Need feedback on my academic record
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:22 pm
I have a Bachelor's degree in Physics. I finished it at a different institution than that which I started, walked out with 2.9-3.0 GPA (45 credits). At my previous institution I had a great deal of credits (in engineering) and I did not do good at all. Long story short, my undergrad was not a good trial. However, I managed to get into a master's program in Nanoscale science and have done really well in it (3.9 GPA) and I'm about to finish it soon (confident in keeping the GPA high) + alot of research experience.
I plan on applying to a couple phd programs in nanotechnology and the minimum graduate admission requirements are a 3.0 GPA in the last 60 hours of undergraduate work. So I have a couple questions: I got my bachelor's degree from a school where I completed less than 60 credit hours, if I include my GPA from the previous institution to reach that 60 credit minimum then it kills my GPA down to a 2.67. Given my good grades in my master's program will this requirement be more weighted towards my master's grades? Should I calculate my GPA based exactly on the order of classes taken with respect to time including my previous institution (even though those classes didn't count toward my physics degree)?
If anyone has been on a graduate admission committee and could give me feedback, I would really appreciate it. Sorry for the length of the post.
I plan on applying to a couple phd programs in nanotechnology and the minimum graduate admission requirements are a 3.0 GPA in the last 60 hours of undergraduate work. So I have a couple questions: I got my bachelor's degree from a school where I completed less than 60 credit hours, if I include my GPA from the previous institution to reach that 60 credit minimum then it kills my GPA down to a 2.67. Given my good grades in my master's program will this requirement be more weighted towards my master's grades? Should I calculate my GPA based exactly on the order of classes taken with respect to time including my previous institution (even though those classes didn't count toward my physics degree)?
If anyone has been on a graduate admission committee and could give me feedback, I would really appreciate it. Sorry for the length of the post.