How important are your grades in non-majors classes?

ladeeda6
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:58:03 +0000

I started off as a Chemistry major and switched to Biology about a year in. I just switched last week to Environmental Sciences (what I wanted to do from the beginning but let myself get talked out of it by crappy HS counselors and bad advice).
Anyway, my Chemistry grades are less than impressive – a string of Cs in lectures, a D in Ochem and As and Bs in the labs. I’m also taking Cell Biology now (too late to drop it) and will be able to pull out a B-/C+ in lecture but an A in lab.

I want to get a Masters in Environmental Science, most likely with an emphasis in Public Policy, Urban Sustainability, Conservation and things like that. The lowest grade I’ve gotten in a non-Chem class was a B+ in British Lit and in Recent American History.

Will my less-than-impressive grades that are presently unrelated to my major hinder my chances of getting a Masters in Environmental Science? I’ve looked a few schools and their required classes and only a few require/recommend Ochem and whatnot.

Thanks!