What are my chances of getting into graduate programs with a 2.5 GPA?

[Mariam Qasim]

Which programs? I am really open to anything...business, law school, teaching, psychology, or neuroscience. Thanks!

[sacklunch]

Those are a pretty diverse group of interests . I would consider doing a post-bac, if possible, and looking into specific school minimum GPA requirements.

[Mneme]

To put it bluntly, poor. I speak from experience.

That being said, a post-bac/moderate to extensive research experience + strong letters + strong SOP can offset that.

What exactly are you trying to go into?

[Kitkat]

Which programs? I am really open to anything...business, law school, teaching, psychology, or neuroscience. Thanks!

I don't want to sound mean or anything, but if you really open to anything and have a 2.5 GPA, why are you thinking about grad school? I would think that it would be less of an issue if you had a good reason for the GPA and had a proven interest in the field you wanted to go into, but the impression that you don't have that considering the way that you are asking this. By proven interest I mean things like internships, research or something like that. I only mention this because with a lot of the fields that you listed, they can get pretty competitive.

But I think that the main thing for you is, do you really want to go to grad school or are you just not wanting to get a job or something yet? After all you are looking at 2 to 6 years of your life depending on what kind of degree and possibly a lot more debt. You should make sure that you are really serious about this. That and adcomms will probably get a good idea of how serous you are about your application when you apply. If I am questioning you about this now, they probably also will when you apply, and most likely will reject you if they feel that you are not as interested in the program as other applicants.

[wetcardboardbox]

It's not a good idea to apply to whatever is easiest to get into. My GPA isn't as high as I would like partly because I wasted a lot of time pursuing a subject I hated. I was miserable enough then; I can't imagine having to go through that experience yet again. In addition, you're going to have a tough time filling out grad school applications if you don't have any interest or background in your intended field.

What did you major in as an undergrad? If you didn't like it, what are you interested in studying now? Don't take your GPA into consideration when trying to answer these questions. Whatever it is you want to do, you can make grad school admissions work out for you.