newrealization

anyone?

OK, I also just checked my undergrad grades. At my first 2 schools, cumulatively I was at 2.84, a little better than I thought. I've since had 18 sociology credits that have brought the cumulative GPA up to (by my calculation) 2.9764556962. I have another 15 credits to go (I can transfer an intro class) and if I continue to get straight A's I'll be at 3.06520231214. That puts me over the 3.0 minimum, but my highest undergraduate grades are at state schools while my poor grades are at Boston University. Regardless, my graduate grades have been very very high and I hope to do well on the GRE. The question remains, how best to spend my time before applications? Thank you for reading and especially to those who have/will respond(ed).

Sorry for the ambiguity in my first post. The second bachelor's degree is 36 credits in sociology, and they will double count my other credits and award a second bachelor's degree. As long as I continue to get straight A's (or close to it) it will take my GPA above the 3.0 minimum, which is the main reason I decided to do it. At the think tank I intern at, I work as a research assistant. I am also starting a research project with one of my professors. My statistics credentials are not great, which is why I was considering the ICPSR summer program at Michigan. I guess it will come down to the best way to atone for my poor original undergraduate grades. What can I do with my remaining time that would impress an admissions committee most? By the way, in my education MA program, I am currently taking only statistics and sociology courses in the sociology department in my final semester. I figure that should help demonstrate that I can handle the rigor since the NYU sociology program is really strong and most of my classmates are doctoral students.

OK, so the bottom line is I am an idiot that did not take undergrad seriously and had about a 2.7 cumulative GPA, with a 2.4 at Boston University, the place I graduated. Since then I got an MA at Korea University with a really high GPA and I currently have a 3.96 at NYU in an education program. I'd like to go for a PhD in sociology. My first plan was to go back to an undergrad school and get a degree in sociology to raise my GPA above the 3.0 minimum, which I am half done with. I am trying to figure out what will help me most up until I apply in the fall/winter of 2015. I still need to take the GRE. I'll finish the NYU MA this fall and the second bachelor's this spring. What should my next move be to prove that I am smart and a good student and I was just an immature idiot at BU? How can I maximize my chances of acceptance? Ideas I've had for the summer: * Do the ICPSR 8 week summer program at U Michigan and show that I can handle statistics well for research. * Take a ton more undergrad classes to raise my GPA. * Study the GRE like crazy and score as high as possible. * Try to do a research project with one of my professors. * See if I can continue working at the public policy think tank the I intern at. Assuming I can only do one of these things, which will look best to doctoral admissions committees? If not one of these things, what would you suggest. And yes, I know I am stupid and everyone who told me that I should have taken undergrad studying seriously was right. I know. I really really really know.