Does 1 Low Grade Hurt Me?

wongl0786
Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:50:12 +0000

In my last school year, I took health as a night class. I pretty much rushed through it and didn’t care much about it because at the time, it didn’t count for any GPA, and I knew that the knowledge of health wouldn’t help me much down the road.

This year, my school district made all classes count towards the unweighed GPA. As a result, my GPA is around a 3.97 rather than the 4.0 it should be. Except for health, all of my other classes (including several AP classes and Pre-AP classes) are 98+.

Will this 1 low grade and the resulting GPA decrease hurt me if I apply to competitive universities?