Applying to graduate school with a low GPA?

Graduate School
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<p>I graduated this pass May with a B.S. in Public Health and a B.A. in Political Science ( combine 150 credits) in 4 years. Due to some personal issues during the the start of my undergrad education I received a 2.5 GPA Cum upon graduation. I took classes that was interesting to me but wasn't required for my majors that ended up to be extremely difficult. I wasn't planning on going back to school for my masters but am now considering it. I worked 6 out of the 8 semester part time while going to school full time. I would like to go back for Health Policy or Global Health. </p>

<p>Do I have any chances of getting into graduate school or am I just gonna waste time and money? I'm an extremely hard worker but sometimes I think I can handle more than I actually can.</p>

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<p>Grad schools will be wary because you obviously had a number of C’s. C’s aren’t acceptable in grad school. </p>

<p>I guess if you get a strong GRE score, you might find some unranked college who’s desperate for grad students, but the likelihood of getting into a good program (especially one with funding) is very low.</p>

<p>When my older son went thru the grad school app process (4.0 GPA, 800Q 770V GRE, great LORs, research), we still found that even his “safeties” (ha ha) had a low acceptance rate (about 10%). The school that he chose to attend accepted less than 3% of applicants. </p>

<p>What are you going to do about LORs? With your GPA, those would be hard to get.</p>