Failed Complex Analysis, Grad School

Graduate School
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<p>Quick grad school admissions question for y’all:</p>

<p>I’m a 4.0 Junior up until this current semester. I’ve been extremely melancholy this semester for no apparent reason so grade-wise I am not doing well. I’ll probably fail Complex Analysis, which is a course I am told admissions committees consider extremely important. I doubt I’ll get a single A this semester. Due to my grade in Complex I cannot drop with a W.</p>

<p>If I bounce back from this semester, get an A in Complex next Fall, and continue to do extremely well do I still have a chance at a top university? Have I totally screwed myself because of this semester?</p>

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<p>First, get counseling/help. Students don’t drop from a 4.0 to failing most classes in a single semester without something major going on. “Melancholy” may be clinical depression. </p>

<p>Next, I won’t lie to you and say that this semester won’t matter. However, if you can turn everything around and address this semester in your SOP with a simple explanation of “personal issues,” then you may be all right. Just make sure that all the other components of your application remain strong.</p>