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Currently I am in a bad situation. I lost my job at Circuit City Inc in 2009 when they went out of business. I enjoyed my job it was not hard to sit behind a desk and approve/deny financing. But I also loved the people that I worked with that is what made the job fun and interesting. So when Circuit city went out of business I decided to fall back on my degree (Bachelors of Science in Psychology). I worked at residential treatment facility with at risk youth and I also worked a group homes. Those jobs were ok. I didn’t really enjoy it. The pay wasn’t that great and I had to deal with bad kids that wanted to try to fight me, curse at me, and harm themselves and others.

So now I am unemployed and I think this a good time to change fields/career path. So I thought about Physical Therapy. From what I understand it is a great field to get into. The only thing is I am nervous that once I apply that the schools are not going to take me in the program because my undergrad GPA is low. I do have to take prerequisite courses (physics, chemistry, anatomy) and take the GRE before entering the program but will it be enough for me to get As in those courses and try to score high on the GRE? Or should I just do something completely different. I don’t know please help me figure this out.

I know Im dumb so don’t harsh.
Are there any schools accepted 2.5 to 3.0???
Please advice some schools with big name in general or in engineering I don’t care.I don’t want to go to state university for my grad.
I think after finishing my undergrad , I will have:
3-straight quarter thesis (research) – that is mandatory in order to graduate with an engineering degree at my school
one internship or co op.
GRE – I don’t know yet but I will try my best
GPA – the highest I can get is 3.2 because I never on the top on my classes ( only 2 to 5 students can get A in each engineering course at my school) but I have a lot of B-, C+ so I may end up 2.8 2.9.
Letter of Recommendation: I will try to get at least three.( Im just planning. What about if I don’t get any?????? )

I am applying to Physicians Assistance school and just took my GRE with a combined score of 950 on the verbal/quantitative section. I know I am not a good standardized test taker. My undergrad GPA was 3.7, and my references and position statement are strong. Is this test score competitve? Should I try to take the exam again?

Hey everyone! I’m sure people post their stats so others can review their chances of getting into schools, and as annoying as it may be sometimes its REALLY helpful in my opinion.

Anyways, I wanted to know, is a flat 3.0 good enough for ANY decent grad school? I know its very competitive out there but sometimes it seems as if there is NO chance to go to a decent school without a 3.7 or higher. It seems like getting into both undergrad and grad has gotten MUCH harder than before.

I am truly in crisis about where to apply to and more importantly, where I QUALIFY. I REALLY want to go to Cali but all the UC’s deadlines have passed or don’t have my program. Here are my stats if anyone could maybe help me, it would be EXTREMELY appreciated!!

I graduated from Stony Brook University (SUNY) a year early with a double major in Sociology and Religious Studies (weird, I know). I was editor of my HS newspaper but did not write in college due to my heavy course load. I have studied abroad, made Dean’s List for many semesters and have several extracurricular activities from my undegrad years (I was an RA, won campus awards, and served on eboard for my sorority).
I realized my passion is with journalism but I am scared my stats are not good enough.

Age: 21 (graduated 1 year early)
GPA: 3.02 ( I was a science major my first year..bad move).
GRE: still haven’t taken it but my base score with no studying for verbal was around 550.
Experience: Internship for Vogue Magazine for about a month for fashion week (Editorial department)

I have no guidance on where to apply or anything. I would want to get my MA in English and/or Journalism. MY dream school is USC. How is SFSU as well? Also, I’m from NY so would I have an advantage being out of state? Thanks again!

I recently graduated college and my GPA was not great at all. It was a 2.4 , I had a really hard time at college my freshmen and Sophomore yr. of college-I even pleaded with my parents to take off some time but unfortunately they did not let me.Things got so bad that i was actually almost suspended from the institution,fortunately I was allowed to take summer courses on Academic probation. During the summer course my grades started to improve tremendously and I was even doing a lot better emotionally. My Junior and Senior yr. of college turned out a lot better than the first two.You can even see on my transcript where things started to improve. Well my problem is that I’ve wanted to be a psychologist for a very long time. But i know my undergrad GPA is not up to part and not only that put I am not receiving any support whatso ever from family. I have been trying to find ways to get into graduate schools so I can reach my dreams. I was wondering what are some things I can do where graduate school is possible. I recently had an idea of getting my Masters online(and working hard) to show schools that I could do it. I’m pretty sure I could get recommendation letters from teachers that are good and do test prep for the GRE but I’v been looking online where some have said that having a Masters from an online program will be frown upon on PhD programs.So now i feel kind of stuck. Can someone give me some advice on what I should do? Please no rude answers I feel so defeated right now. I really really want this really bad,so i know i can find someway. Thanks.

I’m a corporate lawyer. Have been 4 years now and am tired of law. It’s just over-paid paper work. I graduated in economics, undergrad, and complete law school at a top ten school! I have always been an "armchair" scientist and decided to go for it as a second major but I was rejected! I live in NYC and every program here is full by first degree students (they get priority according to admissions). I can’t even take it as a Non-Degree course because it is always filled and majors get first priority on that as well once a slot opens up!

Any way around this? Or am I destined to self-study? (Which is really tough to cover and not to mention no lab experience would be had). Or do I need to study for the GRE subject and go from there, straight to grad school?
This would be for biology btw.

Since a young age I have fell in love with the career of a physician assistant. I am starting my undergrad in the fall and plan on taking the required pre-med courses/pre-p.a. course preqs because they differ depending on the school. I have been researching the career and aquiring as much knowledge as I can regarding the career, the demands of the career and the level of work required.

Is there any way I could set myself apart from other applicants in the future regarding g.p.a, gre scores, health care experience?

I aspire to be a surgical physician assistant specialized cardiothoraic surgery.

Any other good advice?
I really do not want to become a nurse or techie before I go to p.a. school.
I have question myself "do i really wanna be a doctor?"..I want a career where I can practice medicine but not have all the responsiblities of a doctor.

I graduated from college 3 years ago with a major in biology from a good liberal arts college. My GPA was 3.4, but my lowest grades were all in my science courses. I’m FASCINATED by biology and geology, but it’s really hard for me to understand some of the concepts — particularly when it came to "little science" (chemistry and cellular biology). I can’t seem to get it together enough to do well in the field that I am most interested in pursuing. I don’t think I’m smart enough to get my Ph.D. but I can’t stop thinking about it.

I am currently a science teacher at the middle school level. I love teaching science, but every now and then I go online and look at the course descriptions for PhD programs and nearly start crying — I want to do that so badly!

I have a master’s degree in education and a 3.9 GPA in my master’s program. Again, my undergrad GPA was 3.4. I took the GRE’s my senior year of college. I got a 620 Verbal; 700 Quantitative and 4.5 Analytical Writing.

Anyone have advice for me? Should I just go for it and start applying? Is there anything I can do to make my dreams more accessible?

I have been working on trying to get into a graduate school for clinical psychology for a long time now. It is something that i really want to. However, it is getting to the point where i have been in school for nearly 4 years and will probably be an undergrad for at least another year and half, just to get all of the things necessary to get into grad school (letters of recommendation, GRE, etc). Not even starting graduate school, just getting my foot in the door.

Of course you need standards and you need people who are determined but what do you do when it gets to the point where feel like you have walked 10,000 miles and really haven’t even started anything yet?

I am stuck between getting to a place that i really, really want to go and doing more work to get there than most people do in 20 years. Is all of this worth it? If i am questioning the process, should i just look elsewhere for something else to do with my life?

I’m in my second year of undergrad, and I’ve taken my school’s maximum course load every quarter(including summer). My grades started out alright(around a 3.6), but I ran into some problems last fall(house got broken into, car broke down, identity was stolen, engagement was broken off) and I found out that I didn’t like the major I was in. So my GPA took a nose dive over the fall and winter quarters while I was in my depression, and it is now around a 2.5(I failed about every course I took). I got some therapy, and I am doing much better this quarter. Plus I figured out the major I intend to pursue. My question is, do graduate schools look at the course load you have each quarter? I plan on taking an extra year to finish out the degree, and by the time I graduate, I’ll have around 380 quarter hours(I only need about 230 for my 2 majors), and a cumulative GPA of (hopefully) around 3.3. Will they take my improving grades into account? How about undergraduate work experience? Will high GRE scores offset my sub-par GPA?

I’d especially love to hear from anybody who went to Fuller or who is currently a student at Fuller.

Basically, I’ve entered the waiting period to hear back, and I’m going nuts over the suspense. I’d really love to go to Fuller. When I went for an interview, it just felt like "home" and I was really really excited about it. Right now, I am a Ph.D. student at a medical center studying one of the basic sciences. My undergrad GPA, overall, was over 3.9. My psychology GPA was over 3.9. My grad school GPA though, last semester (and I’m still a 1st year student now) was 2.75 because I got a C in "cellular and molecular neuroscience," and a C in biostatistics. That’s making me kind of nervous. I don’t know if people will look at that and say, "Oh, she only got a 2.75 GPA in grad school" or if they’ll say, "Wow, those look like brutal classes… and she got a B in neurophysiology anyway =P and an A in intro to neuroscience =P "

My combined GRE was an 1130 (got a 640 on the verbal, but I didn’t finish the math section—I have a math learning disability which means that I go painfully slow, even if I understand the concepts quite well). So, one of my recommendation letter writers was my college calculus professor (trying to make up for the less than lovely quantitative GRE).

My undergrad institution was very similar to Fuller (non-demoninational Christian college with Presbyterian leanings that requires all psychology majors to take a course in the integration of psychology and Christianity).

Anyway, I guess I’m just mostly concerned because I just got an email from Fuller, and I don’t know if this means that I’m on the edge of "maybe" for admissions and they need to discuss things further, or if they just randomly chose a stack of applications and said "We’ll deal with these later." So, here’s the email below. Any thoughts?
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"Thank you for participating in our early decision process for the clinical psychology program. Due to an unusually high number of qualified applicants, the admissions committee chose to defer your application until the next committee meeting. You are still under serious consideration for Fall 2010 admission, and you will be notified of your admissions decision no later than April 1st. Thank you for your patience in this process."

I am wanting to go back to school for counseling and can’t decide on which route to go. I have a BA in Psychology and an AA in Law Enforcement. I am currently teaching 8th grade. I really want to teach Counseling or Psychology on the collegiate level as well as go into private practice (contract work for the the State of TX / Dept. of Child Protective Services). I don’t know which route is the best way to go. If it will help, both programs are offered at UNT and take about the same amount of time to complete. The MS in Counseling works better with my work schedule because most of the classes are offered at night while the Psych course work is a little scattered. Eventually I would like to go on to the PH.D and the Psych program has the dual Master’s/PH.D program as well as the program that lets you substitute some of the MS work for the PH.D work. Another big issue is my grades. I am more likely to be accepted into the MS Counseling program based on my grades and GRE Scores…(only because I goofed off during undergrad and took the GRE on the same day that I had a major emergency in my family and rushed…I know they are excuses but it’s the truth) I am willing to take courses to bring my GPA to what is needed for the Psych program. Basically what I am trying to ask is, from what you know, which would be more beneficial for me in the long run? More wise?

i need to take up my GRE exams.. i wud like to know when the universities start takin in applications for the course starting from 2008.. (i wil be finishin my undergrad by june 2008).. also what are the other requirements??

Does anyone know how competitive Cal State Fullerton’s admissions are to the M.A. program in Sociology?

I have a 3.5 overall (It will probably be 3.3 when I graduate -I am an econ major and it’s been tough).

I have a 4.0 total in my upper division sociology courses, but I will need to take a couple of heavy social statistics courses, so it will probably end up 3.6.

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The requirements are 3.0 overall GPA in the last 60 units taken (I will proably have 3.4). I also need a minimum 3.0 in all upper division sociology courses. No GRE necessary. 1 writing sample and 2 letters of reccomendation.

I know my GPA is higher than the minimum, but since they told me to apply in my final semester of undergrad, I will have to apply at the very end of the admissions filing period (Mar 1st). This may hurt my chances, I’m not sure. I know that competitive programs will take higher grades than the min requirements, but does anyone know how competitive the admissions are?
Also, I am currently attending a Cal State for undergrad.

I have two colleges to choose from, which I would be entering as a freshman. One is a large respected university. The other is a small private school, not particularly well known.

I’ve heard that its your course selection, GPA, and GRE scores that really matter, and while a good name for undergrad helps, its not essential. Anyone have any information on that? I think I would have a better college experience at the private school, but I don’t want to hurt myself.

(while my courses would be similar, my GPA would be higher at the lesser known college. my GRE scores could be higher at the larger university because it would force me to work harder, but I doubt it would be impacted that much. I’m good at studying on my own.)
The schools are UCSD and Azusa Pacific University

I’m a college graduate with a 3.2 GPA, poli sci major. I started school with a very low GPA but by Junior and Senior year I did much better, but I regret a lot that I didn’t try harder. I wish to attend law school or grad school at Columbia/NYU. I think that my GPA is too low and I have very low SAT scores. I’m thinking to retake my SAT’s and re-attend college (hopefully at a top school) as an undergrad and start all over. Is this completely ridiculous? Or, just re-take my SAT’s? Of course, my LSAT/GRE exam would be a major factor as well. I really want a 2nd chance in my studies and I feel that my undergrad grades/scores will effect negatively in my future goals.

I am applying to the Master’s program in Communication Disorders at Georgia State University in order to become a speech language pathologist. The program website said they typically have around 80 applicants and accept around 20 every year. I exceed the average GPA (I have a 3.7) and GRE scores for admitted applicants, and should have good letters of recommendation. I did my undergrad in cognitive linguistics and had nearly a 4.0 in my major courses. Does anyone have experience applying to graduate programs in this field? Should I have any trouble being accepted?

So I just took an outside healthcare sales job after college graduation to get some experience, but I know I do not fit with typical sales people. My passion and heart is not in this.

Would it be crazy to do this job for a year to save up some money and get experience while studying to take the GRE’s? I graduated with a 3.1 in undergrad but really want to go after my passion in foreign policy and government stuff. I would love to try to work for the state department, CIA, or teach.

Am I being unrealistic? Would it be unwise to take, if accepted into grad school, such a non-practical course of study?

I just have a really hard time fitting in with the "business" crowd.

Thanks!

I’m an undergrad majoring in mathematics with a minor in computer science. I want to go to study computer science for graduate school. Should I take either the mathematics subject GRE exam, the computer science exam, or both?

Ive graduated with a degree in Finance and Real Estate. I plan on starting a non profit that does credit repair and is a resource for anyone wanting to start an investment (home purchase, business venture etc) in lower income neighborhoods. Before I went into to college I had been discouraged from studying African Studies for my undergrad. But now that Ive graduated, AND I audited some courses in the MA program Dept for African studies at my school, I know I want to go back. Do you think schools will be slow to accept me since I didn’t study African Studies in UG? Also…would they accept me if I don’t take my GRE’s?

I majored in Soc & Econ under the social scinces in my school’s liberal arts department. I know calculus fairly well and have taken Astronomy so I touch on classical physcis somewhat (I took AP Physics in HS). Discussion wise I am familiar with what is happening in the quantum world and cosmology, but the finer details-the math and formulas need work. I have a book and have began studying rigorously. My only concern is the "laboratory" section and the math on the GRE subject exam. Realistically, will my lack of the first three years of undergrad in physcis truly inhibit me from learning those sections and topics on my own? Is it naive of me to think I can do it? I would like to go into grad school for this seeing that i find it fascinating. Someone who knows would be of great advice! Thanks in advance!

I asked this in Higher Education and got no help at all so hopefully someone here can help!

First of all I know I need to take the Praxis I before I can get into a program. What can I expect from this test and what are the best ways to prepare? I glanced over sample questions and the ones I saw were pretty easy- do people even study for it? Should I go ahead and get a study guide anyway?

Also I’m having a horrible time trying to decide what program I would like to do- so if anyone can give me up sides and down sides (esp with regards to the demand) to the following that would be great! Here’s what I’m looking at:

MA in School Counseling
MAT in Special Education w/ licensure
MAT in Elementary Education w/ licensure
MAT in Art Education w/ licensure

My background: I have never taken any traditional teaching courses and only have one psychology class under my belt. I have one undergraduate degree and am about 2 semesters away from an undergrad in Art. I’ve volunteered with special needs children as well. The university I am looking into does not require me to take the GRE.

Thanks for any help/advise!

All, I am trying to come up with a study plan for the Math GRE subject exam and would like some advice, preferably from those who have already taken it or tutored test takers, on how to prepare for it. I am aiming for as high a score as possible, and I minored in math as an undergrad. I would be especially grateful if anyone could recommend specific textbooks or study guides to work with beyond the Princeton, Kaplan, REA, Rudman, et al., subject test guides.

i need to take up my GRE exams.. i wud like to know when the universities start takin in applications for the course starting from 2008.. (i wil be finishin my undergrad by june 2008).. also what are the other requirements??

I did my undergrad at a school where there wasn’t any choice to take advanced math courses (outside the US) and my master’s in the UK doesn’t have a strong math component. Can the GRE in math make up for that in my application?