What grad schools can I apply to?

[awesome3141]

I'm looking for recommendations for grad schools. I believe I am an overall solid applicant, but have one significant weakness. I'll highlight a few of my strengths as an applicant first though. So I currently attend what's considered a public ivy and is consistently ranked anywhere from #1 to #5 best sociology program in the US and the world. I have a significant amount of sociology research experience (I've RA'd for 5 different projects in total). I've also lead-authored 2 papers in lower-level but reputable journals, and have a third paper pending publication in a very respectable mid-tier journal. My GRE scores are pretty good (165 Verbal 168 Quantitative). I've further taken a huge breadth of sociology coursework including graduate seminars. My school has some very top-notch Sociology faculty that I have good relationships with too.

My weakness though: my GPA is terrible. I'm a double major in Mathematics and Sociology and my school has a heavily grade deflated math department. My current cumulative GPA is 2.8. Most of that is a result of math courses however. I would have something like a 3.3 GPA if my grades in math were not included, and about a 3.3 again in sociology coursework. As a result of my low cumulative GPA however, it has become increasingly clear that there's a lot of places I cannot apply to due to programs that have strict GPA cutoffs.

So here's my question: what specific sociology graduate programs treat GPA less significantly in looking at applicants? 

[jriveracal]

What are your research interests?

[calmdown]

That GPA is very low. You probably won't be competitive for good programs and you shouldn't consider lower ranked programs for this life. Your best bet is to get a terminal MA somewhere (maybe in stats or data science to prove your quant bona fides) so you can prove you can bowl strikes when you want/need to. Hope this helps. 

[p287]

I'd recommend speaking with an advisor at your school about options to improve your grades. Depending on your school's policies, it may be worth taking an extra semester or year to re-take some of your courses. Besides just getting you into grad school, undergraduate courses are meant to prepare you for what comes next; having a better grasp of course material will only help you in grad school.