<p>When applying to grad school, say for ms in finance, the deadline is Feb or March of senior year, so your last semester grades won't be seen when the grad school reviews your transcript right? Of course they could see it over the summer, but I wanted to know because many grad schools require 3.0 gpa in undergrad, and if they don't see last semester senior year when reviewing your transcript, do you need a 3.0 by the end of fall of senior year? Does that mean I should load up on courses to get my gpa up by before last semester sr year?</p>
<p>I have heard anecdotal stories of people who had to wait a year later than they wanted to to apply to grad schools because, yes–they will find out what your GPA is after you graduate, and it will matter.
But i’m not sure and don’t have any personal experience with it…I would just say to be safe go ahead and push through and do well that last semester.</p>
<p>The general requirement is a 3.00+ gpa at the time of application, and they may require that you maintain at least that minimum through graduation (or else they retract admission). There should be policies you can review for the schools in question.</p>
<p>If your application deadline is after fall semester grades, then you can (and must) use that time to get above 3.00. Very very few are able to get into a remotely decent grad school with less, and they are usually stellar everywhere else on the app.</p>
<p>One final note - 3.00 is the listed minimum for most schools, but they usually do not admit many students at that level. If you are at a 3.00 work hard on showing great research, gre’s, LOR’s, SOP, and GRE.</p>
<p>i talked to UChicago (where i’m going to grad school next year) when i was worried about my grades for the winter quarter…they essentially told me not to worry about it, and that all they care about at this point is me getting my diploma. I honestly believe that is the case for most schools…unless you’ve failed all your spring classes, all they care about is you having that diploma.</p>
<p>To comicfish:
I am not looking to go to top of the line MIT, Harvard, Chicago, Stanford, etc, just a good, large grad school which offers what I want (lets say a Florida or DePaul level). My gpa should be around 3.0 and not much better by that time. GRE scores I assume to be around 1300, but I haven’t taken them yet.</p>
<p>Why are you “assuming” a 1300 GRE? The test is brutal.</p>
<p>Pacsun,</p>
<p>I was not suggesting a top of the line school - most reputable schools require a 3.00 as a hard minimum. There are certainly schools that do not have that expectation, but I would avoid them if possible.</p>
<p>On what are you basing the 1300 gre prediction? Free copies are available from the college board, I suggest you take one - the focus in college means that one of the scores usually improves while one or two others suffer.</p>
<p>Will schools at least see what classes you are taking senior year. I ask because I am taking a graduate level math class and a bunch of other advanced classes that are relevant to what I want to do and I am just wondering if they will see that and take it into account.</p>
<p>Grad schools will see your full transcript, which usually includes your current classes. The probably will not care that much until you get to the final stages - they would be looking for “tie-breakers” at that point.</p>
<p>Many schools I applied to asked which classes you were currently enrolled in (Fall term) and which you plan to take prior to graduating.</p>
<p>psych_, the test isn’t really “brutal” - it varies by person - and people can assume certain scores depending on their practice test scores and what they got on the SAT. Even before took a practice test, I was reasonably sure that I was going to get a 1400+ because I got a 1400+ on the SAT and I had tutored the SAT for a couple of years in undergrad, and sure enough, on the practice tests I got a 1400+, and on the actual test I got a 1530.</p>
<p>Omg Julliet i am in awe of a 1530 ! You should frame your score sheet. I think I would sleep with it under my pillow if I scored that well.</p>