Sphex

GPA ~2.4 GRE (estimated based on practice tests, because I'm can't-buy-ramen broke) 170 quant 163 verbal 5 writing No research experience. None. No publications. No internships. Nothing. I'm about to finish a BS in math, with minors (for all they matter) in psychology and philosophy, at a minor public university in the midwest, after starting my undergrad back in '06. My background in CS is also somewhat lacking, though I have enough familiarity with the style of thinking typically required and the discrete mathematics employed that a great deal of the material comes to me rather naturally. Frankly, I would be applying directly to cognitive science programs, but I've found roughly zero granting an MS or MA rather than a PhD, and I'm trying to remain at least remotely realistic about my admissions prospects. As such, I'm predominantly interested in programs doing AI research or granting an optional certificate in cogsci, in order to continue my studies while also demonstrating my fitness for such a doctoral program later. As for the atrocity that is my undergrad GPA: chronic, debilitating major depression sucks, as does abject poverty. These have both figured more prominently in my academic career than I'd like to admit or explain. The good news is that the first of these, at least, is under control for the first time in over a decade. Any advice regarding where/how/whether I ought to apply would be greatly appreciated, as would any direction as to what I ought to do in order to make graduate study a future possibility if the answer to the "whether" portion is a simple "nope".