ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I have asked so many questions regarding this and i do have many possible answers.

All grad school cares about is this "can this student handle our program". Your GPA is just some stupid number that tells said grad school your work ethic and nothing more. Having a higher GPA is indeed the easiest way into grad school but its not the only there are other ways to get in.

1) Pay for non-degree graduate level courses at said grad school and show the professors their you indeed can handle their program by getting good grades. After you get good grades in several of their classes available talk to the guy in charge and apply.

2) Get a job where future positions require a graduate degree. Work hard in there and get into graduate school through work training programs.

3) Do some independant research and go to student conferences and present your research. You typically want to do research in something this graduate school currently does research in.

4) Get impressive letters of reccomendation.

5) get high scores on your "gmat?" Pretty sure thats the buisness one but you know what i mean.

All of these 5 things are legitamate ways to bolster your graduate school resume. You don't necessarily need a 3.0 even though they say you do.

OH yea, your GPA for grad school is major related only courses. THey don't care about anything else.