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I want to share my application story with you. It's a story about how a guy with a GPA lower than 2.3 has gotten full assistantships. Of course, not by cheating. Repetedly, I have seen questions like "Can I apply to US schools with a GPA of 3.1." You can't imagine how I felt whenever I saw this kind of questions, unless you know that my GPA is less than 2.3 and was still applying. As Jinbo explained in the 9-Step Guide at BeBeyond, there is no sole factor that is decisive in admission. The GPA is about your past so isn't it more advisable to try to improve yourself than to cry over the spilt milk? A 3.1 GPA is really not bad, at least to me! In college, I ditched most classes to play tennis and cards or simply stayed in bed until lunchtime. In the last year, I had to face the reality that I possessed probably the worst academic records in the whole Department. I did begin to worry about my future as I realized that knowledge still played and would continue to play an important role in job searching. Also, for the most part, I grew tired of being a bad student. I wanted a change. I considered my situation and decided that I couldn't do much about my past, but I could give myself another chance to prove my intellectual strength.
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