<p>So I'm doing Mechanical Engr with a 3.789 GPA, and I had grad school as an option... until this semester.</p>
<p>I'm doing horribly in my classes this semester - 3 C's and 2 Bs but hopefully I'll pick it up.</p>
<p>Anyway, how important is GPA to get into grad school? Do they particularly look at your upper level courses (that I am bombing)? At this rate, I'll probably finish with ~3.5</p>
<p>A 3.5? So your grades will be evenly split between B+ and A-. Don’t sweat it.</p>
<p>Graduate school admissions varies.</p>
<p>They might look at your overall gpa, major gpa or just your upper division (last 2 years) worth of classes. Depending on your focus they might look at specific classes. </p>
<p>What classes are you bombing?</p>
<p>What graudate programs are you looking at? 3.5 is nothing is be ashamed about IMHO.</p>
<p>It’s not so much the 3.5 I’m worried about, as it is the bad grades in upper division classes… 2/3 classes I’m getting a C in are major classes… I’ll work hard to bump it up but I don’t see my final grade going above a B… 1 is elective that I don’t really care about</p>
<p>I dont’ think they look that much into what classes you got C’s in and what classes you got A’s in. It’s the overall GPA and the major GPA that count. It’s very important I would say it’s 40-50% of the admission process (depending on each school criteria). The rest are test scores (math GRE), 3 letters of recommendation, and research experience / your statement.</p>
<p>If you want to major in X you typically need to have good grades in X, especially for graduate school. While your GPA won’t keep you out of graduate school, you’ll need a strong GRE and research experience to make up for it.</p>