Can a masters help a very low uGPA?

[Futuredentist2332]

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I just finished a masters program and my GPA was verified today. My GPA for my masters was a 3.4 (SMP), however my uGPA is very low, im talking 2.63. Its mainly due to health problems in my family. And now im extremely worried that schools will take my undergrad GPA into consideration. I would love some advice
Thank you

 

[deemoa]

From my understanding, any masters program (even an SMP) is a completely separate masters GPA and does not affect your undergrad GPA. Some schools (if not most) have GPA cutoffs around 2.75 (science & cumulative) that would disqualify you even if the rest of your application is amazing. Just looking at GPA ranges of accepted students that schools publish, the lower end of the range of most (but not all) doesn't dip below 2.7. I'd look into which schools genuinely don't have a cutoff and only apply to those, or to pursue a formal/informal postbac to raise your undergrad GPA above the cutoff of whatever schools you want to apply to, because only undergraduate level courses will raise your uGPA.

 

[Bxmedbound07]

I just finished a masters program and my GPA was verified today. My GPA for my masters was a 3.4 (SMP), however my uGPA is very low, im talking 2.63. Its mainly due to health problems in my family. And now im extremely worried that schools will take my undergrad GPA into consideration. I would love some advice
Thank you

Can I ask what SMP you finished? I'm in a similar situation with a low GPA due to family health issues. For the last 3 semesters of my undergrad I received all A's but my gpa is still less than favorable.

 

[Faefly]

I am sorry about your family health problems. I have experienced the same thing while I was preparing for the DAT and ended up not studying for a while. The fact you have to be there for your family takes priority and the stress that accompanies such situations is too much.
Not many people understand how much this can affect us as students because simply they were not in our place. I hope schools will understand your situation and after all, you still managed to improve your GPA. I recommend you explain that in your personal statement or somewhere but do not make it the whole focus of your PS.

Best of luck.