Graduate Schools in Mathematics or Physics

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

<p>I recently graduated from a top ten public school in a CA(top ten public schools in the US). I am currently taking a year off and planning on going to graduate school. My GPA is around 2.75 and I double majored in math and physics. I know that clearly this is not grad school material. I was planning on going to a CSU school for my masters and hop over to a PhD program to another institution as this may seem the most feasible, but I don't know how difficult or the likely hood of that happening. Any input or other ideas of getting into graduate school? By the way I want to get a PhD in math or physics. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Given your GPA, it is not likely that you would get into a funded Ph.D. program in physics unless your grades in the physics courses, particularly the upper division ones, were substantially better. You also have not mentioned if you have a PGRE and GRE scores which can also make a difference.</p>

<p>I think that your best option is to start in a Masters program and then see where that takes you. If you are really motivated and are able to do better academically in graduate courses, it can lead to a Ph.D. program.</p>

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<p>Research experience?</p>

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<p>Yes a year and a half</p>