<p>My college career has been going well so far. I am a sophomore but I am starting early with research for graduate school. My current GPA is a 3.6/4.0 but my major GPA is a 4.0 (I am an English major). I am in the honors college and do a lot of research....only thing is on my transcript I now have two Withdrawal's and one Unsatisfactory.</p>
<p>My Withdrawal's were mostly from ignorance. I did not know that they showed up on your transcript. The first was my freshman year with a really terrible History class and the second was this semester with a class that I realized I did not need.</p>
<p>The Unsatisfactory is in Math. It was a Pass or Fail class. I have always had a problem with math. I write this here because I am stressing out. I don't want to ruin my chances for grad school. Am I screwed and if so, how can I fix it? In one semester a withdrawal and a U don't look so good even though in my other classes I have A's and B's.</p>
<p>Polarscribe - if it’s not too personal, would you mind sharing a little more about your academic history since it seems despite an unconventional path you were very successful in getting into grad school.</p>
<p>Last 60 credits is most relevant. They probably won’t care much about the p/f math class, it does show on a transcript, but not in the GPA calculations. Ws do marginally lower your GPA denominator because they count as attempted credit hours. From what I have researched and have been told it matters less if it is not related to your field, for example if I am admitted to grad school for math/science (the later more likely), they do not care about my business-school grades, only the related field course grades. My mother got her masters in English from Fordham back in the day, and finished all of her math in high school with 12X and physics. Most of the English majors I work with act allergic to math. I’m guessing the admissions committee probably hasn’t done math in years or decades either. Best of luck with the application.</p>