How important are your grades in non-majors classes?

ladeeda6
Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:11:08 +0000

Even if I tailor my searches and target schools to those relating to policy and planning rather than actual research? I do well in the lab portions, but the lectures are killin’ me. The labs are exciting and I do well with hands-on learning. Sitting and listening while I’m being talked at for 8 hours a week? Yeah…not so much.

I have junior standing but I won’t graduate until 2014.

I’m also taking Animal Bio now and will probably manage a B in the class by the end of it. There’s also some other Bio classes that I have to take along with Physics (I’m only required to take Physics I and Environmental Physics, but I think I’ll take Physics II as well). There’s also classes that are directly within my major like Ecology, Environmental Law and Policy, a year’s worth of ecosystems classes, Urban Ecology, etc. There’s also a solid amount of Urban Studies classes I’ll have to take in addition to the three I’ve already taken. I do well in those classes and enjoy them a lot more than the STEM classes (with the exception of, like, 2) that I’ve taken thus far. Perhaps they will provided the needed GPA boost.

I was thinking of re-taking Ochem during the summer online at a local community college. It won’t fit in my schedule for any of the upcoming semesters and I can’t afford to take it at my university during the summer since there’s no summer financial aid.

My GPA from the three schools I’ve attended is about a 3.2 (and should remain around there after this semester), so it’s not awful, just not breath-taking either. But I have two years to at least bring that to a 3.4 - 3.5