<p>For MBA programs, if I got a D in a course as an undergrad but then retook it and got an A, will the A replace the D or will the schools average both grades?</p>
<p>Bump.</p>
<p>10kar</p>
<p>for what reason will the A replace the D? in certain schools (take my old school for example) there is “freshman forgiveness rule”, in your freshman year if you get a bad grades and retake, it will replace</p>
<p>Think like this—if the replacement works, one would spend 1-2 terms in school before graduation, and retake all the classes he got C/D with, it’s too unrealistic, you are lucky enough if that A can be part of your GPA already, because you are retaking something you’ve already learned in a same school, probably by same professor with same/similar exams.</p>
<p>However thou, D+A is better than the single D :D</p>
<p>I’m guessing your GPA sees the A, but both are on your transcript.</p>
<p>In most schools, a ‘D’ is replaced by a retake and the new grade is factored into the GPA.</p>
<p>I know law schools and medical schools average the ‘D’ and the new grade into the way that they calculate GPA. I’m wondering if Business Schools do this as well.</p>
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<p>I don’t know which of your friend told you that, but I highly doubt it, maybe someone in law/med can speak for it</p>
<p>Well that’s not my concern. Does anyone know if Business Schools do this?</p>
<p>Also, how do they look at P/NP?</p>
<p>Tiberius, when you ask “if business schools do this?”, do you mean once you’re enrolled in an MBA program? Or are you talking about how a graduate business program views this on an undergraduate transcript when considering a student for admission?</p>
<p>If it’s the former, the answer will vary considerably from program to program. Usually students get kicked out of a graduate program for getting a grade that low. You can’t replace it by taking the class again, but I suppose some less selective programs may make allowances for such a situation. If you are already in an MBA program, then you need to talk to your program director. If you aren’t yet in an MBA program, I don’t quite understand why this concerns you now. </p>
<p>If your question is about how a business school will view a D and an A in the same class when considering you for admission, that may depend on how your undergraduate institution portrays it on the transcript and on the specific program. Although I don’t know anything specific about business school admissions, I can say that most graduate schools will look at the cumulative GPA and then at the contents of the transcript. They will see the D (unless your undergrad removes it after you get the A), and then the A. What they do with that information depends on the profs who make up the admissions committee and on the rest of your application. And on whether that D was in a course required for B school. For example, a D in English or Physics, followed by an A, will probably elicit a shrug, but the same situation in basic accounting might make them worry unless you’ve aced more advanced business courses. The short answer? You can’t tell, and you never will. Even if you are rejected from programs, you’ll never know whether it was this one mark on your transcript or whether it was something else.</p>
<p>Edited to add: P/NP classes don’t matter unless they are in your field/major. Of course, an NP is always bad.</p>