avg gpa for entrance into grad school?

[LS20]

anybody have any kind of academic performance grid or other applicant/admission statistics for grad schools?

specifically, im looking into natural sciences (geology) at wisconsin-madison and california-santa cruz

 

[RagingBITCH]

Look it up? It depends on the school and program.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Many schools will tell you if you send an email or call the department's admin / admissions people. It might even be on their website if they have pages on their graduate program.

 

[CanOWorms]

When I was applying for EE grad school some of them had a strict minimum 3.0 GPA rule.

 

[Kenazo]

Write your GRE, and if you have above a 3.0, and it's not too competitive of a field, you should be good to go. If you have under 3.0, donate enough money to the school, and you'll get in

 

[CanOWorms]

Originally posted by: Kenazo
Write your GRE, and if you have above a 3.0, and it's not too competitive of a field, you should be good to go. If you have under 3.0, donate enough money to the school, and you'll get in

If you have under a 3.0 you should hope that you have a pretty big upsward swing in your GPA If so, you might want to include a letter mentioning that.

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Look it up? It depends on the school and program.

i did specify a program and 2 schools. thing is, this info does not seem as accessible as its undergrad counterpart

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: LS20

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Look it up? It depends on the school and program.

i did specify a program and 2 schools. thing is, this info does not seem as accessible as its undergrad counterpart

Then call/email them and ask.

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: CanOWorms

Originally posted by: Kenazo
Write your GRE, and if you have above a 3.0, and it's not too competitive of a field, you should be good to go. If you have under 3.0, donate enough money to the school, and you'll get in

If you have under a 3.0 you should hope that you have a pretty big upsward swing in your GPA If so, you might want to include a letter mentioning that.

If you can get mom and dad to donate enough $ to name a building after the, you WILL get in.

But yes, if you had a C average your freshman year, and an A avg your senior year, make sure the people making the decisions know this.

 

[CanOWorms]

Originally posted by: LS20

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Look it up? It depends on the school and program.

i did specify a program and 2 schools. thing is, this info does not seem as accessible as its undergrad counterpart

I'm still subscribed to US News' graduate rankings, but it doesn't list the acceptance rates, gpa range, GRE range, etc. specificly for Geology. All they have is the rankings.

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Then call/email them and ask.

thanks for the insight! not once has that occured as a possibility!

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: LS20

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Then call/email them and ask.

thanks for the insight! not once has that occured as a possibility!

And someone on a computer geek forum would know the academic requirements for a Natural Sciences graduate degree for 2 specific schools?

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
And someone on a computer geek forum would know the academic requirements for a Natural Sciences graduate degree for 2 specific schools?

geeks are smart arent they? this is a forum with a large userbase, isnt it? wisconsin is a very popular school isnt it? computer science falls under natural sciences at most schools (certainly at mine). well, geez, i just put a+b+c+d together. can you do the same?

let that menstrual red river flow elsewhere, buddy

 

[amnesiac]

The graduate students I talked to said it's not so much your grades as who you know and how determined you are to get in. If you can prove to the powers that be that you are serious about the education and can show relevant experience or are really good at talking you way into things, that can be a good substitute for grades.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: LS20

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
And someone on a computer geek forum would know the academic requirements for a Natural Sciences graduate degree for 2 specific schools?

geeks are smart arent they? this is a forum with a large userbase, isnt it? wisconsin is a very popular school isnt it? computer science falls under natural sciences at most schools (certainly at mine). well, geez, i just put a+b+c+d together. can you do the same?

let that menstrual red river flow elsewhere, buddy

Why would CS have the same requirements as Geology? That's just stupid. Try subtracting D from that equation. One deals with computers, one doesn't.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: LS20

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Then call/email them and ask.

thanks for the insight! not once has that occured as a possibility!

With your courtesy and charm they'll have to accept you, regardless of your GPA.

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Why would CS have the same requirements as Geology? That's just stupid. Try subtracting D from that equation. One deals with computers, one doesn't.

because there are alot of requirements that are college-wide and often times stats are provided on a college-wide basis rather than on individual majors

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

With your courtesy and charm they'll have to accept you, regardless of your GPA.

yes, i already plan to play this as the trick card.

 

[khlee]

be glad you're not applying for ms cs.. cs grad students at my school had a 3.79 average undergrad gpa :Q

 

[silverpig]

generally at my school it's an 80% average in 300 and 400 level degree courses

 

[RabidMongoose]

Originally posted by: LS20

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Why would CS have the same requirements as Geology? That's just stupid. Try subtracting D from that equation. One deals with computers, one doesn't.

because there are alot of requirements that are college-wide and often times stats are provided on a college-wide basis rather than on individual majors

I would really doubt that for graduate schools. Different programs can have different requirements. I'm sure that the CS program has different averages and preferred requirements and qualifications than the Geology program.