<p>I'm thinking about a PhD in cognitive science or psychology with an emphasis on cognition, depending on the program offered. My undergraduate major is psychology.</p>
<p>I was a transfer student and I just finished my junior year at UC Berkeley, thus far with a 4.0, all A's/A+'s. That could obviously change next year, but I have good work ethic and I can't imagine my GPA dropping under 3.9 at this point.</p>
<p>My community college and UC Berkeley consider my CC GPA to be 3.94-3.95, however, I was sick one quarter my first year and my grades came out terrible. My CC and UC Berkeley replace old grades with new grades, so they don't count most of that quarter. Every grade I've gotten since then has been an A/A+, so I hope grad schools will understand... and focus more on my Berkeley GPA. I would guess that if the old and new grades were averaged, my CC GPA would be around a 3.8. I hope they wouldn't calculate them separately.</p>
<p>I have a research internship at a pretty successful high tech company (based in the UK- London Stock Exchange, FTSE 250 Index, £125+ revenue), but it's market research. I don't know if that will help my application, but I assume it will help me get a research position at one of the psychology labs next school year and that will help.</p>
<p>My psych stats professor offered me a letter of rec already, so I've started that process.</p>
<p>If my GRE isn't super high, will my GPA help?</p>