<p>I got my BS EE at Penn State, and one of the professors there gave a presentation on selecting a grad school - he stated that you need a 3.5 to have a shot at a top-5 school, a 3.2 to have a shot at a top-25 school, and a 2.8 to have a shot anywhere. Bear in mind that these are minimums - apply to CalTech or MIT with a 3.5 and you had better have a whole lot more going for you. Also realize that undergraduate program strength plays in here as well - a 3.5 from Stanford might get you into MIT whereas a 3.5 from Boise State might not.</p>
<p>What will be the range of your final gpa, and from what school?</p>