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Thanks for your respond. Since I am a native Chinese, due to my language ability, I am looking in doing either Chinese modern history or comparative global history, which is sort of what the program I mentioned offers. I am not doubting the teaching quality of this program, because CUHK is one of the best college in Hong Kong researching on Chinese history, and they have some renown professors teaching in the program. What worries me is the program's connectivity to Phd, since I am not sure how research-based is it. That is the reason why I am also looking for options elsewhere. For my GPA, I understand that I will not get admitted to the best programs, but I am still hoping to get into one that can best prepare me for Phd.

Hi, I have a similar situation as the author of this post: I have gradated with a degree in economics with a GPA of 2.72 from a top 50 US university last year. I did manage to get an average of 3.4 in my last 2 semesters. It also includes one A on a mid-level history, which, the professor is willing to write a letter of recommendation to me. I am hoping to do teaching, if not researching, in history, mostly at college/associate degree level in the future. Therefore, I am hoping to apply for MA now and start studying in next fall. I am currently working as TA at a secondary school, luckily with a chance of teaching history to lower form students, which I hope would help my application. Unfortunately, I am currently living in Hong Kong and therefore I have limited options here. I would like your advice on this program http://www.history.cuhk.edu.hk/ma_adm_requirements.html CUHK is offering. I heard it is a rather easy program to apply to, but what worries me is that there is no requirement of history methods courses in its syllabus, which means it might not be the best course to prepare me for Phd. I don't really have any idea of where to apply to with my GPA. I am open to options everywhere around the world, any input would be great.

I have graduated from a top 50 university with a degree with Economics last spring. It took me some time to figure out what I am passionate about and what my strengths are, and now I am considering to build my career towards the field of history. That is why now I am thinking of going back to college to earn a second bachelor degree of history. I will be applying for re-enrollment which should take one year to finish. However, I am facing a few obstacles. First, it requires an extra year of time and money (since I am an international student, it will be more), which is a trade off against job experience. Second, I am considering the possibility of entering grad school, which I understand it will be quiet difficult. The reason is because my general GPA is only 2.71, mostly due to my extremely low GPA in first 2 years of college. Even I am getting a 3.8, 3.9 GPA for my re-enrollment courses (the good news is I am confidence and prepared about that), my overall GPA will only be 2.9x. So the question is, does it worth it? For the undergraduate degree along, I am uncertain about career options that I will have an advantage over with, other than being a museum curator. As for being a history teacher, I do not know if I posses the quality of secondary education. If I am applying for graduate schools, I am not sure if I prepare to face the disappointment of acing out in my extra year and got rejected by most of them.