<p>Hi, im preparing for an mba or a dba, but am worried about a few issues. </p>
<p>i currently have a low GPA, but the fact is my school is a very reknowned university and its just really hard to get good grades, not that i didn't put the effort. </p>
<p>Do grad school official take this into account? </p>
<p>Also during my undergrad I have even failed a course but have retaken them in a summer program which is a pass or fail course. I was hoping that as I had retaken the failed course it wouldn't count towards my GPA and retaking a pass or fail course.. it would just totally be erased.. </p>
<p>Would that be possible? </p>
<p>A few weeks ago, I attended a seminar, at a well-known university, on preparing for graduate school. The speaker, who’s on the graduate admissions committee at the school, reviewed the various categories (GPA, GRE, …) and percentages awarded for each, with 5% awarded for the undergraduate school attended.</p>
<p>The two schools she compared undoubtedly answers one of your questions. YES, some schools will take into account the school you attended.</p>
<p>You should look up the policies at your University on re-taking a failed course and how this affects your grade point average. Since you retook the failed course, you could also check your GPA to see if it changed in any way.</p>
<p>I doubt the failed course will be erased.</p>
<p>Some universities will allow a retaken course to remove the previous grade from the GPA but the course still appears on the transcript. nevertheless, it is not usually automatic, you probably need to declare that you are repeating the courses before taking it the second time. Finally, it may not be possible to expunge a grade from your GPA with a pass/fail grade in the retake. You will need to check with your university about all these issues as each university has a different policy. </p>
<p>You don’t say what your grades are but if they are poor, then you might be best served by working for some time and then going back for an MBA or DBA when your experience outweighs your college GPA. In any case business schools like to have students with real world experience.</p>
<p>MBA is really really different from grad school. Suggest you go to the MBA forum.</p>