Does this significantly hurt my chances at a good grad school?

Graduate School
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I plan to either apply for an MA in Political Science or International Relations or a Ph.D. I just got my grades back for this semester, and they are all As except for one: a B+ in College Algebra. I only took the class because it was a prerequisite for microeconomics, which I need. I know I could have done better (I was foolish and missed a number of homework assignments that may very well have gotten me into a A territory). Except for this, and one W in my freshman year, my transcript is all As and A-s. My cumulative GPA is a 3.92, and I have yet to take the GRE. </p>

<p>Does this look really bad? The schools I'm looking at are: NYU, Columbia, UChicago, Ohio State, George Mason, GWU, Georgetown, and JHU. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I think this is the part where we tell you to get a life. Have you no perspective? Worry about the rest of your application.</p>

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<p>I’m asking because College Algebra has a reputation of being an extremely easy class.</p>

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<p>Don’t sweat it. Of course, you can be dissatisfied with your performance in this class. That is no reason to think your possibilities for graduate school are over. Instead, take this as a lesson and next time there is a class that is not too interesting for your, you will know what you need to do to get the results you want.</p>

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<p>No</p>

<p>Ten char</p>