{"id":5331,"date":"2018-12-10T10:13:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T15:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=5331"},"modified":"2018-12-10T16:37:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T21:37:41","slug":"how-hard-is-it-to-get-into-grad-school-for-econ-from-bc-gpa-what-resources-are-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/12\/10\/how-hard-is-it-to-get-into-grad-school-for-econ-from-bc-gpa-what-resources-are-there\/","title":{"rendered":"How hard is it to get into grad school for Econ from BC? (GPA) What resources are there"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5306\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5306\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw121018-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5306\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw121018-4-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"How hard is it to get into grad schoo for Econ from BC? (GPA) What resources are there\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw121018-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw121018-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw121018-4-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw121018-4.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How hard is it to get into grad school for Econ from BC? (GPA) What resources are there<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Boston College is a very good school, so you&#8217;ll at least have that as part of your overall profile. However, things like GPA, GRE, personal statement, and other &#8220;soft&#8221; factors are going to weigh much more heavily than the fact that you went to BC. Admissions requirements will vary between schools so you should determine what schools you&#8217;re interested in and get a feel for your chances of getting in. The Grad Cafe (<a href=\"http:\/\/thegradcafe.com\">thegradcafe.com<\/a>) can provide you with some useful admissions data. Talk to your BC Econ professors, too, and don&#8217;t forget the BC Career Center:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BC-career\">bit.ly\/BC-career<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston College is a very good school, so you&#8217;ll at least have that as part of your overall profile. However, things like GPA, GRE, personal statement, and other &#8220;soft&#8221; factors are going to weigh much more heavily than the fact that you went to BC. Admissions requirements will vary between schools so you should determine &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/12\/10\/how-hard-is-it-to-get-into-grad-school-for-econ-from-bc-gpa-what-resources-are-there\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How hard is it to get into grad school for Econ from BC? (GPA) What resources are there&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-career"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5331"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5361,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5331\/revisions\/5361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}