Bad Grade Senior Year
So I am a senior at top public university (think UVA, Berkeley, UMich). I interned at GS / MS / JPM this past summer and will joining an MBB firm for FT post graduation.
While interviewing for consulting stuff, I severely neglected my classes. I worked really hard to pull them back up after it was over, but one of them was beyond repair -- ended up getting a C-. It was an upper level economics class with a notoriously tough professor. I had a very solid GPA prior to this, so I am still at a 3.71 GPA.
With the goal of landing either GSB or HBS deferred admission, do you think it would be worth it to retake the class?
More context: right now I only need 8 hours to graduate, so I am planning on enrolling as a part time student (would save $7000) with classes only on Tuesday / Thursday. If I were to retake the class, I would no longer be a part time student, and it is only offered at 8AM on MWF.
Candidly, I am feeling pretty spent from going from going nonstop the past 7 months (banking internship straight into consulting interviewing then being behind the 8 ball with classes), so I would very much like to have an easy semester before the real world comes knockin. I just don't want this to screw me over.
Thanks for any opinions.
I go to one of those schools and im pretty sure the grade still shows up (if you retake a class) when you apply to grad schools. You should check on that because if both grades show up it might not make a huge difference.
Yea, the C- would still show up on my transcript FWIW
They're going to see your transcript and see the grade, so there's really not any huge reason to retake the class. Plus, do the math. At graduation, you're going to have >= 120 credits, and this class is probably 4 creits. That means at MOST that class is worth 0.133333...., and you got a 1.7/4.
The absolute biggest impact this would have on your GPA is ~0.076, so if you think it's worth the effort for that boost, go ahead.
Thanks for breaking it down like that, puts it in really good perspective
You have great internship experience/brands on your resume and are going to a very competitive company for a very competitive program post-grad. Your overall GPA is fine; no need to retake the class (plus, I don't think schools allow you to retake a class unless you failed it; that was the case at my UG).
Thanks DCrowoar
With a 3.71 GPA overall, there's nothing for you to worry about.
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