Are masters really easy to get into?

[brand990]

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Everyone always tells applicants with low GPAs to go to grad school and get a masters when they have like a 3.0-3.3 and then reapply. Is it really easy to get into masters programs? I was thinking about JHU or Upenn...

 

[BerkeleyPremed]

I'm looking into a master's degree as well. I hope they're easy to get into...lol.

 

[lola]

how easy it is to get into a master's program depends on the school and the degree. i highly doubt you could get into penn or john's hopkins with a 3.0-3.3, though some departments might take low gpa's -- public health comes to mind as not being too strict about gpa's. (fyi, i was rejected from jhu's public health program with over a 3.7).
if you do something like gtown's special master's program, you don't need a high gpa. competitive/academic science programs may not even offer master's programs (?). you might have to go for a phd and then stop after the master's degree. phd programs would be unlikely to take low gpa students i'd imagine.

 

[exigente chica]

An associate of mine got into Hopkins with a 2.98..

 

[exmike]

I was rejected one year to JHU w/ a 3.1 and 2100 on my GRE, accepted the next year (different program) w/ a 3.3

NOT the MPH though.

Average GPA for UC Berkeley SPH is 3.5, not that shabby.

It really depends on the program. For example comparing a masters in biomedical engineering with a Masters level post-bacc is laughable.

 

[XCanadianRagwee]

Originally posted by lola
i highly doubt you could get into penn or john's hopkins with a 3.0-3.3, though some departments might take low gpa's -- public health comes to mind as not being too strict about gpa's. (fyi, i was rejected from jhu's public health program with over a 3.7).

let's do a break down of some undergrad GPAs admitted to Hopkins grad (and none are public health), 3.25, 2.95, 3.10...just to list a few...

 

[brand990]

He may have been accepted to JHU grad because he was an undergrad there. I know schools are most forgiving of their own graduates if they have lower grades.

 

[XCanadianRagwee]

Originally posted by brand990
He may have been accepted to JHU grad because he was an undergrad there. I know schools are most forgiving of their own graduates if they have lower grades.

None of the people I listed above were Hopkins undergrads.

exmike....what program? PM me if you want please.

 

[speter33]

Originally posted by exmike
I was rejected one year to JHU w/ a 3.1 and 2100 on my GRE, accepted the next year (different program) w/ a 3.3

Can you clarify how the GRE is scored? From what I've read on their website it states that the verbal and quantitative sections are 800pts each. So the test would be 1600 points maximum. Plus there is a writting section that's on a scale of 6. I'm just wondering how you scored the 2100. thanx

 

[exmike]

Originally posted by speter33
Can you clarify how the GRE is scored? From what I've read on their website it states that the verbal and quantitative sections are 800pts each. So the test would be 1600 points maximum. Plus there is a writting section that's on a scale of 6. I'm just wondering how you scored the 2100. thanx

I took the old GRE. The analytical section was replaced with the writing section. Before there were three sections of 800 ts each. If you want to say just Verbal and Math then I got rejected my first time around with a 1410.

 

[notJERRYFALWELL]

Originally posted by speter33
Can you clarify how the GRE is scored? From what I've read on their website it states that the verbal and quantitative sections are 800pts each. So the test would be 1600 points maximum. Plus there is a writting section that's on a scale of 6. I'm just wondering how you scored the 2100. thanx

Analytical section?

Ah, exmike, too fast for me

 

[gointamedschool]

masters programs are easy to get into... i'm not sure about jhu or upenn... but i applied to 5 masters in biology programs with a 3.3 and a 2120 which included a crappy verbal (540 verbal, 780 math, and 800 reasoning) and was accepted to every single one of them: Tulane, UCSB, UCD, Boston U, and NYU.

 

[alleyez]

that's good to know

I'm going to have to consider grad school after i graduate undergrad


any more info on the competitiveness of masters programs?