<p>I have been considering going back for Grad school. My GPA from undergrad was not good, under 2.5 and its my understanding that this is the minimum GPA for CSU grad schools. I was diagnosed with depression about a year and a half after I graduated from college so all the issues that I faced back then aren't really a problem now. Is there any way I can still get into grad school with my bad former GPA? </p>
<p>What about taking a few college courses at a local community college or taking a couple of Grad courses from a local University?</p>
<p>Should I go back and get a second undergrad degree first?</p>
<p>What is your field? The best thing to do is to contact the programs of interest to you and see what your chances for admission might be. They might require you to take a couple of courses on a probationary basis to prove yourself. Also, many universities allow admission as an undergraduate post-baccalaureate to make up deficiencies.</p>
<p>You definitely do not need another undergraduate degree. You need to show them that you can handle graduate coursework, not simply another B.S.</p>
<p>What do you mean by “many universities allow admission as an undergraduate post-baccalaureate to make up deficiencies” ? Im leaning towards something in the business field, or social sciences. My undergrad was in Sociology: Organizational Studies.</p>
<p>Getting a second undergrad degree won’t serve you. The best thing to do is take a few graduate courses in your field and do well in them, showing that you can handle graduate work.</p>
<p>If you were interested in moving to a STEM field, then your degree in sociology or even a STEM degree with a 2.5 GPA would not be good enough to start taking graduate courses. The undergraduate post-bac is a non-degree seeking status that is used to give such students a chance to take some upper level undergraduate courses in the field that they intend to pursue to prepare for graduate courses.</p>
<p>in your case, Your degree is perfectly fine for what you want to study as a graduate student. The only thing oyu need to do is to demonstrate that you can handle graduate work and that means getting admitted as a non-degree graduate student to take a couple of courses, just like @juillet says.</p>