I graduated with a Degree in Mechanical Engineering with terrible grades. Some how managed to get into Masters in Energy Systems and Got a Gold Medal in it. i got a 3.94 GPA in my masters. I am now interested in doing Phd in renewable energy systems. My deficiency are the grades in graduation. Can i convince any University on this planet to accept me as a Phd student. I just need a honest yes or no answer. If yes then where and if no then what do i have to do to?

Can you please stop repeatedly posting the same thread?

I would answer you but I have no idea how GPA converts on the UK system. There are some other people on the forum who might know, including some US people but most of us are based in the UK.

i offer my appologies. H .i meant no harm

I find some people on this forum so uptight and downright rude. Perhaps they are practicing for a life in academia.....

I don't see how I was being rude, I simply asked the poster to stop posting the same thing again and again on different threads. Then I also mentioned why I couldn't help and why most of us wouldn't be able to help, this being a UK-based forum.

I can't see what's rude about asking someone to stop posting multiple versions of the same question. For goodness sake, even the word 'please' was mentioned. You're miles off base Kollantai.

Do not place too much emphasis on grades alone - PhDs are more about the person than the grade. Brilliant students at school/BSc level may be that way because they have been taught how to learn effectively in a learning centred environment. A PhD is more focussed on the process of elucidation, you are not normally spoon-fed this qualification.
Rather, be more interested and passionate in your subject; be willing to admit you know precisely nothing and that all the lauded BSc demonstrates is...not very much.
If YOU think you can do it, go for it.

Thanks Everyone.I really appreciate what all of you have to say.

i agree, hard work , passion and determination are the key qualities of doing well in a phd. grades although are a good indicator, aren't everything.

good luck! as long as you have the passion and determination to do it, you will do it. grades are not everything.

I'm sure you could be accepted for a place somewhere - the more difficult thing will be getting funding.

Point well made smilodon.I am already looking for companies researching alternate energy generation. If i manage to convince one of their CEO's then i may get a full funding + a really well paid job after Phd. Every one wants a cure from this oil crisis in the world right?

To be (brutally) honest I think the 'terrible grades' bit may affect your chances of 'full funding'. Its a competitive field (I'm told), and that will probably stand against you. Don't see any point dressing it up .

but the person did really well in their masters, gold medal and gpa 3.94, which is quite near to the perfect score of 4.0 ?

my knowledge of US grading system comes from tv shows

i'm presuming the masters grade are really good. no? which should negate what he got in his first degree.

Maybe, maybe not. 'Terrible' undergrad grades aren't a plus, lets put it that way. Anyway, after looking at the Masters Forum its a mute question I'd imagine.

Remo, where are u planning to study? the US or UK or ....

In the UK, you generally need at the least a 3.3 GPA (2.1) plus a high grade at masters to get on a PhD course. Your high GPA at masters equates to a distinction here....but I don't know what your other degree grade is...if it's the equivalent of a 2.2 or third...then your chances of gaining a place (and funding) are probably not as strong.

BUT...so many other factors come into the equation eg. the competition for the PhD course in question, work experience, the standard of your written work, and where you previously studied.

The only thing you can do is apply...and find out!

You should try exploiting the university where you got your excellent masters grades from (they know your best capabilities), and use contacts via your profs at that university as a springboard for applications.