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Originally Posted by agretaker
Truth is, it may be hard to get into top schools with low GPA, especially since they're usually swamped with 4.0 or 3.9 applicants. You can try to differentiate yourself from the pack though... since you haven't graduated yet, you can try to get involved in as many research projects as possible, especially in the fields that you'll be applying for. Conference papers will help you get ahead of the competitions, journals will be even better. Hopefully you can also get some potentially awesome LORs in the process. |
I completely agree with agretaker on that.. Get as much research experience adn exposure as possible.. It will ensure that your appplication will be differentiated from the rest... In addition, your recommmenders wil be able to talk about your research potential in their recommendation letters if you are involved in a research project with them.. Thus, your
LORs will be stronger...
Conference publications will help a lot, journals are even better (though they would take a LOT of time and LOTs of work!!)