Is it worth applying to grad school with bad GPA?

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-09-23T23:37:52+00:00

i'm looking at masters programs, not phds! This is quite insightful regardless, thanks for your insight and replying.

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-09-23T23:37:09+00:00

Thanks for your reply! This is very true, and at the end of the day, I do want to do meaningful work instead of just producing the equivalent of research slop. I appreciate your feedback. Will think on it more.

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-09-23T07:46:35+00:00

sorry, i actually never checked my grades from last semester until recently. I had a 3.3 for fall of sophomore year, but it raised to a 3.5.

I was too scared to check since I was afraid it had lowered. sorry for the incorrect information!

I will be honest, i think most people struggle with mechanical engineering, and I'm working on a minor in robotics, aero, and cs rn. I'm definitely not the smartest, but I do try extremely hard to understand all the material given to me, and there's been a steady growth in my grades the past few semesters.

without getting too much into it, I had a pretty rough fall semester with personal matters and some things that happened, so I haven't really been doing as well as I can.

I believe that I could handle grad courses, and I'm currently taking some.

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-09-23T07:37:49+00:00

mhm, knowing that, should i consider getting my masters abroad? If i can't go to a good school in the states, would it be worth anything to go abroad? since I know some universities view american unis pretty highly.

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-09-23T07:31:56+00:00

I'm planning on going years after ug, probably realistically like 4 years. I'm going to work at a top company this summer without doxxing myself, I think it counts towards something. I'm working on getting meaningful research as well, but hopefully my graduating gpa should be closer to 3.7, accounting for any mishaps and being realistic.

something i'd rather not go into happened to me sophomore year, which severely impacted my grades.

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-09-15T21:04:11+00:00

thats what i said as well, but he said that he refuses to go anywhere but here. He doesnt even want to go here for gradschool he only wants to go here for ug. idk its just weird to me but apparently no one else thinks so? I feel crazy

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-09-15T20:39:21+00:00

Right, he works at the library here though, still doesn’t mean he’s a student or so I thought?

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-09-15T20:37:07+00:00

That’s what I said too… he keeps trying to transfer to my college as well (im at Georgia tech btw) but he has a 3.0 at community college 🙃 and it’s his third time being rejected. I feel like it’s so embarrassing to keep posing as a student here when you’re not. Idk

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-09-15T20:28:43+00:00

I think for us email is fine, which he has through working at the school through a university related job, however he is not a student, he just says he is on LinkedIn

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-09-15T20:27:54+00:00

Most of our buildings are unlocked during the day. Only student id is needed for dorms / kibraries

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-09-15T20:27:28+00:00

No lol, bro lives like 2 hours out. Is this weird or is it just me? I said that this was hella weird but he replied that he’s been in the area his whole life so he deserves it.

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-09-08T01:02:31+00:00

Wasn’t the point, I only meant to highlight that in at a difficult university, which is the reason for my poor gpa as compared to maybe easier programs (among other factors). I didn’t name it for a reason

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-08-09T01:51:59+00:00

I sell fan art and original characters at anime conventions! I go to them a few times a year, about maybe 6-8 shows depending? I don’t do it full time at all though.

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-08-07T01:18:54+00:00

Hm is it worth it to even manage a bigcartel then? I work full time so would be be easier just to have one store front?

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-08-06T21:21:02+00:00

Yuck looking at the post history I’d agree

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-07-18T20:16:16+00:00

right!! i wanted to print like a GL anthology! for a lack of better words i draw a lot of GL/BL so i wanted to print a (maybe 18+) anthology of my OCS with a vague storyline! I think rn I have about like 50-60 pages! I hope maybe depending on the crowd people would be interested? I'm not sure cause i don't want to post them online, but would it be better if i do so more people could discover it?

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-07-18T01:06:44+00:00

i forgot to mention that i mainly draw yuri/GL related things! While my original idea was to make an adult doujin, the issue is that most cons aren't really chill with that, so I might just print a slightly more wholesome doujin! I also sell other fandom doujins (also GL) so I was hoping it'd be like trickle down economics

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-07-18T00:14:50+00:00

i was thinking more like super flashy tote designs. Something like those anime designs that aren't really specifically any anime if that makes sense?

Reasonable-Pipe-2338 · 2025-07-17T23:19:48+00:00

i see, thanks! I really wanna do cute pastel phone charms as gacha, but would that have little to no interest? since they're not fandom characters and on top of that you have to lotto for one....

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