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alundra · Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Posts: 1

sadly, past personal and medical problems caused conflict during my first year of undergrad school leaving me with a gpa of 3.3. i'm a second year now and i still want to become a neuropsychologist, but frankly does this kill my chances of getting into a good graduate school?

208er · Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 16

i wouldn't think so...i've recently went through the process of applying for doctoral programs and though grades are important, it seemed that a solid history of past research work/clinical experience and in some cases gre scores and a solid interview can overshadow a lower gpa...just not too low Smile

with enough hard work i'm sure you can raise your gpa high enough...3.6/3.7, a solid vita and interview and you should be golden...best of luck

Dan

dalin · Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 2

A low GPA won't kill you, but it sounds like you have time to work on improving it. Your major GPA and your GPA for the last 60 hours at the time of application are also important aspects. You can certainly compensate for your GPA by doing research and obtaining solid GRE scores. I was in a similar situation to you and I was able to raise my GPA and get into grad school, so I know it can be done.

lash · Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:19 pm Post subject:

Do well in years 2 & 3, then it will be higher than a 3.3 and you won't be worried about it. That's not a horrid GPA anyway, and most programs care more about GRE scores than freshman year GPA.
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