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I do have some really good sources of recommendation letters right now in my hands, but I am worried if I can still use it years after I leave school, or how should I find such people outside school? Thanks for all the responses, and is that really true about the research, GRE, GPA sequence? That sounds more promising. I am most interested in ecological and behavioral study. However, my undergrad research topics are kind of random and peripheral. I was exposed to some anatomy, some behavior, and some plants. Each of them belongs to different types of organisms. I haven't narrowed down my topic, or organisms of interests. And seriously, what kind of job can I do that is in my field, with low requirements, and helps my applications. I mean I can't just keep taking classes or volunteering in labs. I know there are some field jobs that just need you to do data recording or survey sort of things, but I haven't seen a lot of those lately. I found some lab room positions that requires only high school diploma, but those are more of the chemical chores.

I've spent way more years in college to try to get myself graduated. I'm still working on my degree and I did not pull my GPA up. I only got 2.2/4.0. Sounds bad enough. Grad school is a total voluntary decision. I know it is not likely a righ-away thing looking at how bad my GPA is, but I want to know my chances. I am here to ask questions because I figure this is not a place where people question you why the hell you want to get into grad school. I'm in the biology field and I got chances to do some undergrad research stuff. I'd like to hear your advice about methods that I can do between undergrad and grad school to make up my GPA problem, so the grad school can weigh lighter on my GPA and heavier on my other performance. I want to be able to support myself after I graduate from college but I'm worried that a restaurant or market job is not relevant to my profession and not helping on my application. What can I do?