For what it’s worth, I’m extremely interested, and I kinda need a scholarship. It sounds fun and challenging, and I like being challenged. It’s a good thing that they will accept someone with a not-so-great GPA if they turn in a good essay, since I’m proud of my writing skills, and my GPA is...not great. That being said, it’d be awesome if you let me see your admissions essay. I’d be grateful.
Yay! I’m glad that the info was useful to someone! I messaged my essay to you.
If it helps you should know that my grad GPA was 3.5, but my undergrad GPA was only 2.465, and they still accepted me. To compensate for having a low GPA, I recommend mentioning any non-school STEM activities you do: study rationality, read books on math for fun, program games, try to build things just to see if you can, etc...There’s a big difference between “I have a low GPA because I don’t care about learning my subject” versus “I have a low GPA, but I’m always busy learning things on my own.”
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For what it’s worth, I’m extremely interested, and I kinda need a scholarship. It sounds fun and challenging, and I like being challenged. It’s a good thing that they will accept someone with a not-so-great GPA if they turn in a good essay, since I’m proud of my writing skills, and my GPA is...not great. That being said, it’d be awesome if you let me see your admissions essay. I’d be grateful.
Thanks for this post, btw.
Yay! I’m glad that the info was useful to someone! I messaged my essay to you.
If it helps you should know that my grad GPA was 3.5, but my undergrad GPA was only 2.465, and they still accepted me. To compensate for having a low GPA, I recommend mentioning any non-school STEM activities you do: study rationality, read books on math for fun, program games, try to build things just to see if you can, etc...There’s a big difference between “I have a low GPA because I don’t care about learning my subject” versus “I have a low GPA, but I’m always busy learning things on my own.”