<p>I'm currently taking a CC class that's not required for my major, but I'm not doing well and won't finish with a grade I wanted. I'll probably get a C-</p>
<p>My question is when I apply to grad school, do I have to turn in my CC transcript even though my classes there aren't required for my major? I went straight into a UC, so that's the main transcript grad schools are looking at. I'm worried because I don't want to jeopardize my application because of a class I'm taking for fun.</p>
<p>Honestly, I don’t think that it will affect you at all, and even if you were to transfer that C- from the CC to your UC transcript, I believe that it will get counted as a P/NP grade. So, if you pass with a C-, they will only see the P.</p>
<p>Yes, you will have to submit the transcript from that institution, but since the class is not in your field of intended focus, it is doubtful that any department will care about your grade – especially if it does not really impact your overall GPA. The major GPA counts more heavily in admissions than the cumulative GPA.</p>
<p>One more thing, which is probably heretical to post here:
As the director of a graduate program in the humanities, I actually like to see transcripts in which a student clearly reached outside of her major field, took a GPA “risk,” and took a few classes just out of pure interest. </p>
<p>Rigidity and “total grad school focus” in an applicant can put me off.
So there. I said it.</p>