Dilemna. Which should I do?

crazybobl
Wed, 27 May 2015 20:17:24 +0000

My dream school is UC Berkeley. I’m generally a straight A student except when it comes to Spanish classes; I’ve earned a B in my second semester of Spanish II, a B in my first semester of Spanish III, and now am expecting a C in the second semester of Spanish III. I plan to remedy this by taking a Spanish course at a community college this summer. If I get an A in both semesters of that course, it’ll replace both semester of Spanish II with weighted A’s giving me a very significant GPA boost.
The problem is, I’ve recently gained the opportunity to intern in a genetics lab at CSUN this summer. Because of scheduling conflicts, I can’t do both. I really want to do the latter, but I can’t help but feel I’d be risking lowering admissions chances in the process. What do you guys think?