Just graduated college with a 3.52, does that make me a scrub

Name of university?

What is this? Your fucking blog?

>>8904083
>research university

GPA is less important than actually having good research under your belt. 4.0 I'd only really necessary if for some reason you never did any research to compensate

Are you a fucking idiot? Of course it's fine OP. 3.5 is good.

>>8904083
Good luck actually landing a gig.
"Networking" killed me and the 5 years invested.

>>8904397
>No networking
Have fun getting any funding, you autist.

>>8904083
I think if you have some research and good LoRs you might be able to for a masters. PhD would be much more unlikely imo. You could always get masters and then try for PhD tho

>>8904083
3.5 will probably keep you out of the top 20 grad schools in your field (assuming it's a good field like physics or chemistry). If it's something else, you might have a better shot. Note that your program at grad level is not relevant to the quality of your undergrad education. UC Irvine, for instance, is arguably top 10 in the country in theoretical particle physics, but there undergrad physics program isn't well respected.

But as others have said, GPA isn't the only factor--subject GRE can help balance GPA as a # (you'll have to kill it), then you'll need 3 great LoR and lots of research experience (preferably 1+ papers and a few conferences). If you're aiming for a school outside of the top 20, you should be fine if you have a balance of other things. If you have no research experience, you can probably say goodbye to grad school at a decent school (unless you're in a completely worthless subject)

>>8905107
This comment isn't always relevant. For instance, in the US for physics, very few programs offer just a masters, and having only a masters as physics comes as a big red flag. They take people into PhD programs who just get masters en route. Masters is typically more important in shit fields like non-science, and soft sciences like bio

What kind of GPA and experience would I need to get to a top 20 uni for a PhD in mathematics? Pure or applied

>>8905196
Ridic high. They're not taking a lot of people anymore as there's very few positions available...applied you might have a better shot at, but I don't know a whole lot about that field. For pure, you have 0 chance unless you know someone or published something pretty good.

>>8904083
Med schools probably dead for you as well. Just so you know.