpone this test as I’ve already done so several times due to scheduling conflicts/not having enough time to study.

Here are my stats:
– I transferred to Temple University from UMass in Spring 2010 as a second semester sophomore; I have a 3.9ish GPA (it was a 4.0, but I received an A- in my stats class. I do not know the exact GPA calculation as of yet).
– I volunteer at a children’s hospital once a week for at least four hours as part of my major; I have upwards of 100 volunteer hours in therapeutic recreation, as well as 20+ hours (with more to come in the next few weeks) of OT observation.
– I’m a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Golden Key International Honour Society, and I’ve been on Temple’s Dean’s list since I transferred in Spring 2010.
– I know I will have excellent recommendation letters (2 from professors, 1 from an orthopedic surgeon that has treated me for 18 years).
– Writing is one of my strengths, so I plan on having an above-average personal statement.

Here’s the thing: because of the way my transfer credits worked out and my current academic plan at Temple University, I was unable to take physics. As such, this has eliminated a great deal of schools I can apply to. Additionally, as a result of the transfer, I am a semester behind in course work; a senior internship is required for graduation from my major, so I will not be graduating until August 2012. Most programs begin in June or July.

The four schools I am able to apply to are Boston University, Tufts University, New York University, and Columbia University. I would prefer BU or Tufts because I am from Massachusetts, but I know any of these schools are long shots because they are all in the top 10 OT rankings.

However, given my other stats, is it still possible to get into any of these schools even if I don’t do well on the GRE’s?

i have done my bachelors ( 3 yrs ) in india ….im microbiology..and now i m in chicago….and i want to pursue my masters…can any body tell me waht all i have to do for my admissions….i heard that i have to evaluate my degree here…where can i do it?…….and do i have to write TOEFEL ,GRE……..pls tell me ….or body in same situation had overcome it?……pls answer it folks…….i am pregnant now and due in just 3 mon …so i want to start off with my studies as soon as i can ..pls let me no…………and is microbiology a good subject in US to do masters?……….or which course is in demand?……….

I could not manage to get a passport despite applying several times last year, so I missed out on writing the GRE. Now I’m likely to get my passport soon and I’m interested in pursuing an M.S. course in any area of mechanical engineering.My English is quite good and I am confident that I can get a good score in IELTS/TOEFL. Any help/suggestions are highly appreciated.

I have a 3.7 undergraduate and 4.0 graduate gpa both in math from a top 300 University.
My GRE is a 570 verbal and 800 quantitative.
I have have 6 yrs of part time work experience tutoring and several econ elective course.
I also have some as some undergraduate and graduate research though unpublished.
I was just trying to weigh my options so any insight would be helpful.
It is probably closer to the 300 mark I would imagine. It is Georgia Southern University.

I am a biology major. with minors in chemistry. I am a auxiliary member at the my home town hospital where i volunteer in the ER. I also did some research in HCV with one of the tenure here at my university. I have a 3.5 GPA and 2 semesters left before i graduate. I can go to medical school with my MCAT score of a 39. I can go to graduate school at cal tech because of my GRE scores and EC’s. But TBH, Right now I think I want to switch it up and go to law school.

The thing is I have taken nothing that would prepare me for law school. Does Law school look highly on broad undergrad course studies? I am willing to stay another year after i could graduate to do some volunteering at something that might make it easier for me to get into law school, and to study for the lawschool exam and to take a few (40 hours) worth of classes to try and get into law school.

What i would like is some input on what i should do in this situation. Facts, stats, ideas anything please

I am a senior in college, psychology major. I haven’t taken a math course in 4 years and it’s just not my cup of tea. I am studying for my GRE’s and I am completely STUMBLED on something that is probably very simple.

How does -3 + 1/3 equal -2 2/3?

How did we get that?

Thank you so much to anyone who can dumb this down for me!
Okay. I understand up until -8/3, but I don’t understand where the 6 and 2′s come from?

Oh no! I think the car just broke down!
-You’ve got to be joking!
- Well you are "une femme de tete", can’t you see the smoke coming out?
-"Vas-y"! Try to find someone who will help us with our car!
-But I dont want to seem "etre collant"
-Ca vaut le peine! We can’t stay out here all night!
- I hope someone will help us out of "de bon gre", because I am "a bout".
- just go! "a tout prix", we must find a way to get home.

("en cachette" his friend is "hors de soi" wondering if he will ever find help. he hopes that sending him out is not "de la peine perdue")

-well what do we have here? It seems as though your engine is as "a point" as a burnt steak
-Do you think you can help us?
-yes of course! just hand me a wrench
-Which of these silver "appareil" is it?
-I am "a peu pres" to fixing your car.You need to remember to check your oil next time!
- Yes we’ll definitely remember that now!
-Theres a gas station 2 miles north "au besoin" assistance.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/numbers.png

So a guy who I read fairly regularly did an interesting bit of Google research, putting in various phrases into Google and finding out how often various quantitative statements are made on the Internet. While not exactly a precise research method, some of the things he found are dramatic enough to be striking and worthy of consideration even if there’s some imprecision involved.

So, among the random and occasionally amusing things he looked at ("I’ve got 99 problems…"), he stumbled upon the amazing ego of the average internet person: people claiming to have IQ scores of 147 (and more broadly, in and around the 140s), 9-inch members, and E-sized breasts dwarved all other "I have/I am" accounts (note the logarithmic scales used, incidentally – the frequency of these claims is larger than the appearance of the graphs would imply).

While I don’t have any reliable data on the statistical frequency of breast and penis sizes, the IQ thing can be analyzed in its full ridiculous splendor against the actual frequency of real-life IQs: as the author points out, the average IQ is in fact 100 (the scale is deliberately calibrated that way), and IQs above the 120s, and certainly the 130s, are freakishly rare (a person with an actual IQ of 147, just shy of Einstein, would be in the upper 99.91% of the population – to put this in perspective, imagine everyone is divided into 30-person groups. Such a person would likely be the smartest person in the room. Now suppose all these smartest people were further put into 30-person clusters. Such a person would likely be the smartest of all of these smartest people.) To put it succinctly, the average person (or even a relatively extraordinary person) believing they have an IQ of 147 is beyond egotistical, and apparently it’s actually the norm on the internet.

While these "average" 9-inchers and E-cuppers are either just flat-out lying (or are exceptionally good at self-deception, and bad at physical measurements), the 140s-IQers may have actually been led to believe this is true at some point in their life – the Internet is full of ludicrously inflated IQ tests (which will of course offer to publish your genius results for a small fee, or perhaps simply encourage you to visit their links to access your score), and even some entry academic tests and psychological studies may "protect" people with unflattering scores, or justify reporting inaccurate scores to average people.

But one thing most people have access to is an SAT, ACT or GRE score, which are not designed to be flattering or misleading, but rather to arrange people by order of mental capability so that colleges (and some professions) can quickly identify the most capable. While the score itself won’t tell you much, the percentile, which is reported by all of these tests, will. By relating that percentage to a Z-score and performing a simple calculation, you can craft yourself a crude (but more accurate than most other sources most people have access to) approximation of your IQ.

So, does this ridiculous internet above-average-manship surprise you? Have you noticed that most internet-goers seem to have spectacular IQs (as well as impressive measurements) when the conversation turns there? Have you ever taken a probably-misleading IQ test yourself (did it give you the oddly commonly-reported score of 147, or 142)?
Incidentally, if you’d like to approximate your IQ from your college exams, here’s how: take the percentile you’re given (e.g. 1700 on the SATs corresponds to the 72nd percentile), divide it by 100, and put it into the "given probability Q = " box on the website below, then click "calculate."

http://www.fourmilab.ch/rpkp/experiments/analysis/zCalc.html

Take the resultant number (in our example, 0.582842), multiply it by 15 and add it (or subtract it, as the case may be) to 100, giving your IQ. (Our example tells us that someone scoring 1700 on the SATs has an IQ of a hair under 109.)

I have a shoplifting misdemeanor charge on my background. This happen about a year ago when I was having a really hard time in my life. I completed probation, forty hours of community service and an alternative shoplifters course as well as repaid the company the amount they asked for, for the items I stole. I felt really horrible and guilty about stealing. I am currently trying to get the charge expunged. However I trying to getting into graduate school. I have already applied to take the GRE. I already have my B.A in English.So therefore, my question is how will having this misdemeanor affect me getting into graduate school to get my Master in Arts in teaching with initial certification?

About four months ago, I meant the most wonderful person in my life. They were caring, loving, kind and just all around great. Lightbulb was everything I wanted in a partner.

Yeah, it started out sweet and all. We wrote each other little love letters and sent each other little gifts. Then we naturally moved on to dating and seeing each other more and more. It was wonderful, and I gre to love the lightbulb very much. Then we moved in together, and well, being that close and personal to each other sort of took it’s course.

Last weekend we decided to have sex with each other for the first time. During the love making, I cut my penis pretty badly. I applied simple medical aid to it and it stopped the bleeding and is healing up rather nicely. We haven’t made love again since, but tonight Lightbulb is going on a rather long trip and has sort of been ‘frisky’ lately, so I fear for tonight.

My penis has just really started to heal and while I love lightbulb very much, I don’t know how to break it to them that we just can’t keep having sex like this, I mean, before long I wont have anything to have sex with!

I want to try to make this better, or let lightbulb down gently… hopefully without negativally effecting our relationship too much. Any tips or ideas of how to deal with a horny lightbulb?

hi all i’m an international student from india. my gre was 1300 (800 + 500) and toefl was 107. i had applied to 4 universities for MS in computer science- U PENN, JHU, NYU and U PITT.

i had pretty strong SOP with 4 fairly strong LOR’s from 3 professors and a company i had my training in. the problem with my profile was my acads. i only had a gpa of around 3.2/4. (i say around coz in my university we follow the percentage system in every course)

so the problem is that now i have received a reject from U PENN and the rest universities are saying that they’ll take around 2 weeks for the decision. but now my idiotic decision of applying to 4 universities is biting my a$$. so is there any other university which has admission open even now???
(i’m applying to north eastern univ tomorrow morning)… plz plz let me know any university or guidance. i understand there is no spoon feeding here but i have been so tense for the past few days that i cant see any hope….

also if not possible,

Unfortunately, I ruined my GPA my first two years and I go to a extremely difficulty school so I have a GPA of over 2.5 and 2.9 for the last 60 hours. I have solid GRE scores and solid recommendation letters so how difficult will it be to get accepted into a MS program only. Of course, I know most schools say you need a 3.0 but then a lot of them always say students can be admitted provisionally. I am really getting stressed out about this because I know I am more then capable of surviving in graduate school. My plan was to apply to 12 schools, 8 of them will be non ranked schools with low admissions standards (Only 2.75 GPA required) and four decently ranked large universities that should have enough spots available for a provisional student. Is this a good idea? and I am relying on the fact that I think most people don’t apply to the MS so that should increase my chances. Also, I keep reading online that many people get accepted into decent programs with a low GPA and maybe its because of other factors that I am not aware of. Any suggestions?

I completed Bachelor of Bomputer Engineering, and now want to continue the engineering to master level. I’m a good programmer, especially c# and asp.NET. My first question is I’m not sure which course is more related to programming and computer stuffs. My choices are Master of Science in IT (security/database/system) or Master of Science in Software Engineering. I would appreciate suggestions with more choices. My gpa is not that awesome. 2.73 and i’m taking the GRE test on january 26th. How do I contact some good universities? Do I write mail to them or some professors belonging there.. I have loads of confusions, the basic is I don’t know where and how to start.
oh that’s Bachelor of *Computer Engineer i mean, my bad :$
very well written portray of life in usa. i’m not an indian though. i’m a good student, grades dont suggest but i am. and i would like to know if there’s any way i can impress a good university and they can admit me. I’ve been programming since 6 years or so now. For experience, I made 000+ from advertising (google adsense), i have a sound musical knowledge. i play guitar, classical/gypsy and electric. being a science student i have marketing skills as well (i’ve sold inverters in a big scale). will these things impress the university? and i’m expecting a 1300+ GRE score. I just want a masters degree from a decent if not the best university.