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GPA really isn't all that important for graduate study. GRE score, personal statement, letters of recommendation all matter more, provided the GPA is reasonable
by glesica 13y ago
GPA really isn't all that important for graduate study. GRE score, personal statement, letters of recommendation all matter more, provided the GPA is reasonable. This is, of course, also dependent on the program you are applying to. But with hundreds to choose from, it is usually possible to find a good fit.
- dnautics 13y agoas is the essay. My PhD co-advisor was the dean of the graduate students for a spell, and he repeatedly said, 'the one factor that determines the success of a grad student is their GRE writing score and the quality of their essay'. Which is deliciously ironic, because I think he himself was an atrocious writer, I think he has dyslexia, yet, he's the only professor in the institute that has a drug that made it to Phase I.