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Thank you both for your insight, it is much appreciated! These are good things to ruminate over as I figure out what to do with my life.

Thanks for the information. Does anybody else have insight on this? Will having a master's going into a second master's in HESA be a detriment in terms of acceptance? I thought it would be a positive because of the significant increase in GPA, but hopefully the negatives don't outweigh that. Any more info would be wonderful.

Hi all, This is my first post, though I have been active reading on the site for quite some time. I know there are quite a lot of posts asking similar questions, but any insight would be appreciated. I am wondering how likely I would be to gain admittance to mid-top tier programs in higher ed/student affairs. I am looking at master level programs exclusively. I have spent a ton of time perusing student class profiles of various schools, but it is so hard to take all factors into consideration. My primary interest upon graduating would be to work in international ed (with internation students/study abroad office) or possibly in housing. These are my stats: Undergrad (relatively unimpressive state university): 3.0 GPA Graduate (will finish MPA from same school as undergrad in December): 3.9 Undergraduate work/campus life experience: RA for 3 years, housing desk assistant (in living centers) for 2 years, semester abroad (during which time I worked abroad as an English language assistant), volunteer as an international student mentor upon returning from semester abroad, other various involvements in campus clubs Graduate work/experience: Graduate assistant for first year of program in financial aid office, GA for second year in research-based position unrelated to education, research assistant for two separate faculty research projects So that's about it. I haven't taken the GRE, but would probably score reasonably well (24 on ACT...though that is hardly relevant anymore). Dream school would be UMich (I am a MI resident), but I feel as though my low undergrad GPA would hold me back. Other schools I have considered are MSU and Indiana University, but am relatively open minded about it. I am ideally looking for programs with mandatory/guaranteed assistantships/practicum experience. Any insight would be great. Thank you!