Low GPA and High GRE Score
By HSB
Question from Arya
Dear sir, I’m a third year computer engineering student studying under pune university. I appeared for mock GRE and scored nearly 1400 so I’m confident of earning a stellar score in GRE which I’m planning to appear for during mid October this year. But the problem is that i have a horrible undergrad academic record standing with a pathetic 51 percent.
I have gone through hundreds of blogs and websites which provide guidance for graduate school admissions, nearly all aspirants have much better GPAs and I’m beginning to get the low GPA blues. Can you please advice me on my situation. Should I drop this GRE thing and strive for something much more attainable. I can manage some strong recommendation letters and a neat sop, but the minimum requirements of most of the universities are higher than what I have to offer. Are there some ways to mitigate the ill effects of awful undergrad transcripts? please help me out of this..
Answer:
No worries, Pune and Mumbai University’s GPA are less. Universities in U.S. are aware of that fact. Universities from South India, like Anna University, Bharathiyar University offers higher scores like 80 to 90%, but all of my friends who graduated from Pune or Norther India Universities have low GPA, so thats not a major factor. And Again, GPA is not the only factor to get admission. So, get rid of the blues and think about greens($$).
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Sir i am a student of IIT Delhi and want to go for MS through GRE but the problem is that i dont have a very good cgpa and i also have 2 courses back.I want to know how much do the course backs matter in admissions in the top universities. I do have done some good projects and working really hard to publish a research paper related to my projects.
thanx.
My 10th aggregate : 71%
My 12th aggregate : 82%
My B.E. aggregate : 66%
I have a GRE score of 1010 – 320V and 690Q. How much would my GPA be? Are the school and college %’s added to calculate GPA? or till my engineering level of education? Can let me know my approx. GPA plz.
Dear Admin,
I am from Anna Univ my score is 66% my dept first is 88% ..
My GRE score is 1340.
I have lot of technical accomplishments.
2 projects from DRDO .
2 papers published in National Level Symposiums.
And lots of projects that fetched me accolades in college ..
I also have 1.2 yrs work ex as a JAVA programmer and hold 4 certifications (will be 2 yrs when I join).
I have also boot strapped a robotics company.. My only drawback is
my low acads .. Please give me some tips to over come it and get
an admit in a top college. My area of interest is Embedded Systems or Intelligent systems …
Sir,
I am a 3rd year student of IIT Delhi pursuing Btech in civil engineering. I am interested in doing MS from a top university in US. But I have a low CGPA of 6.5 which I can increase to 7.0 till my 4th year,which is still low. Please let me know if I should go for GRE. Does the university from which we do Btech matter?
To how much extent does the CGPA play role in gaining scholarships in top US universities? are there any other factors?
Please help me out as I am very confused at the moment what to do in the future…
Thank You sir
Hi Shashank
if you have read the article top to your posting
you should have no confusion
since you have one more year to go
prepare well
practice practice
and practice
use each moment to score high
utilize every opportunity to grow and glow
be enthusiastic and courageous
be an optimist
ok
it is not only gpa but other things that matters
your GRE, TOEFL, SOP, LOR,any research papers, service
all matters
so relax and concentrate on gre , toefl
and your final year studies
be confident and apply
good luck to you
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write to the admin of this blog
and there is a paid service too
inquire with admin
good luck
easwaran
Sir,
Actually im intrested to get MS degree from US reputable university and i have now recently graduated from Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology from Pakistan but i got little bit low GPA like 2.75/4. Can i be eligible for admission in US after getting good scores in GRE like 1200 ??
Please tell me Canadian universities GPA requirement too .. i’ll be grateful to you ..
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India
Hello Sir,
My GRE score is 1450(Q: 800, V: 650 AWA: 4.5)
I expect a score of 100+ in Toefl.
My Average is about 62.3% from Mumbai University.
Considering a good SOP and good letters of recommendations, what chance do i have of getting admitted to universities in the top 20?
Will the low average weigh against me?
Thanks in advance.
sir i had gre score of 950 and toefl of 100 and my G.P.A is very poor will i get admitted for ms program in us
hello sir,
I was really impressed by the way u had answered to all the queries. I gave my gre recently and ended up getting a low gre score 940(v-340, quants- 600). I used to get 1100+ in power prep and mock tests, but sadly ended up in this score. But I have an aggregate of 72%(BE- E&C – VTU, bangalore ) . I have been doing well in all my academics and am pretty confident about toefl too. Can u please help me out and suggest me few decent universities where i can get into
Shiney – Consider retaking GRE and improve your scores above 1100.
my gre score is 1340 and toefl score is 100 my aggregate in BE is 53% (VTU banglore india)is there any chances to get good colleage in usa for ms in vlsi can you mail me the list of colleages which will offer for this can you send me gpa for my BE 53% then what all the minimum requirement for me for to get in top colleages kindly help me what do what is th top colleage which can i get
hi sir,
my gre score is 1350
toefl 105
& here is the problem zone aggregate of 52.73% (from visveshvaraiya technological university) with 2year backs in 2nd year.. have been doin fairly from the 5th sem onwards…with 5th 60% 6th sem 61%… hope to do much better in coming sems… i would like to know if there is any chance for me to pursue my masters (MS) in electronics from any decent US university? if yes could u please suggest a few names…plus one more ques are there universities which consider only our last four sems marks or GRE score.. sorry for such a lengthy query… but wanted to be sure before taking any decisions and who elae can help me better than you sir…
i thank u for sparing your precious time and helping me out…hoping for an early reply….
@ainandrita – You have asked thoughtful questions. 1350 is very good score. Infact in recent comments, I haven’t seen 1350 score in long time. 52.73% is decent enough to get admission.
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Sir, I am 3rd Year Computer Science student from NIT Jaipur. I have not been able to get a good GPA and am currently standing at 6.5. However I can raise it upto 6.7. In a mock test for GRE I managed to get 1300 score and so I’m confident about getting a good score in GRE. Will I be rejected because of my low CGPA?
If not can you suggest some good universities both inside and outside of US which will accept this score.
@Vikram – Consider joining Premium Membership Club. It answer your questions and get know about organized way to apply to US Universities.
I am 3rd year Computer Science student from IIT Guwahati. I some how screwed my gpa. Currently my gpa is 7.3. and I can raise it to 7.5
And my major gpa is around 8
If I manage to get a decent GRE score, will I be able to get admit in any US univ with aid?
Please help me out. I am very much worried…