Will one low grade sink me?

[Tartaras]

Hey guys,

I am a senior in college and planning on applying to a Master's History program. I am a History-Economics double major. For some reason, I decided to take financial accounting... big mistake. It looks like I will get between a C and C-. My GPA in my history classes is above a 3.6 and my overall GPA is above a 3.3. Also, I only have two C+'s on my transcript so far (one from freshman year, the other from an economics class).

Will my accounting grade affect my ability to get into a history program?

[emmm]

I doubt it. 3 C's is not a terrible college record by any stretch of the imagination, and your major GPA seems very good.

[gellert]

Doubt it. Two of those Cs are C+s, and you only have three total? I'd be concerned if this was in your proposed graduate field of study, but unless you specifically want to study the history of economics in grad school, I wouldn't get all torn up over it.

Most things we as applicants see as red flags are barely even a blip on the adcomms' radar, as I've learned from my adviser after much anxious bellyaching over minor flaws on my own record.

Good luck!