I will be done with my bachelors degree this summer and I am wondering if I should just go to grad school?

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I will have a B.A in Political Science a B.A. in American Studies - ya double major 
and a minor in history
I have a 2.3 at the moment but that will be on its way up since i am retaking some classes i didn't do anything for over the summer thanks to some personal issues ...
i'm just not sure if i have enough time to pull the whole thing up to a 3.0 but i have been reading on some of the websites that a 2.7 is sufficient if a 3.0 is pulled off the last year of undergraduate course work

i'm not sure

any suggestions

the job markets not so bright at the moment
and going for my masters should give it time to settle up and stuff right? i guess there is also always the college professor path 

for further education i am considering: either law school or a masters in either public policy or planning or public administration

Jesus is our Savior · Accepted Answer

Well one of my professors had an undergrad gpa of barely 3.0 and he said he BARELY got into Grad school. Internships will help, but I don't know of many Grad schools that will take a 2.3 gpa. I mean if you were to have a 2.9, but even that's slim. Many grad schools have a GPA cut off at 3.0. Also if you can get some letters of recommendation from some of your professors that can help.

boogie · Answer

Your grades are too low to get in a good grad school unless you have something else to show like extra family commitments that caused the low grades, or perhaps you are working a lot of hours or maybe your book that you just published took time away from your grades.  Why did you have a double major if you could not handle the workload and get better grades?? Go work as a summer intern in a field that you might like to have a career in and while you are doing that, send out your grad school applications.  Not too many college professors have C averages and are hired unless they have other things going for them.

K S · Answer

Why not put some feelers out?  Go to the career center on your campus and a few recruiting fairs.  See if you get an interview.  Go ahead and look at grad school.  Poly Sci and History are good starts for merit based state jobs.

Anonymous · Answer

You have a low GPA and no work experience that you mentioned.  Graduate Degree programs, or at least good ones, are going to want to see work experience, especially with a low GPA like yours.  If you want to go to Law School, that GPA better get up and over a 3.5.  Your LSAT score better be around a 170.

I will be done with my bachelors degree this summer and I am wondering if I should just go to grad school?

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