What test scores and GPA are the minimum for admission?
The Graduate School has set a GPA minimum of 3.0. The Graduate Program of the Departments of Sociology and Rural Sociology has no strict cutoffs. Typically, the student we admit has an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.3. We prefer to see a GPA of 3.6 and above. (We know that some schools have resisted the grade inflation trend, and take that into account.) We consider a GRE score below the 50th percentile to be weak and a GRE above the 75th percentile to be good. We rarely admit students with a TOEFL paper-based (PBT) score below 620, computer-based score (CBT) below 260, or internet-based score (iBT) below 105. If your grades and test scores are weak, your chances of admission are low. But there are always exceptions. Students have been admitted with lower scores when they have provided other evidence of their academic ability and aptitude for research.
The Graduate School has set a GPA minimum of 3.0. The Graduate Program of the Department of Sociology and the Department of Community and Environmental Sociology has no strict cutoffs. Typically, the student we admit has an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.3. We prefer to see a GPA of 3.6 and above. (We know that some schools have resisted the grade inflation trend, and take that into account.) We consider a GRE score below the 50th percentile to be weak and a GRE above the 75th percentile to be good. We rarely admit students with a TOEFL paper-based (PBT) score below 620, computer-based score (CBT) below 260, or internet-based score (iBT) below 105. If your grades and test scores are weak, your chances of admission are low. But there are always exceptions. Students have been admitted with lower scores when they have provided other evidence of their academic ability and aptitude for research.
