Just discovered this site/thread this week, and wanted to post as I am an applicant with an unusually low GPA, as a result of personal struggles in undergrad
Age/Gender/Citizenship
28/M/USA
Undergraduate degree/School/Year graduated
BS in Environmental Planning / mediocre mid-Atlantic state-school / 2016
GPA - GRE - TOEFL
<2.6 GPA, no GRE
Work Experience:
1 year college planning internship @ a local nonprofit
6 years government planning work, 3 in lead/project management roles
Letter of recommendations: (from whom)
1 - undergrad advisor/prof in 3 classes
1 - boss, mentor throughout govt career
1 - senior colleague
1 - agency director
Schools applied to: MIT, Harvard GSD, Cal Berkeley
In: Cal
Out:
Wait-list:
Awaiting: MIT, Harvard GSD
Results: