to retake classes or not.

[talons1025]

Let me start by saying i have graduated from undergrad already a few years ago.  I am looking to apply to graduate school, but there are 2 classes on my transcript that are Ds.  These two classes were from my first two years of school.  Once my last two years hit, I did remarkably better.  These two Ds still kind of make me look bad and I do not know what kind of negative impact they would have on the admissions office.  Would retaking the two classes I recieved bad marks in be a good idea?  I figure if anything it would prove that I can do well in them.

[talons1025]

I should say that these two classes were intro to accounting and calculus for business.  both classes unrelated to my major, low level classes.

 

The program I am applying to graduate school for is international affairs / economics.

[Loric]

For how much they'll cost, don't bother.

 

Apply, do all your due dilligence, make yourself look wonderful and point out how you've got an upward trajectory..

 

And if they don't accept you, then Plan B. Retake some classes (other classes in the field are actually a better bet.) Then reapply.

 

If your plan is "Start - Classes - Apply - Go" and can be "Start - Apply - Go" why bother with the classes unless you have to? It's not going to put you behind schedule to retake them a few months from now as compared to trying to take them now.

[Seeking]

If your more recent grades are good and especially if you have done well in International Relations courses, I don't think you need to re-take those introductory level classes. 

 

If you haven't done well in quite a few Quant-intensive courses, then take a couple of Quant-intensive courses, but only if you are confident you'll do well in them. If you've done well in Quant-intensive courses in more recent years, you don't have to worry about those Ds, if your overall GPA is good.

Edited November 22, 2013 by Seeking