Undergrad transcript question

[Gerbert]

I am currently a sophomore majoring in Philosophy.

Will it hurt me to have two smudges (D or F) in Calculus I and Biology I on my trancsript even though it won't count towards GPA? My school allows one to re-take 2 courses and it will erase the former grade, but it will still be on my transcript.

All of my Philosophy, English, and humanities grades are great. But these 2 math/science grades are bad.

Will this in anyway hurt my chances on getting into a graduate school?

Thanks

[tarski]

I don't think you should worry too much, as long as your actual GPA is fine. These will be courses that are (1) long-ish ago and (2) not in your field.

[Ziz]

I am admittedly not American and not 100% sure about how GPAs work, but from the 2 US grad applications I have filled in so far, there have been 2 boxes for GPA. One for your overall GPA and one for your major. I have to think that they ask for the major GPA so they can see hwo you did in philosophy specifically, not biology or calculus. A lot of schools in the US seem to have breadth requirements as well so I bet there are quite a few students in the humanities who have a poor math or science grade on their transcript. I wouldn't worry about it.