<p>Hello, this is my first post on collegeconfidential.com. I have been searching things that I wanted to ask and etc, finally I came up with the question that I am really curious about.</p>
<p>-I currently have overall gpa 2.7 / 4.0 attending Cal poly pomona,major in Comp. Sci graduating this quarter..
-GRE score is 1400.
-I have no work/research exp.
-two recommandation letters from my dept. professors so far.</p>
<p>My overall gpa is really low as you guys already know. However my last 90 units gpa are 3.7 since I tried my best to do well for last two years. I think I took about 4 G.E classes from last two years and rest of them are CS core/elec courses.</p>
<p>So can you tell me which good known colleges do check gpa from last 90 units?
And my chance to be accepted?</p>
<p>P.S Can I get one more recommandation letter from a professor of another dept other than comp sci?</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>Most graduate programs will focus on your last 2 years of undergrad. However, since your cum. GPA isn’t at least a 3.0 and you have no research experience I would HIGHLY recommend that you take 2 years off after undergrad and work or do research. This would boost your application and let the adcomm know that you’re more serious about a graduate education. During those 2 years you can also take a few graduate CS courses as a non-degree student to prove that you’re academically inclined and that you can handle graduate level courses. Good luck!!</p>
<p>Also, this will give you a chance to solidify another recommendation because nearly all programs will require 3 strong letters of recommendation. It’s best that they come from professors/employers that can judge your ability to succeed in a graduate program and as a computer scientist, so asking a professor outside of your discipline may not work in your favor.</p>
<p>Thank you creolan.
You answered my question really well! </p>
<p>One more question tho. I am sure not all of universities focus on last 2 years of undergrad, can you list me schools from tier 1 and tier 2?</p>
<p>I don’t know how many schools directly state that, but it is implied for pretty much all schools that they will look at your upward trend favorably.</p>