<p>I’m currently an undergrad bioengineer at Berkeley who is interested in applying for either engineering grad school or business school after my studies here at Berkeley. I’m hoping to get into a top level school (Stanford, Duke, etc.). I’m wondering if grad schools equally factor in “non core” classes such as music and astronomy into my GPA when I apply? I noticed that when I was applying for undergrad, most schools did not count band, gym, and art classes in my GPA.</p>
<p>They care very little, if at all, abt your non-core classes. They may care for those related to your program but not closely related but music? Hell no.</p>
<p>There are so many other factors to consider and non-core classes mean nothing.</p>
<p>They factor it into your cumulative, but not into your major. I would agree with Moe that they mean nothing to a certain extent–try not to fail things :)</p>