minimum GPA
Sep. 30th, 2007 01:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guslI might make this an email template, as I might need to send several emails like this:
Do admissions committees really consider something as flawed as raw GPA? If not, then why do their webpages suggest otherwise? Are GPA-cutoffs institution-level requirements (like the requirement of submitting GRE scores)?
Dear Prof. _________,
I am interested in your research, and intend to apply to the ________ PhD program offered by your institution.
The application page seems to suggest that a minimum GPA of ___ is required. My Bachelor's GPA was 3.25 (3.33? in CS major; 3.3? in Math major), which is below that.
In the last year, however, I have acquired significant research experience at CMU, as will be made clear by two of my recommenders. With one of them, I am close to submitting a paper to UAI.
Should I still bother to apply, or will the minimum GPA rule automatically disqualify me?
Gustavo
Do admissions committees really consider something as flawed as raw GPA? If not, then why do their webpages suggest otherwise? Are GPA-cutoffs institution-level requirements (like the requirement of submitting GRE scores)?