PhD Applications with a low GPA (due to depression in my junior year)

[mathwonk]

one technique i used for getting into a phd program the second time around was this: first i took a job teaching undergrad, and learned the background material i lacked by teaching it, i.e. essentially self study. i also studied further graduate material over the summer. then when i was ready to apply again to grad school, i just showed up and (with permission) took and passed their phd qualifying exams, thus demonstrating that i was at least as good as their current graduate students. at this point no one cared about my previous gpa. this got me accepted to the math dept at the Univ of Washington, although I decided to go elsewhere for a better offer. The point is that if you are qualified, you should be able to demonstrate that fact. If not, you don't want to get yourself in the program.

 

[binbagsss]

People saying If you can't handle undergrad school you can't handle post grad school, it has nothing to do with that. Mental illness is not likely caused by his inability to handle the course. Or stress. Keeps fighting ignore them.

 

[rwm4768]

Before anything, controlling your depression is the most important thing. The problem with depression and similar conditions is that they never truly go away. After I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I had to take three full years off from school before I felt ready to handle it again. And I wasn't even going for a graduate degree. I went back for an engineering undergrad degree.