Retaking classes at Berkeley, replaces previous grade or not?

cssquared
Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:46:45 +0000

I’m considering taking one of my classes that I got a D+ in. It’s a math class and I was wondering if anyone knows whether or not retaking the class replaces the D+ or is it calculated along with the D+ into my GPA?

And how bad is a D+/D/D- for a course at Berkeley on your transcript? What would people recommend? Retaking the class or just leaving it and stop wasting time?

I know it’s bad to even score so low. I had an B+ average on the quizzes but when it came to exams, I always panicked. And half of the time during the exam was spent wondering what to do after…P/NP, transfer schools, calculating how well I had to do on the final to negate this…etc. And the problems that I did do I read half of the instructions, did the part that it asked and at the last 15 mins before the exam was over I’d realize I didn’t do the other part it asked when going over and checking the exam…

Any and all help/advice is appreciated, future thanks.