My college has a policy where if you aren’t able to pass a class your freshman year, you can retake it and the new grade (Ex: B+) gets calculated in your gpa that is listed on your college transcript. The failing grade is excluded from the gpa but is still on the transcript. I know med and law schools can count the failing grade as part of your gpa but can grad schools (not top tier) take the time to recalculate your gpa with the failing grade or will they just look at your undergrad gpa listed on your transcript?
Every university has it’s own policy. There is no universal rule. That being said, a poor grade in Freshman year with a success ful repeat is not likely to be a show stopper, particularly if you have done well after that.
Thanks for addressing my concern but I’m talking specifically about grad schools looking at the transcript’s gpa. So do you mean grad schools follows what the undergrad school does about grade forgiveness at their school? Bc ik some undergrad schools don’t do grade forgiveness so if my undergrad did do grade forgiveness, then I’m assuming grad schools would just take the gpa listed on the transcript???
What xraymancs was saying is that there’s no way to answer your question because each grad school may have a different approach. Some might recalculate your GPA, some might not. But regardless of how they calculate your GPA, a strong upward trend will help. There is nothing you can do at this point to change your previous grades, so focus your attention on what you can do for your current grades, as well as getting any work or research experience needed to be competitive for the grad programs you’re considering. Strong letters of recommendation and solid standardized test scores (GRE, GMAT, etc.) can also help put some distance between your qualifications and your freshman grades.