Hello CyclingPsych: Well... I guess I don't know anything about this. It was many years ago when I managed to get myself into grad school. My academic situation would have been similar to yours. How I managed to get into grad school was that I had been working for several years in the field I wanted to go to graduate school for. And the field was one in which there was, at the time, a need. So I was accepted into two different programs actually, even though my prior academic performance would have suggested I would not get in. I hope something works out for you.