<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I am new to these forums so if I am posting in the wrong forum please inform me :).</p>
<p>First off; I am a student who lives in Michigan.</p>
<p>I will be completing my Undergraduate Degree in 5 years(Because I switched my major 3 different times...which will be a constant problem you might have as an Undergraduate student fresh into College).</p>
<p>I wasn't a very serious student in high school so I didn't have much of a chance of getting into a competitive college with a 3.1 GPA and a 24 ACT score.</p>
<p>My first year of College I went to a Party School(Central Michigan University) but I didn't party and I don't drink; so I got a 3.9 GPA and transferred out.</p>
<p>Next I went to a better school; but after two failed admissions I finally made it as a transfer student into University of Michigan Ann Arbor. I spent all my time studying but it didn't matter because I have a pathetic digestive system(I was born premature) and so I ended up losing 34 pounds in one semester and I had to transfer out and re-attend the okay/mediocre school.</p>
<p>Now,</p>
<p>I have around a 3.35 GPA at the school. My major is in Economics but I don't want to go into Economics in graduate school. The reason I studied Economics is because I found it interesting as a Freshman in College and then later on I realized that I am much better at working with computers. </p>
<p>I have looked at the Admission Requirements into graduate schools:</p>
<p>At U of Michigan, in the School of Information:</p>
<p>The Average Undergraduate GPA is 3.5, 680 analytical and 590 verbal on the GRE.</p>
<p>I have taken some pratice GRE tests and gotten around a 680 on the analytical section(Which I might be able to improve, to say 720 points or higher) but my verbal score was 430. Which makes me a little bit depressed.</p>
<p>Other Schools I am looking at:</p>
<p>Syracuse University(New York)
Purdue University(Indiana)
Ohio State University
Michigan State University
Emory</p>
<p>And many others. I have also been looking at safety schools in which I would apply and most likely get in but I know that the prestige of graduate schools is often very important in obtaining jobs.</p>
<p>Right know I have had one Internship in IT for 3 months and am likely to start a 2nd internship this Summer. I have enjoyed the work I have been doing in the internship.</p>
<p>Maybe I should be asking for advice- What would be the best thing for me to do?</p>
<p>Should I go straight out of College and work in entry level and then go into graduate school?</p>
<p>Should I try to get into graduate school and go straight into the program from Undergraduate study?</p>
<p>I honestly don't know how I would look up the Graduate school which would be right for me; my parents went to College but their parents before them did not. One is a pharmacist and the other is a controller but they are absolutely clueless in terms of helping me and they say that I should be getting all the information by myself(Which I believe is partly true).</p>
<p>I would like to move out of Michigan because I want to see more of the world and the States........</p>