Norman G

I also applied to Duquesne, DePaul, WashU, U of Memphis, U of Oregon, and Loyola. Hey, at least Loyola didn't charge an application fee! All the best and good luck

Wow, what a list

Some of the schools on your list (Loyola for instance) do not provide any type of funding for their terminal MA program. IMO unless you have a great deal of cash, try to stay away from MA programs that don't offer any funding to students. There are great terminal MA programs that do offer funding to students, but they are normally at a school that doen't offer a five year Phd program. All the best and good luck

I'll keep on working full-time at McDonald's

Really Meredith? Those are not bad scores.

Jon, I wouldn't let a slightly lower than average GPA deter you from applying to graduate programs this fall. There are numerous factors that go into a schools decision process when reviewing applicants. That being said, a 3.2 GPA won't get you into Harvard--and I'd be skeptical about St. Louis U and U of Toronto (at least according to Peterson's guide to Graduate School both of those schools, which are top schools on the Gourmet Report, have around a 6% acceptance rate). http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2011/03/are-some-schools-using-undisclosed-gre-cut-offs-in-admissions-decisions.html (there is some good discussion about GPA and other "cutoff" information in the comments section) Best of success, Norman