Hello,
I have a really poor GPA,
49.5% - Bachelor of Computer Applications
60% (6.77/10) - Master of Computer Applications
Additionally I have 19 months of exceptional work experience as a business owner, a really strong SOP which serves my business and somewhat good academic reference letters.
And I am applying for Electronics Engineering programs.
My first priority was Canada, and I have already applied to 10 Canadian Universities (got rejected from 1). But Canadian Universities are extremely GPA centric. I have a feeling that all 10 universities might reject me just by looking at my transcripts.
That being said, I am thinking about applying for universities in Europe. I am already avoiding the competition due to low GPA, such as Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom and Netherlands.
I am thinking about applying in Finland, Czech Republic, Denmark and maybe even Russia. Learning a language is not an issue for me, I always wanted to do so.
So the main question is,
Are universities in Europe, mainly the countries I am going to apply to, forgiving when it comes to having a low GPA? Will they look at other aspects of my profile?