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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
I want a PhD in humanities. But I'm not a strong candidate and in my last year of undergrad. What can I do?

I recently had tough extenuating circumstances. I have poor GPA from a completely different major (STEM) that I started out with. I am essentially rushing to finish my new major this year. I do however work closely with my professors, will have research, good grades on my major classes. 

Conventional wisdom is to get a masters and then apply, yet there's no way I can afford to pay 50k/year for a masters program. How would I improve my chances? 

(the field I want to study is film studies/cultural studies)
gpt
Would you work at a CC in rural Arkansas to pursue this dream?  Would you be willing to move every year or so as an adjunct, being paid less than your college graduate friends without PHDs?  Unless you passionately want to do the career, I'd think hard. And not just because you will have trouble getting into a leading program.