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Hi, I'm relatively new to this forum, but after reading several posts am so happy to discover this forum!!! My situation: I attended a major US university majored in Economics looking to apply for Msc Econ targeting only european schools (really want the experience and travel across europe :D) I have a very low overall GPA 3.4,,,, major GPA is quite good, haven't confirmed with the school for specific major GPA, but among my econ courses have three Bs and the rest either A or A-. For math level I will be comfortable because I am only one course short to double major mathematics,,, So I've taken all the hard math courses, i think that's one major reason for my low GPA. My GPA for entry or medium level math courses is pretty good, so I guess math level would suffice for msc econ requirement. GRE score: reasoning 680 Quan 800 Analytical 3.5 LORs: pretty weak LORs,, since I graduated three years ago I can only provide references from work, since none of the professors will remember me... and my work is only finance related, not econ related. Target school: LSE Warwick UCL U of Amsterdam (any recommendation is welcome!) My major question is, I understand LSE min requirement for overseas GPA is 3.5, would they consider my major GPA tho,,? How important is cumulative GPA in this case? Since LSE is my top choice,,, please someone tell me if I've got a chance. And please if my list of schools are aiming out of my reach, recommend some schools that I would have a chance! Although it might look like I'm not seriously considering msc of Econ, but after working for a while I realize I prefer school much better, and might even pursue a PHD in the future, I might not have been serious in studying before but I'm determined to achieve high GPA in graduate school... Thanks in advance!!!!

So my univ. (located in the largest country in SE Asia) basically did not have "+" nor "-" kind of grades at all.. The standards are extremely low too: A is for 80-100, B is for 70-79, C is for 60-69, D is for 50-59, and E is for And even though someone end up with a "65" but he is the highest, they won't change the number (still "65") but they'll mark it as an "A".. I'm a bit scared about this.. Do univ. out there (US,UK,europes) require a full-translation of the Grade Points? For example even though i get 80 which means an A here, they require me to transfer the number "80" to their respective system.. Or they'll just go with the letters or GPA published by my side? Oh and yes.. the system here is scaled just normal: 4.0 max..