advice needed

Graduate School
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<p>Hi everyone ,</p>

<p>Am a fourth year Accounting major and am graduating this January. I study at the American university of sharjah (United Arab Emirates) and once i graduate am planing to pursue graduate studies in either the US , Canada or the UK. my issue is that because i used to be an engineering major (which didnt work out so well), my GPA is forever low no matter how good i do in my Accounting courses my GPA is currently (2.8) and am worried about how will that play out when applying to masters programs.</p>

<p>(ps: Language is not an issue , Got a 8/9 in IELTS, and a 102/120 in TOEFL)</p>

<p>Money is not an issue , my family will pay everything.</p>

<p>I wasn't required to take the GMAT for my undergrad admissions so i never did it. However i have no problems with taking it.</p>

<p>with regard to my GPA its hard to tell because i would have to take out all my engineering courses out and recalculate my GPA for the last four years. However based on what my grades are usually are i would say its about 3.35-3.5 overall (including electives/humanities/business requirements [Management 201...etc]- excluding engineering courses). and around 3.2 for purely accounting courses.</p>

<p>am looking at both MBA and MC Accounting</p>

<p>Any input, thoughts, advice?</p>

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<p>When you apply, you don’t take out all of the classes from your old major and recalculate your GPA. Your cumulative GPA is as it stands - a 2.8. Your major GPA is a 3.2. You can also recalculate your GPA for the last 2 years of your undergrad career, if you think you did better and want to show an upward trend.</p>

<p>You’re not really asking much of a question, but in most professional programs work experience is usually a good thing that boosts your application in the wake of a poor GPA. Try working as an accountant for a few years before applying to master’s programs abroad.</p>

<p>If you don’t want to do that, another strategy is to briefly explain in your statement that your engineering major really tanked your grades, but once you found your true passion you did much better.</p>

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<p>There is a separate forum for MBA questions, that you might like to check out.</p>