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rmiller70015
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I just graduated with a bachelor's in physics and I am having trouble getting accepted to a PhD program. I transferred to the university from a community college where my GPA was something like a 2.1 (I went back and took some classes and it is not a 2.5) and I spent my first year in chemistry at the 4 year university, where my GPA was a 2.2. I realized that chemistry wasn't for me because I really like doing math. So I moved from the chemistry department to the physics department. My GPA went way up. I finished with a 3.7 in the physics program. Overall, my 4 year university says I have a 3.2 cumulative GPA, but with the community college GPA, I think that brings it down to below 3.0 and it hurts my prospects for getting into a PhD program.
However, I was accepted into a masters program. Ultimately I would like to get a PhD, so I'm wondering if I should just take the opportunity to do the master's program and transfer to a PhD and risk loosing a bunch of credits, or should I just go to industry and work for a while. Use the money I make to pay for courses at the community college and do some grade replaces to bring up my GPA.
However, I was accepted into a masters program. Ultimately I would like to get a PhD, so I'm wondering if I should just take the opportunity to do the master's program and transfer to a PhD and risk loosing a bunch of credits, or should I just go to industry and work for a while. Use the money I make to pay for courses at the community college and do some grade replaces to bring up my GPA.