What are my chances for getting accepted to graduate school in astrophysics

In summary: PGRE and 3.5+ on the GPA to get a decent shot.In summary, the best student the advisor has ever worked with has a 3.2 GPA and a 3.1 Cumulative GPA. The student has a research experience at Los Alamos National Lab and a letter of recommendation from their current advisor in high energy astrophysics. They also have a rec from their advisor for service as an ambassador for the College of Science. However, despite these strengths, the student's test scores are extremely low and would likely result in them being rejected from most programs. If the student can improve their GRE and GPA scores, they may be able to get into a few programs, but they are definitely not
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That's true. For truly exceptional students, a recommendation from MIT would carry more weight. But for students who probably aren't super-exceptional but still quite competent (which would probably apply to most people who post here), they might get a better letter from a state school.
 
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my question is; how good are the OP's chances of getting into any grad school at all?
 
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Well I am already invited to do masters at my current university because we have a degree called 5th year masters applied physics. Meaning that applied physics majors like me have the option of staying extra year to complete our masters as long as we graduated with 3.0 or above and get recs and statement of purpose. No PGRE or GRE is required for me to do that. So my plan B is 100% for me.
 
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