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My degree was in film (an easy degree I know). Also, does getting a second bachelor's and getting a good GPA in the 2nd bachelor's cancel out the first bachelor's at all?
My degree was in film (an easy degree I know). Also, does getting a second bachelor's and getting a good GPA in the 2nd bachelor's cancel out the first bachelor's at all?
Go to your local graduate school and take 2 or 3 classes non-matric and ace them. Then, take the GRE and rock the verbal section. Get a few good references from employers and they'll likely let you into the program, perhaps on a probationary basis.
Yes. You just need to be open-minded with your graduate school options. Many, but not all graduate programs require a 3.0 minimum undergraduate GPA. However if a program is less selective, then they can work with you; give provisional admission perhaps. You'll have to prove yourself in the first semester of graduate studies. This may be an option, even if it isn't obvious from the school website or catalog.
I seriously doubt if any reputable school would admit you. As mentioned above, see if you can take some classes on a provisional basis; if you do well in them your chances of being accepted into the graduate program will be greatly increased.
Why not take some time to do a bit of research. Many colleges state their minimum requirements for grad school on their website. I agree that a 3.0 GPA is what I've heard as a minimum requirement, but that may be for just the classes in the major.
3.0 in the last 60/90 hours is pretty much the standard. You might be able to pull together a provisional admission, where you have to take remedial undergrad courses to show you can handle academic work, but you will need other solid credentials and the support of the department to do this.
There are generally two separate admissions processes for grad school. You have to be admitted by the college/university and you have to be admitted by the school/department. In the case of professional school, the college and school might be one and the same. In the case of academic degrees, there will always be two levels. With the two tier admissions, the college/university admissions are normally the simple part. They are just a filter to make sure the department is admitting students that meet a minimum standard.
So, the hard GPA barriers are at the college or university levels, not the department level. If you give the department a reason to want you, they can vouch for you to the university to try to get you provisional admission.
But, the reality is that if you performed poorly in your last 60 hours, why should the department believe that you will perform well as a grad student? Rather than getting a second bachelor's, you might want to go the route of post-baccalaureate classes. Unfortunately, these can get expensive, but it would be your best chance to prove that you are prepared for graduate school. What jobaba said is really pretty accurate, though you might need more than 2-3 post-bac classes if your last 60 hours GPA was even worse than a 2.3.
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