PsyclicStatus

Hey guys I'm brand new here and I have so many questions. Sorry ahead of time for posting in the wrong place, etc, etc... My college career was, for lack of a better word, straining in more ways than one. My GPA is at about a 2.4 and for a while I totally gave up the idea of going to grad school all together. But I have a dream goddamnit and I am told there are other ways to get in. I have good rep with a few professors, am getting internships, etc, etc.. My questions are as follows: Is there any sort of collective database with all the grad school showing what the cutoff points for GPA, GRE, etc are? (I'm willing to go pretty much anywhere that will take me at this point) As for funding what kind of information lies out there?, I am not a privileged individual and need as many resources as I can get. What can I do to increase my chances of getting accepted? Should I just give up all together? Devote my life to the streets? I personally feel I have fantastic writing skills and incredible life experiences, would writing an amazing paper (I don't even know what the actual term is for that is, acceptance paper?) get me in the door? If anyone out there can answer any or all of these questions that would be most appreciated. Short on time at the moment so I can't just browse everything thats on this website, so if I need to be redirected please do so. I know, I am trying, thanks... -Psyclo P.S. I plan on going into research in psychology (I have a really solid plan)