Your undergraduate GPA or grades are an extremely crucial part of your application. They reflect your ability to understand and synthesize conceptual material as well as shows effort and persistence towards your academic goals. 

When you apply for a Master’s degree, universities don’t need to see your high school grades. They will only ask for your official undergraduate academic transcripts. These transcripts must be submitted directly from your undergraduate institution to the universities that you’re applying to. Bear in mind, that universities don’t consider transcript submissions directly coming from students as “official.” 

You also need to make sure that transcripts of all semesters are submitted. If you’re still in the last semester of your undergraduate degree, then you must request your school to submit all transcripts up until the second last semester. However, universities will ask for the submission of your final transcripts once they admit you. It’s also important to note that universities may reconsider your admission if your final semester’s grades are low. You should maintain good grades in all your years of your undergraduate degree. 

Now you might be wondering what good grades are. Well, good grades are usually an 8.0 cumulative GPA or a 3.5 if calculating on the scale of 4 or 80% if you’re calculating the percentage. If you don’t have good grades, don’t panic. Universities in the US look at applications holistically. If you don’t have a good CGPA but your individual grades show a rising graph, that is they’ve improved each semester, then you don’t need to worry much. Universities really want to see dedication and improvement in students. Besides, an undergraduate degree also gives many opportunities for making your CV stronger through research work, extra-curricular work as well as part-time jobs. Having a strong CV really enhances your application. 

GPA and grades are extremely important, and there are always ways of improving your application in other areas! To get more information about how to apply to universities abroad for your master’s degree, please visit our website – www.unirely.com.