<p>I'm a sophomore MechE student currently taking thermodynamics. While doing research on compressor performance evaluation techniques this past summer, I fell in love with the thermal and fluid sciences. Thermodynamics has been my favorite class this semester, although there is never as much time as I would like to spend on it amongst the other classes. </p>
<p>Here's the problem though: I'm not even doing extremely well in Thermo. The grade is based off of two midterms and a final, and so far we've only taken the first midterm. I knew the material well but was too slow and didn't get to finish a lot of it. </p>
<p>I'm interested in doing further research in the thermal and fluid sciences. Will an average grade in thermo be detrimental to this goal?</p>