<p>I am thinking of going into either French or theater for graduate school. I am currently a French major. </p>
<p>I plan to graduate next fall and don't have much time to retake a course...if any time! I can graduate from my institution with a D in a course.</p>
<p>I received a D in biology my freshmen year which turned out to be a bust because I have chronic health issues and got too ill to complete the course and my teacher would not allow me to take an I and gave me a D instead. </p>
<p>This next time, I actually took the entire course, but the teacher was impossible. I took it with a group of people and received a D+....the highest grade amoung our friends was a C-. Some people even got Fs. It was a statistics course and I am terrible at math. I am sure if I retook it with a different teacher, all I would get would be a C.</p>
<p>Other than that, my GPA remains strong. I have As and Bs in all other coursework and As in all of my major coursework....but a couple of Cs in math courses (I am terrible at math and science!!).</p>
<p>Should I push myself my last semester to retake the course, which could mean sacrificing an internship just to get a C or should I leave it be and take on the internship?</p>
<p>well, right now its a 3.2 (with both Ds factored in)...I don't anticipate taking anymore math or science courses, so I should expect As and Bs for the remainder of my college career. I will probably graduate with above a 3.2.</p>
<p>I would not retake the class. There's no point. The D is there, and they'll notice it, and it won't help you. But in a French/theater program it also won't hurt you as much as in other programs. Look, no grad school likes to see C's or D's on transcripts, but I don't think retaking the class will help you fix that (I assume both grades would show up on your transcripts, as is the case at most schools). If the other aspects of your application are strong, you can still do all right.</p>
<p>Since those grades are in courses that are nowhere near the subjects you want to go into for grad schools it shouldn't be too bad. It's true that it's not going to help (some schools will be less forgiving of failures and low marks in anything), but you shouldn't try to retake the course, because the damage is done and you should concentrate your efforts in the courses that are essential for your field of study. Don't waste your time on a subject that will be of no use to you.</p>