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Originally Posted by wildflowerchild25
My old coworker agreed to be a reference for me. I printed out the transcript requests for both colleges I've attended. I'm a little worried about admission because I have one C+ on my transcript for my post baccalaureate degree that I started. The rest are As and my undergrad gpa was 3.85. So I hope they forgive the one C+. I took that class when I was in a horrible depression and had to miss discussion questions due to being hospitalized and then only got a 22 out of 40 on the final assessment. I missed the B by 7/10 of a point.
I'm nervous if this is the right move. I'm going to miss teaching but I'm only mediocre at it and it doesn't make me 100% happy. I just don't know if working in mental health would make me happy either. I hope so. I know getting my master's will make me happy. I will be so proud of myself if I can pull it off!
I'm just doubting my whole existence at this point lol. Getting fired really did a number on me! I just can't wait for the school year to be over so I can put it all behind me. Only three more days!
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FWIW, my ugrad GPA is 2.76 and my grad GPA is 3.68, and I was admitted into a very selective program. Not the same as your postbacc situation, but similar situation.
I had good recs and experience, and spent a lot of time on my SOP. Ugrad was biomedical eng and grad was computer science/eng. So even with a terrible track record in biomedical eng and me applying to a totally different program, I still got in. I made no mention of MH or health conditions during the admission process, either. (I wasn't even diagnose at the time tho.)
Trust me, grad programs like people with practical experience more than you'd think. I think my terrible GPA in ugrad was offset by research lab experience despite the research experience being in a totally different field, and I had applied for a terminal master's degree (i.e., no research requirement; therefore, no defense or dissertation, or thesis). Went from 2009-2013 ugrad, then 2013-2015 grad.
Did you write your SOP yet? Deadlines are weird for some colleges, and some don't really have any. If you want help writing an SOP about your reason for switching to a different field, sendme a PM and I can help. I think lost my SOP though. Otherwise, I would offer it. Unless I have it on google drive somewhere
Edit: found it if you want it