Sub 3 GPA...chances?

Applying to College
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<p>Hi, I am an international student. I completed my B.S in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech in Fall 2012 with a cumulative 2.4 GPA and 3.1 GPA in my major.</p>

<p>I have a lot of research experience. I won the PURA (President’s Undergraduate Research) award and my team was ranked top 10 in Senior Design Expo. I also published two papers.</p>

<p>I understand my abyssal GPA cannot be overcome by my research experience and therefore, I am interested to know if I can get admitted to any graduate engineering university in US. I am ready for any university with a graduate engineering program (be it community schools if they have one). </p>

<p>If I do not have any chances for a graduate school, am I eligible, as an international student, to do another B.S degree from some school. Any advice, recommendations what my next course of action should be?</p>

<p>I will be very grateful for any suggestions!</p>

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<p>Speak to people/professors in your department. Tell them your desires for grad school and ask them for suggestions. They will likely know opportunities that would fit you. Good luck to you.</p>

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<p>I had talked to them and they advised me to apply for lower ranked universities. They promised to write good recommendations for me.</p>

<p>I was a little foolish and applied to universities like LSU, Ohio, Iowa, thinking my 2.5 GPA from Gatech would suffice. Now that I did some research, I am unable to find any graduate engineering universities which can accept a sub 3 undergrad GPA.</p>

<p>Anyone knows any graduate universities which do not have any GPA requirements or have around a 2.5 min. GPA requirement? I will really appreciate any help.</p>