<p>Hopefully this is the right section to ask this... and hopefully I've given enough info. This has been bothering me for a while, and I just want to know if it's too late for me or not. I'm trying to get better.</p>
<p>I'm an undergraduate student studying for a BA in Business Economics. I'm in the middle of my third year. My GPA so far is 6.25--this is Canadian, but it amounts to a B average, so I'm guessing that's a low 3 for US? The only problem is, I failed Calculus II, and got a C in Calculus I, as well as Macroeconomic Theory. I can retake those courses with only the new grade counting towards my GPA, but the old grade will still show up on my transcript, with a 'No Credit Retained'. Most of my other grades are A's, B+'s, and B's, although to be fair a lot of those were general requirements, as well as Statistics I and II, and introductory Microeconomics and Macroeconomics courses. </p>
<p>My question is how will this limit what I can do from here on out? I was having a bad year last year and I KNOW my grades will improve from then, but how much damage has been done already? Is it gonna be hard for me to score a good job/internship with this in the way. And what about studying economics post-grad? You pretty much have to be good at math to do well in Economics post grad from what I know. And they will look at my transcript and see that I retook Calculus. </p>
<p>Is there any way I can alleviate things? I was thinking after I redo Calculus, I could take a higher level math and do well in that and hopefully that could let any employers/grad schools know that I am capable in math. Maybe even get a minor in math to show I'm capable? I just want to be clear that I didn't do poorly because I'm no good at math, I just messed up in the midst of a bad year overall for me, and didn't put in the work. I'm almost sure to do really well when I retake the Calculus courses.</p>
<p>I don’t know how easy it’s going to be to pull your grades up so maybe you could make yourself more competitive by getting involved in organizations and taking leadership roles or getting some work experience.</p>
<p>Thanks, but will it hurt me a lot when I try to get into post-grad?</p>
<p>And do employers look at transcripts when hiring, or do they just look at GPA? If it’s the latter I’m fine, but if it’s the former they’re going to see that I retook Calculus.</p>
<p>A fair number of the companies I interviewed with asked for transcripts, so it’s not unusual, but I think that’s more just for GPA verification.</p>
<p>For grad-school, the damage is done, so you’ll just have to show progress in any possible way.</p>
<p>Do you think employers will hold it against me a lot if I retook Calc, even if I took a higher level math course and did well on that too? As a way of showing that math isn’t a weakness I mean. Hopefully I’ll be given a chance to explain why that happened in the interview. </p>
<p>And do you mean the failed Math is probably going to ruin my chances for grad-school? I don’t want to be forced to have a low salary for life because I couldn’t get a Masters. </p>
<p>Sorry if I’m being annoying, I’m just freaking out about this. I’m really starting to think the best thing is to just switch to accounting where math isn’t as important…but that’s if I can.</p>
<p>My impression is that math skills are important for econ, so if you decide to stick with that major, you should retake the classes, do well in them, and hope for the best.</p>