Will my math grades hurt my chances?

Colleges & Universities Penn State
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<p>My grades:
algebra: 74 (regents exam: 79)
geometry: 74 (regents exam: 67)</p>

<p>Regents exams are state exams in NY that show up on transcripts if you’re not familiar. </p>

<p>I had the same teacher for both classes and she was awful… only 11 out of 29 people in my algebra class passed the course. In geometry I actually had the highest average in the class. Pathetic.
My school has very poor passing rates for math and science regents exams.</p>

<p>For trig alg/2 I have a new teacher, and have a 90 in the class.</p>

<p>Yet I want to be a chemistry major at Penn state… I know math must be a critical factor in this decision. Will these grades dramatically affect my admission?</p>

<p>I have a 3.4 unweighted GPA.
Rank is top quarter.</p>

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<p>anyone?
I don’t care if you’re brutally honest</p>

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<p>I do not think admissions will “dissect” your GPA and see what grades you got in specific classes. Do your best to pull your GPA up a little to insure admission into UP. PSU reports that the middle 50% GPA of accepted students is 3.52-3.97.
[Penn</a> State Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.psu.edu/academics/majors/requirements/50percent/]Penn”>http://admissions.psu.edu/academics/majors/requirements/50percent/)</p>