Students with low GPAs cannot tell if competitive programs are reachable

“Hi, I’d really like to know if people with a <3 gpa in their undergrad got into top PhD programs in STEM! Please tell me your success stories. Was it your research experience that helped you overcome the hurdle? I’m really mentally struggling and I’d love to hear some success stories! submitted by /u/Just_phantom34 [link] [comments]”

“I'm a double major in Computer Science and French. My CS grades are stellar but my French grades are all B range or below. I want to go to graduate school for CS. Will my fucked up French grades hinder my chances? Thanks submitted by /u/Powerful-Caramel-443 [link] [comments]”

“So long story short I go to a T5 cs school, I transferred here and F'd my GPA. At my original uni I had a 3.8, transferred my junior year and my first sem at my new uni I got a 1.8 due to external factors. After that I did decent and now its a 3.2 which is still pretty shit and I only have 1 more sem left. But will I still be able to get into a grad school as competitive as my undergrad or somewhere better? I would say the unis better than my current uni would be the IVS and standford or smt”

“This fits the stereotype of some friends I had in college working crazy hours to pay their tuition. They had no choice. And GPA took a hit. No time for social stuff (clubs, etc...). Today about 20 years later they are the most successful because they learned how to prioritize the imposdible under crazy pressure. And they also learned not to care about stuff that are not that importsnt. Also, while working they built some relevant experience. Their GPA did not reflect their learning or skills, bu”

“I graduated with a 2.7. Went out into the real world and found out it sucked. Got serious, went back to school, and I’m now a professor at a highly respected private university. Go figure.”

“help 😭 my multivariable calculus class takes up 4 hours every Thursday (7-11pm) (I’m a junior 😬) submitted by /u/LawLiving4037 [link] [comments]”

“Have any of you guys had success applying for jobs with a not so great GPA? like 2.5-3.0? I’m about to start my final semester next week, graduating in December. I have tried applying for internships but right now I have a GPA of 2.5 (most want 3.0 or 3.5 and higher…). This is partially because there are 2 core classes I took and failed (Was having a bad semester emotionally and dealing with a lot of family turmoil) and they fired the teacher who taught those specific classes, and have not rehir”

“Hii, this is my first reddit post idk how to start. So I have 7.3 CGPA out of 10 in my Undergrad Mechanical Engineering. I did WES evaluation, and it turned out 3.28 GPA on a scale of 4.0. (Direct conversion was 2.92). I don't have any formal research experience or publications. I did a research - oriented final year project during my bachelor's. I do have around 2.5 Years of Industry experience as a Mechanical Design Engineer. I want to study Aerospace Engineering for my Masters in USA.”

“My science GPA went down after app verification, but my cumulative GPA is higher than what I calculated 😭 submitted by /u/Better_Standard_2285 [link] [comments]”

“title. whatever you say, yes 3.85 is low for t10s submitted by /u/Gold_You_6594 [link] [comments]”

“will a high SAT score shine through my low GPA? I’ve been watching a bunch of YouTube videos and writing math problems and the answers, i feel like it will all fly out my head by the day of the test!(august 22) my first 2 years of high school i got a 910 on the PSAT, this will be my first actual SAT and hopefully the best so I can send it to colleges. (Im not stupid just lazy) Im really trying to get as much merit as I can at a “mid” school so I can outshine the average applicant (if that makes”

“Uni is gonna be the end of me. I am majoring in genetics in a #3 school in my country. Its known for its rough grades, but admissions dont care about that. I swear no matter how much I study, I always get low grades. I dont know how I will get into masters with 1.99 cgpa w 2 years left. I obvi cant tell my parents, bcs they will kick me out. I tell my friends, but its not enough. I cant even tell myself, bcs I am a failure. I am my parents failure. I cant look at my grades, at my notes, at my un”

“There’s so much focus on crazy good stats on this sub, it’s easy to lose sight of what the average application looks like. My cGPA is 3.46 and sGPA is 3.36 due to poor performance freshman year and in high school dual enrollment. Sophomore year onwards I had and avg cgpa of 3.88, and sGPA of 3.7. Haven’t taken the mcat yet. I’ll have about 500 research hours, 400 clinical hours, 150 non clinical volunteer, and 80 shadowing by the time I apply. Assuming I get a solid mcat score, would this app be”

“Hi guys! I’m an incoming sophomore, and I really struggled during my freshman year. As a result, my GPA is currently a 3.0. However, I’ve been working hard on my extracurriculars, research, and everything else outside of the classroom. I’m an ambassador for my major, was accepted into a research program, am finishing up a research internship, and currently work as an undergraduate research assistant in both a clinical developmental neuroscience lab and a microbiology lab. I got my associates in”

“EDIT: my gpa isnt too low actually but since I am aiming at T20's I feel like i am behind compared to the thousands of students with near perfect gpa's. EDIT 2: I have taken max rigor at my school and it is a hyper competitive large public school with known grade deflation. submitted by /u/Suspicious_Sink9036 [link] [comments]”

“So, for context, I graduated from my undergrad with a 2.32 GPA (Bad yeah). Since then Ive done about 80-90 credits of DIY at a local 4 year CUNY with nearly all A's. Say I raise the total cumulative GPA to a 3.0 at least, would I have to do an SMP to guarantee an acceptance, or can I simply just apply straight away. Will be taking the MCAT next year, but have been scoring around 512-515 on the practice Kaplan exams (AAMC will be done closer to exam date). I currently have about 6000 PCE as a”

“So I’m an incoming junior at a state college. My GPA is sitting at 3.3. I haven’t even applied to any internships. I’m also transferring to a no name state school. Any words of encouragement? submitted by /u/Civil-Airline-5727 [link] [comments]”

“Hello! I am going into my second year of college as a CS major and have a few questions on how to get into research? My GPA was really bad in my first year. Like, I had a 2.5 after my first semester and that dropped to a 1.7 at the end of my second semester. I've retaken one class this summer and got the GPA to a 2.0 and have studied for all the CS courses I'm taking next semester in advance (through courser and course syllabi). I'm also retaking another class next semester. By the e”

“I always see people saying that students should have a spike instead of being well-rounded. This is lowkey making me a bit nervous bc my application is round not spiky. I am interested in doing a STEM major and have some STEM activities (scioly, STEM summer programs), but I also have activities relating to sports, politics, community service, and leadership. I kinda just do stuff that seems cool to me and I don’t really think about whether it ties into my future major or career path. Is this bad”

“is rounding my gpa from 3.6983 to 3.7 going to make me seem like a liar... submitted by /u/Neither-Thanks1580 [link] [comments]”

“Hi everyone! I was wondering just how much a downward trend in grades during my junior year would affect my admission to colleges. I took AP calculus my junior year and got a B- first semester then a C+ my second semester. All my other grades are As in Junior year, with one A- my first semester in another class. Up until my junior year, most of my grades were As with some B+s in freshman year. It isn’t the ideal trend to see I know, but I wanna know to what extent this may affect my admissions t”

“i posted about this a little bit ago in medschooladmissions but I’m hoping to gain a larger sample of opinions by posting it here as well :) so i have a funky gpa situation - i took a bunch of college credits in high school and TANKED them (Fs and Ds) when i was 16/17 years old. I kinda had a tough upbringing and completely fell off from school my junior and senior year of hs. I fell into not caring about my future due to a lot of things, barely graduated high school, and yeah the whole nine yar”

“Basically the topic. Anyone with similar situation who got in a top engineering school? My school is like the top 5 in my city and I’m in the elite class in that school. submitted by /u/Sweet-Ad3739 [link] [comments]”

“TLDR: I'm a reasonably smart guy that did quite well on my SAT, but got really poor grades in undergrad a long time ago in engineering courses due to a combination of crushing depression from some family issues combined with zero studying. My undergrad was a state school (uiuc) but with a top 5 engineering program and quite selective. I'm much older now (40s), and debating going back for a masters. With some practice tests I'm confident I can crush the GRE. The problem is my GPA is h”

“I need y'all to comment below in case you have been admitted to my target schools with similar GPA as me. In desperate need of some motivational stories. submitted by /u/hehesd [link] [comments]”

“Hello everyone, a guy from tier 3 college with 78% in 10th and 59.6 in 12th. So long story short I don’t fall in 60% through out criteria (cgpa is 7.01). Right now my 4th year has started and most of Companies aren’t allowing me to sit in there drive on campus. So , do have I chance in of campus and if it’s there is it there in any big tech companies. I really don’t know what to choose now should I peruse my masters or try for psu or any governments jobs. Please help me and guide me through this”

“This is somewhat related to the “blackpill” in how your looks affect the way you are treated by others, not just in dating. I graduated as a math major in 2017 and have only had contract roles (I had to lie to get some of those roles). I finished with a 2.4 GPA. In junior or senior level math courses that many engineering and math students take past Calculus 1-3, such as Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, PDE, Intro to Advanced Math, etc . you’d have problems on exams that take up half a pa”

“Ik it is corny af but I should lockin. My gpa is too bad, no coding knowledge, no cs fundamentals. And chutiya in my class. But now on I'll start posting my studies and flex my shit on this mc app and try to do sum good stuff In life submitted by /u/Some_Telephone7776 [link] [comments]”