<p>I ruined my GPA my freshman and sophomore year so it's only a 2.5 overall. However my GPA for my last 60 hours is a 2.988. I have decent research experience and solid recommendation letters. I am taking the GRE next month and I have been studying months so I am expecting a competitive score. Of course I already know that schools look at the whole package but of course top tier 1 schools aren't going to be as lenient. Any suggestions of schools I should apply to? From my research it seems that most of the California State Universities (long beach, Sacramento, LA, san diego, san jose) don't specifically have GPA and GRE requirements but I keep reading that they are extremely difficult to get into but I don't know if that applies to graduate school. Also, I applying for the MS only and I know most people apply for phD so I should have a pretty good chance right? I am also thinking that there aren't that many chemistry students period so that might increase my chances? Also, at these big universities typically how many spots are available?</p>
<p>Not sure how selective it is, but Berkeley has a superb Chemistry grad program.</p>