kmast88

I'm getting ready to apply to some PhD programs in Comp Lit. Emory is my dream school. Their program seems perfectly suited to the research I want to do. However, when I got my MA in French, my GPA was only 3.22. (I was working part-time and raising a pre-school aged son on my own.) I did better as an undergrad. I know I need to apply to some less competitive schools, but it's hard to get a feel for how competitive a program is. Can anyone recommend some good safety schools?

Thank you for the encouragement! My undergrad GPA was pretty good (3.6), but when I got my MA, I was raising a child on my own and working part-time on the weekends in addition to my TA responsibilities, so I didn't always get the A's I wanted. My graduate GPA was 3.22. Now, I'm worried that I won't get into a PhD program. I've got 12 years of excellent work history, a decent GRE score and good LORs. Hopefully that will be enough to compensate.