<p>I apologize for the grave-dig, but I realized that I’m likely going to get Bs or B+s in four of my engineering courses (12 semester credit hours total) and an A in a 3 credit hour intro programming course. </p>
<p>Using UIUC’s GPA calculator, I am likely to get around a 3.4 to 3.5 GPA for this semester, and around 3.6 cumulative GPA.</p>
<p>I’m fairly sure the admissions would be concerned about my GPA dropping from 3.73 down to 3.6. But would they understand that I’m taking five engineering courses worth 15 semester credit hours in total?</p>
<p>My parents advised me to drop one of my engineering courses citing that it would free up more studying time since UIUC admissions want to see As… Though I find that advice a bit drastic.</p>