<p>So I want to hear if anyone is in a similar situation as I am or has any helpful information regarding my situation.</p>
<p>I am currently a computer science (B.S) major in a big flagship state school in the east coast. I'm graduating in a year and plan to apply to graduate school (M.CS or M.S) for either the spring 2016 or fall 2016 semesters. My situation however is a little different. Almost every graduate program requires a 3.0 GPA in all undergraduate coursework. I went to college A for 3 years before I transferred to my current school. About 80% of the coursework I took at college A was mostly general education courses (psychology, sociology, English, etc...) and the rest were first year calculus and science courses. I went to a very bad high school in nyc and was not at all prepared for the academic rigor of college when I started and ended up with a 2.5 GPA from that school. However, after I transferred and started my CS education, I did comparatively much better and I will be graduating with no less than a 3.2 GPA (almost all CS courses) from my current school.</p>
<p>Now this is where my confusion lies, since graduate schools evaluate transcripts and GPA's from every school you have attended and average them (so I have heard), my GPA will be in the range of 2.8-2.9 which will not qualify me for majority of graduate programs I want to apply to.</p>
<p>Should I still apply?</p>
<p>Some things I have heard from people regarding my situation:
1. People have gotten in with GPA's < 3.0, either because of work experience or their Technical GPA was high.
2. Grad admissions mostly care about your grades in major related courses...
3. You can ace the GRE, write a strong SOP and get good LOR's and it just might work..</p>
<p>What do you guys think? anyone in or was in a similar situation? any comments, insights,.. anything will be appreciated!</p>
<p>Also, the graduate schools I plan to apply to are...
1. UC-Davis
2. Ohio State
3. USC
4. University of Arizona
5. Virginia Tech
6. UC SB</p>
<p>Currently my mock GRE's have resulted in 310-315. I still have 6 more months of preparation before I actually take the exam.
Any feedback?</p>