Tom2230

Thanks a lot guys, very helpful replies.

Hoping to hear from somebody with experience! (IE has been accepted before). I'm going to be applying to Master's programs for fall '13 and have a few questions... I am a senior at Auburn university. My current GPA is seemingly kind of low, by the end of the semester it will be a 2.95 (Official). My first year of college, Physics, Spanish, helped attribute to this low score. I am confident that my GPA when I graduate (in May) will be over a 3.00. My real question is will my final GPA even matter to the schools I apply for next fall? Most applications (if not all) are due early in the spring, so the only GPA they will be looking at will be lacking my final semester of credits. Also, even with a GPA of 2.95 what are my chances of being accepted into ANY masters programs? I am taking the GRE next month, and I have research experience (past and current) in an IO Lab with one of my professors. If it helps, my three top prospective schools are: Middle-Tennessee State Unv. , Tennessee-Chattanooga, App. State. Thanks.