do you wanna go to grad school? (c’mon, let’s go and play…)

Hi there,

I have a 2.99 gpa and I’m in my technically 3rd year (this should be my fourth year, but I took off a semester for medical reasons, thus I’m behind). If I stay behind another year and graduate in 2016 instead of 2015, will my gpa reach at least a 3.3 to get into grad school considering that I take five courses in each semester?? I really want to get into grad school in England. Also, I don’t know of any professors so far. I haven’t actually put in the effort to go their office hours. Do you think another year is enough to get good reference letters?? How would I go about getting good reference letters?

Thanks!

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hey there,

i gotta say i don’t really get the first part of your question (i say that too much, don’t i? whoops). are you asking if it’s possible to bring your CGPA to a 3.3 in one more year? ‘cuz you don’t need me for that, you need a calculator.

so if your CGPA is 2.99 and you get a 4.0 next year, your CGPA will be a 3.24. however if 2.99 is your just AGPA for this year, then that’s a different story. you’ll have to do those calculations yourself, my friend, ’cause i don’t know enough about your marks to be able to tell. or you can e-mail me if i misunderstood your question, which happens.

also, i’m just saying, “grad school in england” could mean a lot of stuff. like, there’s a big difference between getting into oxford and getting into bangor U.

as for reference letters, i’d say one year is TOTALLY enough time. as long as you make a diligent effort right from the outset of the year to make yourself known (by going to office hours, speaking up in class, and making appointments to discuss papers/assignments) i think you can probably find a prof willing to be your reference. when it comes around application time, just go to the prof(s) who you seem to get along with best and ask! i don’t know what else you could possibly do. bring them chocolate maybe? beg? i dunno. if any current grad students have extra tips, please leave them as a comment.

best of luck! i hope you get to go somewhere rad in england,

aska