<p>I may have to repeat math 5A (Linear Algebra + ODE II) during my spring quarter and I was wondering how do grad schools and employers feel about this ? </p>
<p>I am a first year chemical engineering major at UCSB.</p>
<p>Employers won’t care at all, as long as you actually have a degree. Some grad schools might take issue with it (mostly the really top tier ones), but for the most part you should be fine. Your school might even just erase any record of having taken the class the first time, so no one will even know.</p>
<p>Employers won’t care - they don’t look at transcripts. Grad schools probably won’t care either unless you retake it a bunch of times. I got a W in a class once, but I retook it the next quarter and got an A+. I don’t think anyone cared.</p>
<p>A lot of schools erase the old grade. If not most people don’t care and the old grade isn’t calculated into your overall GPA.</p>
<p>How do graduate schools look at an F from a CC over the summer and retook it from own university with a B-? Also, what about a downward trend in overall GPA (4.00, 3.87, 3.86, 3.81, 3.79, 3.79, 3.72, 3.69) from mechanical engineering undergrad applying to math education grad program?</p>
<p>None of the above will matter for Math Ed grad admission.</p>
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Then what will matter? It’s not like I have any previous teaching/tutoring experience whatsoever since I majored in engineering.</p>
<p>so if i retake the class in either summer school or during spring quarter, and i get a A, i’ll be fine ?
btw i got a C- in the class not an F.
We need a C or above to pass and the grades are NOT erased.</p>
<p>For MathEd graduate admission, classroom experience will matter. You will substantially raise your odds of admission if you get some teaching or tutoring experience, as well as teaching certification in your state.</p>
<p>I cannot answer the OP’s question since I know nothing about ChemEng admissions.</p>
<p>can any1 else offer some insight in this matter ?
thanks</p>
<p>Sounds like you don’t have a choice. Just retake the class and relax. You might want to brush up on how to flip burgers. ;)</p>
<p>Tortfeasor : that wasn’t really necessary (the burger flipping part)
i am freaking out about this matter and i love the fact that you take this as pure amusement</p>
<p>Just saying look at your options. If you got a C-, then you did not pass. Yo have to take the class over. If you don’t you won’t graduate. If you don’t graduate then your whole question is moot.</p>
<p>If you take the class over it is definitely better than doing nothing. So you have a C- on your transcript. You are not the only person in the world who got a C-. In fact I know plenty of PhD’s who once got a C-. That’s life. You have to relax, re-focus, and get over it so you can ace your next attempt.</p>
<p>Successful people fail regularly. They are successful because they get up and keep plugging at it. Failures quit and dwell on things they can not change or control. There is nothing anyone here can say that will make you feel better. Just take the class so you can move on. You have 3 more year of A’s that will blot out that C-.</p>
<p>If you don’t relax, you won’t make it three years. The flipping burger joke was funny because that scenario, at this point, is highly unlikely for you. </p>
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<p>thanks
that was helpful :)</p>
<p>i was also wondering
how will future interships look at this ?</p>
<p>passed that class
thanks all for the help :)</p>
<p>I had a F in one class but retook and received an A. The F still shows on my transcript but the GPA is unaffected by it of course. Employers probably will never see it unless they somehow ask for your transcript before an interview. Otherwise it wouldn’t matter I don’t think. For grad school, I think they just care about ur Letters of Rec, total GPA, and GRE scores. Nothing</p>
<p>I went to UCSB and graduated with honors. I took Math 5a. Why are you getting a c- in 5a? Do you have to take the whole series? Are you in the right major?</p>
<p>Alright, all the BS aside, you will be fine. UCSB will put your new grade by your old grade on your transcript and the C- wont be factored into your GPA. Just get a better grade and life will work out. Just buy a thirty pack of natty lite and go play beer pong. I miss IV…</p>
<p>haha thanks tcfrank, i passed the class with a C </p>
<p>yea i am a chemical engineering major who will need the entire 5 series, and seeing how 5b, and 5c aren’t related to 5a , i am not too worried.</p>