<p>Hi everyone, I'm a freshman in high school and I'm planning on becoming a Chemistry/Biochemistry major. Unfortunately I picked one of the hardest social studies classes on campus as just a course that I was interested in (electives) and I cannot manage anything above a B in that class no matter how hard I try. I was just wondering which of the following I would be best off with considering what Grad school Adcoms or Employers might rather have. It's too late to drop the class so my only options are:</p>
<p>-Stick with it, get a B in that one class and A's in all my other classes</p>
<p>-Withdraw from the course... I heard this looks bad for grad school</p>
<p>-Take it as Pass/Fail and pass it</p>
<p>I'm sorry for my perfectionist views... But please help me in deciding! Thank you.</p>
<p>Sorry for the double post but apparently it looks like P/F is kinda too late of an option. So it’s just down to getting a B or W on my transcript. My excuse would be (and this is 99% true) that “I took the class as a class of interest, possibly something to pursue, but halfway through the course I actually decided that I truly wanted to major in the sciences. I was doing relatively decent in the class with a B/B+ average, but decided that it was taking too much time away from the courses for my intended major, Chemistry, since I was having to spend many more hours in preparation for each class for that social studies course.” I’m not sure if this is a good excuse but I’ve kind of learned my lesson…</p>
<p>Yeah it changes things. Instead of “you should absolutely take the B” the answer is now “You should absolutely take the B.” You see, I capitalized it because you are in college and that is better grammar. </p>
<p>You’re not going to get straight A’s in college. Barely anyone with an STEM degree from a decent school does. It doesn’t matter if you were a straight A student in highschool, so was everyone else. Take the B and get ready for more of them.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply. I’m just worried that it’s going to make my life that much harder because next year I’ll be taking at least 5-6 classes (average is 4), including a language course, writing course, orgo chem and orgo lab, probably multivariable, etc. </p>
<p>So is a W and a 3.8-3.9 GPA more damaging on my transcript than, say, a 3.6-3.8 GPA and no W’s? I heard that med schools require like 3.8 and above or something like that and I really don’t want to risk ending up with more than one or two B’s by the time I graduate.</p>
<p>A B would be vastly, massively better than a W, to the point that the option should not even be entering you mind. Straight As in college are overkill, and if the course is just a gen ed not in your major it is highly unlikely that it will matter at all to your future life.</p>