Should I just forget about grad school with a 2.5 gpa? Or can I still do it? If so, what steps should I take?

You can still do it, but you'll need to get some pretty hefty scores on the GMAT (i don't remember exactly which one MBAs have to take). When you get your results, you'll see what percentile you're in nationally.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.