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Mar 27, 2009
Mar 27, 2009 
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If you get a good GRE score and have a good story about your GPA — you might be able to get into a top 20 school — but probably not a top ten one.
My undergraduate GPA was about the same as yours — but it was because I had a really bad Freshman year. I would have graduated with honors if I could throw out that first year. I got into a program that is ranked 15th. But I had high GREs and a story about my GPA. I never finished that program — but did well enough where I was able to get into Duke and Berkeley for graduate degrees years later.
If you have a much higher GPA in your major or in the last two years, you need to highlight that fact in your cover letter.
You may have luck with some of the better large public universities. Many of them have excellent programs and need graduate students to work as TAs. Some of these programs aren’t hard to get into — but are hard to stay in. But this gives you an opportunity. Schools like University of Minnesota, Ohio State, University of Texas and University of Wisconsin fit into this category.
Good luck.
