cancershark13

I am going into my fifth year because I had to take a year off of school to fight cancer. Prior to my diagnosis I was in the wrong major, didn't know what I wanted and now I'm on my third major, which I am in love with and definitely want to pursue further. I really screwed myself over with my previous majors and my GPA is a 2.67/4.0. It also gets complicated because I transferred twice so I have multiple transcripts and my current school doesn't use credits earned at previous institutions into my GPA calculation. I am a marine biology major and want to earn my Master's but most of the programs require a 3.0 GPA minimum. Is this a hard requirement? Will I be turned down immediately? Or will I have the opportunity to explain that I didn't know what I wanted and then got sick. I still have a year left and I'm hoping I can bring my GPA to a 3.0 but I'm afraid I won't be able to.