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College Grade Question

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TruePaige

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I was on one of those college talk forums and I heard a question and just want to see if those people are crazy or not.

Someone posted that they have all A's except for one B and one D (in Applied Calc) and wondered if it would hurt their future chances at good grad schools.

I figured that a history of A's more than overshadows one bad grade, but a lot of those people disagreed.

What do you guys think?
 
TuxDave said:
If the GPA remained 3.9xxx due to all those A's then I doubt that B and D is going to matter.
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That was my take, but the poster got all kinds of remarks like "Count out any top 20~ schools" and what not.

Just calibrating my crazy sensor with the (fairly sane) population of ATOT.
 
Depends what class, what grad school, what undergrad school, what concentration they will have in grad school etc.

But numerically it shouldn't tank a GPA too badly. If the guy wants a PhD in math though, a D in applied calc definitely could be a problem.
 
Engineering or math-related majors will definitely hurt their chances. Won't completely denied them from all grad schools but will definitely have an effect. Especially of applying for top tier schools. They only want perfectionists on top of all the extra circular crap.
 
Umm if person was so worried they would have just retaken it. 😛 Well depending on the schools policy... with it being a D though surprised they weren't forced to actually.
 
Grades don't matter nearly as much as a high GMAT score. Even if you have a 3.0 GPA, if you can get a 700+ on the GMAT you can get into almost any grad school you want. 750+ and you can get into any grad school. Just ask my bro in law who barely pulled a 3.0 majoring in PSYCHOLOGY and is now in a top 10 MBA program after scoring a 720 GMAT.

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I should clarify this is in the business world at least. I don't know anything about you engineering/math guys and the GRE or whatever.
 
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I never got a single grade below a B in college, anything lower KILLS your GPA. Which is all that matters, so in a way, it is not crazy at all. Employers look at your GPA and schools may look at both your GPA and individual course grades, so if you fail something miserably and you're trying to get a degree in that field, you might be EFFED regardless.

Effing around in college is like pissing on your own (or parent's) Benjamins and shitting on your own future.
 
GMAT and GPA matters for grad school... not individual grades.

If they are worried about it, retake the class.
 
1 D from my Freshman year prevented me from graduating Cum Laude. As it turned out, I didn't even need to take the stupid class...it was recommended by my Advisor my freshman year. And it met MWF at 8 AM with a Lab on Friday before class at 7. WTF was I thinking when i registered for a schedule like that my Freshman year?!
 
seepy83 said:
1 D from my Freshman year prevented me from graduating Cum Laude. As it turned out, I didn't even need to take the stupid class...it was recommended by my Advisor my freshman year. And it met MWF at 8 AM with a Lab on Friday before class at 7. WTF was I thinking when i registered for a schedule like that my Freshman year?!
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I hear ya. I learned that the hard way too. It's a whole different world from getting up at 7am for high school. 8am classes way the fark on the other side of campus from my dorm really sucked my Freshman year. But as a Freshman you usually get the last choice when choosing classes.
 
RaistlinZ said:
I hear ya. I learned that the hard way too. It's a whole different world from getting up at 7am for high school. 8am classes way the fark on the other side of campus from my dorm really sucked my Freshman year. But as a Freshman you usually get the last choice when choosing classes.
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I don't understand what changed either. I used to go to bed at 2am and wake up at 7am during high school. Now I go to bed at 1am, wake up at 8am, and feel miserably tired all day.
 
As said, depends on what grad school, what major, etc. D in applied calc - forget about getting into Veterinary school at Cornell. D in applied calc? Welcome to virtually any grad school for education majors. (*sigh* I'm a teacher, so I hate bashing education grad schools. But at least I got an A or A+ in every math course I've taken.)
 
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