<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I'm an upcoming senior from a state university and I majored in Spanish with a minor in international relations. I'd like to gain entrance into a Spanish graduate program, preferably for a Ph.D, but I am not opposed to utilizing an M.A as a springboard into a sound doctoral program. I've not yet taken the GRE, so I can't give an accurate reflection of what kind of score I'll get and I certainly don't want to fabricate a number purely from conjecture.</p>
<p>My main concern is that my cGPA is not quite all that stellar. It's going to be around 3.3 when I graduate. My first year in university went horribly wrong and I barely made it out without academic probation. After that, though, I buckled down and it's been a solid 4.0 from then on, which I expect to maintain this coming year as it's mostly SPAN courses. So, this leaves me with a 4.0 major GPA, 3.3 cGPA, and an obvious upward trend. In addition to that, I spent my junior year abroad in Spain.</p>
<p>A special consideration that Spanish departments take into account is fluency in Spanish, which I think I have a pretty good command of. While in Spain, I took a national diploma in Spanish (for foreigners) and passed at the highest superior level, which is identified as:</p>
<p>Superior level C2</p>
<p>"Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can summarise information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation. Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations."</p>
<p>I took this because I knew I'd be going to grad school for Spanish and I thought it'd be something unique that many applicants wouldn't have.</p>
<p>So, assuming I don't royallly bomb the GRE and that my LORs, SOP, and written samples in Spanish are of high calibre, are some top schools in reach for me?</p>