thoughts on grad school admission chances / advice

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

<p>I'm a recent college graduate (Yale), but I haven't had the most stellar of academic careers so far. I started off very strong the first 2 years, with mostly As and Bs and a 3.7 GPA, and then my GPA plummetted - I failed 2 classes and started doing much more poorly. My last semester was very strong, I pulled myself together and scored As while taking 6 classes (max number possible). My GPA now stands at 3.37.
I know none of this is great or impressive in any way except for perhaps my college of attendance, but after my bad year and a half I managed to pull myself out of the mess I was in, and I'm really looking forward to getting back on a good track and attaining a Master's Degree.
I'm going to take the GREs soon and I should be scoring well on them, if practice tests are any indicator. I have 2 references secured from my senior thesis professor and my college dean, and I will be sending my grad school applications fairly soon, within the next 20 days or so.
I guess my questions are:
1. do I stand a chance anywhere? has my having failed 2 classes doomed me?
2. is my GPA of 3.37 too low?
3. are there any colleges that you would suggest I consider?</p>

<p>P.S. I'm currently contemplating Lancaster, Bath, Edinburgh, as well as some others. Are they too much of a reach for me, and if so, what alternatives would you recommend?
Any input would be appreciated!</p>

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<p>An improvement trend will certainly help your case.</p>

<p>Nobody can do “chances” for graduate school, least of all for British universities. You should apply where you believe your interests best fit with the faculty.</p>

<p>You may want to see if you’re just wasting time with the GREs, because AFAIK they are very rarely used in British graduate admissions procedures.</p>

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<p>thank you for your input. im aware that most UK universities don’t require them, but I figured taking them can do no harm, and scoring well on them could help me counterbalance an average, unimpressive GRE</p>